<?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[Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in the umpire's eye or on the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9573]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. He sits on a hot stove for a minute, it's longer than any hour. That is relativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4701]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48063]]></link><description><![CDATA[To preach more than half an hour, a man should be an angel himself or have angels for hearers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17988]]></link><description><![CDATA[And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ugliness is a point of view: an ulcer is wonderful to a pathologist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweep first before your own door, before you sweep the doorsteps of your neighbors]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NetBSD/sparc: 100% SpF (Solaris protection Factor) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57116]]></link><description><![CDATA[NetBSD/sparc: 100% SpF (Solaris protection Factor)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Word on... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6463]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who receives this Word, and by it salvation, receives along with it the duty of passing this Word on... Where there is no mission, there is no Church, and where there is neither Church nor mission, there is no faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52636]]></link><description><![CDATA[To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of the arts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a challenge; he's very versatile. But we've faced a lot of good players this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28584]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a challenge; he's very versatile. But we've faced a lot of good players this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes our work feels small and insignificant. But remember, a small ripple can gain momentum and build a current so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes our work feels small and insignificant. But remember, a small ripple can gain momentum and build a current so strong that is insurmountable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble theirfood, and tyrannize their teachers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble theirfood, and tyrannize their teachers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor ease nor peace that heart can know, That like the needle true,  Turns at the touch of joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor ease nor peace that heart can know, That like the needle true,  Turns at the touch of joy or woe;   But turning, trembles too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat the other man's faith gently; it is all he has to believe with. His mind was created for his own thoughts, not yours or mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion. [Fr., C'est un betail servile et sot a mon avis  Que les imitateurs.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capacity for joy Admits temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capacity for joy Admits temptation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After supper walk a mile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48622]]></link><description><![CDATA[After supper walk a mile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children need encouragement. If a kid gets an answer right, tell him it was a lucky guess. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you close your eyes, you could just as well imagine me to be vintage Ali MacGraw, circa 1968. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14590]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you close your eyes, you could just as well imagine me to be vintage Ali MacGraw, circa 1968.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're young, and I'm getting older every game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38344]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're young, and I'm getting older every game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754   There are... few stronger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754   There are... few stronger indications of ignorance of the power and evil of sin than the confident assertion of our ability to resist and subdue it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is life's mater and matrix, mother and medium. There is no life without water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10633]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately we think she'll be exonerated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately we think she'll be exonerated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64873]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman that deliberates is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman that deliberates is lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a question of absorbing other people's personalities and adding some of your own experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle? He was all for love and a little for the bottle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've always wanted to (unionize) and now they legally can. It's obviously going to cost us more money, but we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41745]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've always wanted to (unionize) and now they legally can. It's obviously going to cost us more money, but we're going to try to make a positive out of it, ... We will have a professional working relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28037]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good night! I have to say good night, To such a host of peerless things! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good night! I have to say good night, To such a host of peerless things!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst crime is faking it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst crime is faking it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt  Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak   Than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt  Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak   Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man,    Dressed in a little brief authority,     Most ignorant of what he's most assured      His glassy essence--like an angry ape       Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven        As makes the angels weep; who, with our spleens,         would all themselves laugh mortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our myriad-minded Shakespeare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our myriad-minded Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes me feel good to walk through there and know that some of the things that Negro League players ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes me feel good to walk through there and know that some of the things that Negro League players played for has been preserved, and people can go in there, and look at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mans discontent is his worst evill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49058]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mans discontent is his worst evill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember last year we looked on screen and we saw we had to play Connecticut on their home court. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35242]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember last year we looked on screen and we saw we had to play Connecticut on their home court. It made you wonder if you had played them on a neutral court what would have happened. This year we play on a neutral court. It's definitely a good thing for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when Andy called, I asked him if he would mind waiting, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39312]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when Andy called, I asked him if he would mind waiting,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39312</guid></item></channel></rss>