<?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[In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,-- Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59920]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twilight of morning to climb to the top of the mountain,-- Thee to salute, kindly star, earliest herald of day,--  And to await, with impatience, the gaze of the ruler of heaven.--   Youthful delight, oh, how oft lur'st thou me out in the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The welfare of the people is the ultimate law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61518]]></link><description><![CDATA[The welfare of the people is the ultimate law]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26781]]></link><description><![CDATA["Mediocrity" doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To equal robbery with murder is to reduce murder to robbery, to confound in common minds the gradations of iniquity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59073]]></link><description><![CDATA[To equal robbery with murder is to reduce murder to robbery, to confound in common minds the gradations of iniquity, and incite the commission of a greater crime to prevent the detection of a less]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want to make your computer go really fast? Throw it out a window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29550]]></link><description><![CDATA[However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in the country I could not go to college, because I am a black person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our speculation of gas and oil prices made the prices go up before the hurricane hit. Students perceive there is more drinking going on than there really is, which increases bad behavior. Unfortunately, speculation can create a reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53609]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The events prove that Israel was neither a neighbor nor a peace partner. It is no more than an enemy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The events prove that Israel was neither a neighbor nor a peace partner. It is no more than an enemy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it also hindered me career-wise because I was typed. Nobody could picture me in any other type of role. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33740]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it also hindered me career-wise because I was typed. Nobody could picture me in any other type of role.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ocean asks for nothing but thosewho stand by her shoresgradually attune themselves to her rhythmCharles Dickens in David Copperfield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25820]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ocean asks for nothing but thosewho stand by her shoresgradually attune themselves to her rhythmCharles Dickens in David Copperfield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire.  I cried, "Behold! the barren beach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire.  I cried, "Behold! the barren beach of hell   At ebb of tide."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live for today for tomorrow never comes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live for today for tomorrow never comes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10349]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is one thing upon this earth that mankind love and admire better than another, it is a brave man, -- it is the man who dares to look the devil in the face and tell him he is a devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast;  And the woods against a stormy sky,   Their giant branches toss'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel,  Whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just, And he but naked, though locked up in steel,  Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got some real good looks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got some real good looks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith has to do with things that are not seen, and hope with things that are not in hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55546]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no body will go to hell for company. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49954]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no body will go to hell for company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real training for leadership is leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24415]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real training for leadership is leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really haven't noticed much difference. Sometimes they call it, and sometimes they don't. I'm just glad they're not calling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31052]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really haven't noticed much difference. Sometimes they call it, and sometimes they don't. I'm just glad they're not calling [as many fouls as] they did in the preseason. Those games were taking forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7466]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may not understand how the spirit works; but the effect of the spirit on the lives of men is there for all to see; and the only unanswerable argument for Christianity is a Christian life. No man can disregard a religion and a faith and a power which is able to make bad men good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science of fools with long memories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54831]]></link><description><![CDATA[The science of fools with long memories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travelers never think that they are the foreigners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8721]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever anyone says, 'theoretically,' they really mean, 'not really.'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to havemore things, or more money, in order to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often people attempt to live their lives backwards: they try to havemore things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to theywill be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. You must firstbe who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have whatyou want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christianity is what Jesus taught and lived and died for, then nothing can be truly the Gospel which lays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6577]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christianity is what Jesus taught and lived and died for, then nothing can be truly the Gospel which lays less stress than he did upon every human being's need of forgiveness by God, and upon our human need to be perpetually forgiving each other. Sooner or later, the modern adult man, like all other men everywhere, must come to know his need to be forgiven, and that by God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always try to balance the light with the heavy - a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42068]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not anything so excellent, but some will carp at it. . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14646]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is borne of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is borne of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should (need) a man die who has sage in his garden? [Lat., Cur moriatur homo, cui salvia crescit in horto?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, Nor to one place. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55538]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ventures are not in one bottom trusted, Nor to one place. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yonkers that have hearts of oak at fourscore yeares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yonkers that have hearts of oak at fourscore yeares.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each time a student fails, the district is required to notify the parents and provide the student accelerated instruction in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each time a student fails, the district is required to notify the parents and provide the student accelerated instruction in a setting of not more than 10 students to one teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17536]]></link><description><![CDATA[True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese say that we Europeans have one eye, they themselves two, all the world else is blinde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the dog has the temperament, and the owner has the drive, then those are the starting blocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30011]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the dog has the temperament, and the owner has the drive, then those are the starting blocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11419]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11419</guid></item></channel></rss>