<?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[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22137]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus Nero went up and down Greece and challenged the fiddlers at their trade. Aeropus, a Macedonian, made lanterns, Harcatius, the king of Parthia, was a mole-catcher; and Biantes, the Lydian, filed needles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27609]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23065]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brett was seen by doctors and they are happy with the progress of treatment so far. The problem areas around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brett was seen by doctors and they are happy with the progress of treatment so far. The problem areas around his left knee appear to have improved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11052]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are afraid we ought not to occupy ourselves with endeavoring to prove that there is no danger, but in strengthening ourselves to go on in spite of the danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should wait patiently until tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28841]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should wait patiently until tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn all expurgated books; the dirtiest book of all is the expurgated book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29995]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a kid sailing Optimists down in Cornwall and there was a British America's Cup challenge that was training in Falmouth,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am very pleased with today's wave of signings. Salim and Jacobi will add strength and speed to the defense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31529]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am very pleased with today's wave of signings. Salim and Jacobi will add strength and speed to the defense for 2006; Drew and Oral will add some flair and character to our attacking abilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off to her bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Off to her bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28894]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the nectar, the hummingbird, the clover. You are the bloom, thebee, the OerHoverer. You are the child, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43180]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the nectar, the hummingbird, the clover. You are the bloom, thebee, the OerHoverer. You are the child, the bond and the mother. Youare the Love, the Beloved, the Lover.(to our mother).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33198</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[Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some fear the dark; I embrace it. It is the only place where my eyes are blind, and my soul wanders freely from the truth of reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45227]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination fromambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47364]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination fromambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference,andundernourishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53441]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to shut Michelle down completely. I've never seen a team take her totally out of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39389]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to shut Michelle down completely. I've never seen a team take her totally out of a game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man.  When Duty whispers low, Thou must,   The youth replies, I can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12244]]></link><description><![CDATA[At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent. -Golda Meir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't help but stand out there and think how amazing it is with all the connections, including Glen Sather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35831]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't help but stand out there and think how amazing it is with all the connections, including Glen Sather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest about thirty years after date. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48920]]></link><description><![CDATA[The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age, payable with interest about thirty years after date.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22496]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary to try to surpass one's self always; this occupation ought to last as long as life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extremes meet and there is no better example than the haughtiness of humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success comes from knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, there are political complications in Haiti, too, ... But when people are basically unhappy because they don't have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, there are political complications in Haiti, too, ... But when people are basically unhappy because they don't have a good way of life, they don't have a job, it's often related to too many people and too few opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great problem with doing that in real time is people live in real time and almost everybody's default forecasting method is to extrapolate the recent past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17734]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with the hand of a despot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no taking trout with dry breeches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59740]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no taking trout with dry breeches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44865]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employ'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal is to help everyone be involved in the full life of the church, not just Sunday morning services. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal is to help everyone be involved in the full life of the church, not just Sunday morning services.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who make people happy, but inside he's real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11739]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what would make a good story? Something about a clown who make people happy, but inside he's real sad. Also, he has severe diarrhea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can plant a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22034]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can plant a dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in the force and road of casualty. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in the force and road of casualty. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20524]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only God helps the badly dressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only God helps the badly dressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9889</guid></item></channel></rss>