<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned now that while those who speak about one’s miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame? A fitful tongue of leaping flame;  A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, pensive scholar, what is fame? A fitful tongue of leaping flame;  A giddy whirlwind's fickle gust,   That lifts a pinch of mortal dust;    A few swift years, and who can show     Which dust was Bill, and which was Joe?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37199]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an odd way, all the appliances that the advertisers put out there, and said, `Buy this brand-new stove!', `Buy the fridge!' `Make Jell-O!', all that horrible nutrition that came up because of instant pudding, Jell-O, fish sticks, TV dinners, all of that that I had before dismissed as the death of our culture -- I realized that housewives wanted these things, because they wanted time back, ... A washing machine gave them time to do something else. It gave them time to read a book. ... A woman didn't want to cook all day. These things that were sold to Americans were actually a gift, in a very strange way. I really enjoyed having to blow that notion out of my head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60632]]></link><description><![CDATA[This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust upon us and we cannot yield to tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The better day, the worse deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The better day, the worse deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12736]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie.  Thus cried the Jessamine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie.  Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers,   How justly doth a lie    Draw on its head despair!     Among the fragrant spirits of the bowers      The boldest and the strongest still was I.       Although so fair,        Therefore from Heaven         A stronger perfume unto me was given          Than any blossom of the summer hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49535]]></link><description><![CDATA[In chusing a wife, and buying a sword, we ought not to trust another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time out for tack, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time out for tack,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3395]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like having astronomy without knowing where the stars are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family... a group experience of love and support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Family... a group experience of love and support.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head,  That bends not as I tread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head,  That bends not as I tread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious!. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1064]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't always get what you ask for, but you never get what you don't ask for... unless it's contagious!.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59344]]></link><description><![CDATA[This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a good joke but we do it much better in England. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23236]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a good joke but we do it much better in England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The limit is about 300 words. Kipling's "Recessional" really did something to England when it was published. It helped them through a bad time. Let me know if you find any great poems lying around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She just wore enough for modesty; no more! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27754]]></link><description><![CDATA[She just wore enough for modesty; no more!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an hour wherein a man might be happy all his life, could he find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and dignity do not dwell together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and dignity do not dwell together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Texas functions best when public officials recognize that government does not belong to them but to the people, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Texas functions best when public officials recognize that government does not belong to them but to the people,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not tolerate the interference of religion in our justice system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36581]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not tolerate the interference of religion in our justice system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is always jealous ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is always jealous]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59997]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1219]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a great beautifier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a great beautifier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great feeling when someone like Bernard Hinault comes up to you on the podium to say 'Welcome to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40376]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great feeling when someone like Bernard Hinault comes up to you on the podium to say 'Welcome to the club]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They got a good hockey team over there and they battle hard every night. It's nice to get an extra ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33514]]></link><description><![CDATA[They got a good hockey team over there and they battle hard every night. It's nice to get an extra point on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know the only reason I made it anywhere in hockey was because I was a fighter. I know that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know the only reason I made it anywhere in hockey was because I was a fighter. I know that was my role. I made it to the NHL doing that. If I don't fight again in my life that doesn't mean I'm not a tough guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The coveteous spends more then the liberall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The coveteous spends more then the liberall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had been watching the area for a while and they were able to tag Cannon as a dealer. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29255]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had been watching the area for a while and they were able to tag Cannon as a dealer. When they obtained a search warrant and went to arrest him they found him sitting on his front porch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no West, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45771]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard something said about allegiance to the South: I know no South, no North, no East, no West, to which I owe any allegiance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that respects not, is not respected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that respects not, is not respected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have liked to have 12 points but we must learn our lessons. I don't think England are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have liked to have 12 points but we must learn our lessons. I don't think England are the best team in Europe but they are one of the best with three young forwards and a good defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the "Tribune" put all this in its pipe and smoke it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the "Tribune" put all this in its pipe and smoke it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep levelwe can have or deserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22600]]></link><description><![CDATA[We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep levelwe can have or deserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our study, the women who were not previously exercising but then did what was out of the ordinary for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31788]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our study, the women who were not previously exercising but then did what was out of the ordinary for them, acute bursts of exercise, were at a slightly elevated risk of having sudden cardiac death while they exercised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been living in the States for eight years so this was just a matter of paperwork. She fits perfectly in the U.S. which makes me realize there's not much difference between people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9274]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9274</guid></item></channel></rss>