<?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[So let his name through Europe ring! A man of mean estate,  Who dies as firm as Sparta's king, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18251]]></link><description><![CDATA[So let his name through Europe ring! A man of mean estate,  Who dies as firm as Sparta's king,   Because his soul was great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silente man still suffers wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silente man still suffers wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/748]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time discovers truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time discovers truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22154]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sick StagA sick stag lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground. His companions came in great numbers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sick StagA sick stag lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground. His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for his use; so that he died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of the means of living. Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603   It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women do most delight in revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women do most delight in revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of law is, that one suit breedes twenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give them each a different quote about about winning, confidence, motivation, stuff like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39443]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give them each a different quote about about winning, confidence, motivation, stuff like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately, there's no serious damage. There's definitely some soreness and stiffness, but other than that, I'm fine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately, there's no serious damage. There's definitely some soreness and stiffness, but other than that, I'm fine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll take donations of any amount. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35646]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll take donations of any amount.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At halftime, I told them not to come out of the locker room unless they would come fight, scratch, claw, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33963]]></link><description><![CDATA[At halftime, I told them not to come out of the locker room unless they would come fight, scratch, claw, whatever they had to do until the end of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was just so mature about it. I use that same system for all my players now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36869]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was just so mature about it. I use that same system for all my players now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14670]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20470]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963]]></link><description><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they may not have the rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40059]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Â°calls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27242]]></link><description><![CDATA[No woman marries for money; they are all clever enough, before marrying a millionaire, to fall in love with him first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This map is truly a new window on the Antarctic continent, providing new beginnings in our Earth science studies there, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35712]]></link><description><![CDATA[This map is truly a new window on the Antarctic continent, providing new beginnings in our Earth science studies there,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st unseen   Slumbering the festal hours away,    While Youth disports in that enchanting scene;     Till on some fated day      Thou with a tiger-spring dost leap upon thy prey,       And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51738]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year was the first time I actually participated in Halloween. I dressed up as a pimp, and my sister ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year was the first time I actually participated in Halloween. I dressed up as a pimp, and my sister was my bitch. We had to walk down Sunset Boulevard because we couldn't get a ride to the party, and everyone was sticking their heads out of their cars and yelling at us. It was great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cosmetic surgery and poker are popular right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cosmetic surgery and poker are popular right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Models work when they are appropriate for the particular circumstance, but some of the best investment judgments over time have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Models work when they are appropriate for the particular circumstance, but some of the best investment judgments over time have come when people recognized that models derived in other periods were broken or not directly relevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other ropers get real heavy when they get wet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other ropers get real heavy when they get wet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of meat twice boiled, and an old foe reconciled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought must be divided against itself before it can come to any knowledge of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58054]]></link><description><![CDATA[No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still experimenting with a little bit of the chemistry on the field, working in some of the sophomores ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39285]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still experimenting with a little bit of the chemistry on the field, working in some of the sophomores to see who will work with whom. When we were losing those points, they got a couple of fast breaks, and our defense just wasn't crashing in fast enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33868]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bought the property as much for the tree as for the Victorian house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren’t real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can’t afford to make changes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics: Poli a Latin word meaning many; and "tics" meaning bloodsucking creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46898</guid></item></channel></rss>