<?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[But, oh! what mighty magician can assuage A woman's envy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14010]]></link><description><![CDATA[But, oh! what mighty magician can assuage A woman's envy?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly becomes any one of us to talk about the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stronger always succeeds. [Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57945]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stronger always succeeds. [Lat., Plus potest qui plus valet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50966]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is grist that comes to the mill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until you're broken, you don't know what you're made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until you're broken, you don't know what you're made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52270]]></link><description><![CDATA[We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25725]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye  From thee takes timely warning.   Nor trusts the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye  From thee takes timely warning.   Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.   - John Keble,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deed is everything, the glory is naught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deed is everything, the glory is naught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    With the thought of other years?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man never fails because he never tries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man never fails because he never tries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties show men what they are. In case of any difficulty remember that God has pitted you against a rough antagonist that you may be a conqueror, and this cannot be without toil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33962]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he could be a good player because he could shoot the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. will continue to be our growth driver. There are many opportunities for us in this marketplace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. will continue to be our growth driver. There are many opportunities for us in this marketplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people choose not to donate their services because they believe that it somehow devalues them by "giving them away." In truth, there is nothing that demonstrates the value of your skills more than putting them to good use for a cause you believe in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few minds wear out; more rust out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few minds wear out; more rust out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My family begins with me, your family ends with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15165]]></link><description><![CDATA[My family begins with me, your family ends with you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It shall be so. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It shall be so. Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?  Better dwell in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57174]]></link><description><![CDATA[O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?  Better dwell in the midst of alarms,   Than reign in this horrible place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/845]]></link><description><![CDATA[People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man could half his wishes he would double his Troubles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek out that particular mental attribute which makes you feel most deeply and vitally alive, along with which comes the inner voice which says, 'This is the real me,' and when you have found that attitude, follow it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't the substitution that turned the match, individual errors led to the Czech goals, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't the substitution that turned the match, individual errors led to the Czech goals,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have been monitoring large-scale deforestation in the Amazon with satellites for more than two decades, but selective logging has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36181]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have been monitoring large-scale deforestation in the Amazon with satellites for more than two decades, but selective logging has been mostly invisible until now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66610]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we become depends on what we read after all of the professors have finished with us. The greatest university of all is a collection of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haste is productive of injury, and so is too much hesitation. He is the wisest man who does everything at the proper time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I havechosen to be. (from James Allen). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21489]]></link><description><![CDATA[My circumstances do not make me what I am, they reveal who I havechosen to be. (from James Allen).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! worse every day! this colony grows backward like the tail of a calf. [Lat., Heu quotidie pejus! haec colonia retroversus crescit tanquam coda vituli.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where trash cans are ugly, weather-beaten with peeling paint. If we make them look like works of art, people will treat them as such. People would be encouraged to observe them as art that is also utilitarian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not blind, it sees more not less; But because it sees more it chooses to see less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not blind, it sees more not less; But because it sees more it chooses to see less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is reading, but silent conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4576]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is reading, but silent conversation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to take advantage of everything. If we have one mismatch we'll ride it as long as we can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40409]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to take advantage of everything. If we have one mismatch we'll ride it as long as we can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15915]]></link><description><![CDATA[If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get 'em, get 'em right, or they will get you wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37892]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caution is the eldest child of wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caution is the eldest child of wisdom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56978]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you pray hard enough, water will run uphill. How hard? Why, hard enough to make water run uphill, of course!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15268]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53998]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48845]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60984]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60984</guid></item></channel></rss>