<?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[Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their wants but few, their wishes all confin'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray you all, If you have hitherto concealed this sight,  Let it be tenable in your silence still.   And whatsoever else shall hap to-night,    Give it an understanding but no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14914]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is down needs fear no fall He that is low, no pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58371]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd be hanging out in my bathrobe all day, stinky, just writing, and my mom allowed me to do this-as long as I was writing songs. She said, 'As long as you're seriously working on music, I'll support you. Don't get a job, because if you work, it will crush you.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14064]]></link><description><![CDATA["You are too free spoken," is your constant remark to me, Choerilus. He who speaks against you, Choerilus, is indeed a free speaker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23215]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very sound or the very foolish imagine otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34437]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mode by which the inevitable comes to pass is effort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That good diffused may more abundant grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17851]]></link><description><![CDATA[That good diffused may more abundant grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wouldn't be unthinkable that he would chase her out with a baseball bat, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36930]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wouldn't be unthinkable that he would chase her out with a baseball bat,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In just the last two and a half or three years, I've noticed a big difference in the clientele. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34674]]></link><description><![CDATA[In just the last two and a half or three years, I've noticed a big difference in the clientele.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8674]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles,  I doubted of this saw, till on a day   I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything yields to diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything yields to diligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody out there. Learn from this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody out there. Learn from this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our handicaps depend on how many innings, how many defeats and who the opponent is. It takes a lot more into account, so it's a lot more competitive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our pride and joy, right here. There's Butter Crunch (lettuce) on the right, spinach in the middle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38146]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our pride and joy, right here. There's Butter Crunch (lettuce) on the right, spinach in the middle and the remains of the Black-Seeded Simpson (leaf lettuce) on the left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know what's happening in Buffalo or Rochester or Binghamton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3873]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can not sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low,  'Tis that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57212]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can not sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low,  'Tis that I can't remember how   They go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased,  The which observed, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48463]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a history in all men's lives, Figuring the nature of the times deceased,  The which observed, a man may prophesy,   With a near aim, of the main chance of things    As yet not come to life, which in their seeds     And weak beginnings lie intreasured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground. We've been working for many years on this project. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're ecstatic that we got things off the ground. We've been working for many years on this project.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prevention is a whole lot less costly than treatment ? and maybe more effective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prevention is a whole lot less costly than treatment ? and maybe more effective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your toong in your purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your toong in your purse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is only a good thing when your jealous of me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sword conquered for a while, but the spirit conquers for ever!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53501]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A bystander said to him, Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand. Do not attempt too much at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spiritual is the parent of the practical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57408]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spiritual is the parent of the practical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41237]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I think the emotion factor is still there and it is precisely what makes sports sponsorship so powerful. There's nothing that gets people as involved as sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have to act like a serious efficient government with a small number of ministers, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have to act like a serious efficient government with a small number of ministers,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches only the teachable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches only the teachable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27211]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of the nation rests in the character of her men. And character comes from boyhood. Thus every boy is a challenge to his elders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14273]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no mistakes, no coincidences. All events are blessings given to us to learn from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   The first service one owes to others in the fellowship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644   The first service one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them. Just as love of God begins in listening to His Word, so the beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them. It is God's love for us that He not only gives us His Word but lends us His ear. So it is His work that we do for our brother when we learn to listen to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I write-down to speak-up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I write-down to speak-up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men make more opportunities than they find.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power; but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62939</guid></item></channel></rss>