<?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[Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley. What he said clicked in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42141]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were in the cages and coach (Bob) Todd said something to freshman Zach Hurley. What he said clicked in my head. All our bats finally woke up. It seemed like we were hit or miss the last five, six or seven games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't simple. But the beauty of it is, you can always start over. It'll get easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night I discovered a new form of oral contraceptive. I asked a girl to go to bed with me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night I discovered a new form of oral contraceptive. I asked a girl to go to bed with me and she said no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.  But were we burd'ned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.  But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,   As much or more we should ourselves complain:    So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,     With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me;      But if thou live to see like right bereft,       This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50931]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis all in vain to keep a constant pother About one vice and fall into another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1258]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17701]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss?  How tasteless then whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! what avail the largest gifts of Heaven, When drooping health and spirits go amiss?  How tasteless then whatever can be given!   Health is the vital principle of bliss,    And exercise of health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19974]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape, self-named Homo Sapiens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14317]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom Know this, that every man is free To choose his life and what he'll be. For this eternal truth is given, God will force no man to heaven. He'll call, persuade, direct aright, Bless with wisdom, love, and light; In nameless ways be good and kind, But never force the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talke much and erre much, saies the Spanyard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He makes a solitude, and calls it peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48741]]></link><description><![CDATA[He makes a solitude, and calls it peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't forget to love yourself. -Soren Kierkegaard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't forget to love yourself. -Soren Kierkegaard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37509]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  I hear no one boast, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  I hear no one boast, that he hath a knowledge of the Scriptures, but that he owneth a Bible written in golden characters. And tell me then, what profiteth this? The Holy Scriptures were not given to us that we should enclose them in books, but that we should engrave them upon our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've directed traditional operas and it's been wonderful. But despite all the work they require, operettas are just plain fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've directed traditional operas and it's been wonderful. But despite all the work they require, operettas are just plain fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I vacationed up in the area as a child and we both figured it had the peace and quiet we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35606]]></link><description><![CDATA[I vacationed up in the area as a child and we both figured it had the peace and quiet we were looking for, ... This is the most fabulous place in the world and George and I loved living here. That's why I'm staying put.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived  The mother of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12154]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived  The mother of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we know it's good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is moderation even in excess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42885]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is moderation even in excess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17499]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23054]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49548]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4553]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12653]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;  No harp like my own could so cheerily play,   And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fascists cannot argue, so they kill ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fascists cannot argue, so they kill]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've got just bits and pieces on Madison. But we've never worried about that before, you know, about being matched up with anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jury nullification allowed citizens to come together and override the law. It is their right to acquit. There may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jury nullification allowed citizens to come together and override the law. It is their right to acquit. There may be a situation where the sheriff or law may not be following the law and I will respect jury's and citizen's decisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10104]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love any discourse of rivers, and fish and fishing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of studying for finals, what about just going to the Bahamas and catching some rays? Maybe you'll flunk, but you might have flunked anyway; that's my point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53321]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce it was simple to setup and I was immediately able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cforce does exactly what we need. Working from within Salesforce it was simple to setup and I was immediately able to start sending emails without having to deal with a confusing list import process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A play is fiction-and fiction is fact distilled into truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34298]]></link><description><![CDATA[A play is fiction-and fiction is fact distilled into truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steadfastness in believing doth not exclude all temptations from without. When we say a tree is firmly rooted, we do not say the wind never blows upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34331]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't ignorance that causes all the trouble in this world. It's the things people know that ain't so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The still small voice is wanted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9795]]></link><description><![CDATA[The still small voice is wanted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Villagers do not think village cricket is funny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Villagers do not think village cricket is funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51984]]></link><description><![CDATA[A psychiatrist is a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1633]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of the space between your dreams and reality. If you can dream it, you can make it so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1477</guid></item></channel></rss>