<?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[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wretched excess is an unfortunate human trait that turns a perfectly good idea such as Christmas into a frenzy of last-minute shopping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the gods bless me, When all our offices have been oppressed  With riotous feeders, when our vaults have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27418]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the gods bless me, When all our offices have been oppressed  With riotous feeders, when our vaults have wept   With drunken spilth of wine, when every room    Hath blazed with lights and brayed with minstrelsy,     I have retired me to a wasteful cock      And set mine eyes at flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West, From North and South, come the pilgrim and guest,  When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his board   The old broken links of affection restored,    When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,     And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before.      What moistens the lips and what brightens the eye?       What calls back the past, like the rich pumpkin pie?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23533]]></link><description><![CDATA[So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18112]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1229]]></link><description><![CDATA[As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves. -Mahatma Gandhi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46373]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supposed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42138]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supposed to be leading to bail him out, You never want to call him dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aggravate your choler. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aggravate your choler. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in crime always invites to worse deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 When night comes, list thy deeds; make plain the way 'Twixt heaven and thee; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066 When night comes, list thy deeds; make plain the way 'Twixt heaven and thee; block it not with delays;  But perfect all before thou sleep'st: then say:  There's one sun more strung on my Bead of days. What's good, score up for joy; the bad, well scanned.  Wash off with tears, and get thy Master's hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside,  His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed   As to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62003]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside,  His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed   As to the pipe of Pan,    Stepped blithesomely with lover's pride     Across the fields to Anne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All we lacked was a goal. We played well and controlled the play as we wanted, but we just couldn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30998]]></link><description><![CDATA[All we lacked was a goal. We played well and controlled the play as we wanted, but we just couldn't break them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those first seven 3-point shots were basically the ball game. We had to fight our best just to get back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those first seven 3-point shots were basically the ball game. We had to fight our best just to get back in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teacher, tender comrade, wife, A fellow-farer true through life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got the job done. We scored early. When we got up 3-0 we wanted to go on from there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39940]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got the job done. We scored early. When we got up 3-0 we wanted to go on from there but they played very well defensively.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34730]]></link><description><![CDATA[We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because of the cool-down in the housing market. We won't need as many construction workers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socrates, you will remember, asked all the important questions - but he never answered any of them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3399]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite than a farmer who in conducting his team.   - Isaac D'Israeli,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3588]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skill is fine, and genius is splendid, but the right contacts are more valuable than either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were so many variables to look at and consider, hauling and such. It wasn't only cost. But they also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39475]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were so many variables to look at and consider, hauling and such. It wasn't only cost. But they also came in as the low-cost provider.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the two games Liverpool fully deserved to go through, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the two games Liverpool fully deserved to go through,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to fit it for toil when resumed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to fit it for toil when resumed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been promoted to middle management. I never thought I'd sink so low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no heed to the many whisperings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are the ears that hear the pulse of the divine whisperer, and give no heed to the many whisperings of the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to love humanity than to love your neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50986]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure does not count. If you accept this, you'll be successful. What causes most people to fail is that after one failure, they'll stop trying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. [Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. [Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi impunitatis spes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60653]]></link><description><![CDATA[People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, blessings light on him that first invented this same sleep! it covers a man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak; it is meat for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, heat for the cold, and cold for the hot. It is the current coin that purchases all the pleasures of the world cheap; and the balance that sets the king and the shepherd, the fool and the wise man, even. There is only one thing, which somebody once put into my head, that I dislike in sleep; it is, that it resembles death; there is very little difference between a man in his first sleep, and a man in his last sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny....']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temper is a funny thing; it spoils children, ruins adults, and strengthens steel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56842]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not my area, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35074]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not my area,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35074</guid></item></channel></rss>