<?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[To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45332]]></link><description><![CDATA[To overcome difficulties is to experience the full delight of existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely considered him a humbug in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55099]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had used the work in its Pickwickian sense . . . he had merely considered him a humbug in a Pickwickian point of view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man hears one word and understands two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60160]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man hears one word and understands two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/360]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a time and oft Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,  To tow'rs and windows, yea, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a time and oft Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,  To tow'rs and windows, yea, to chimney tops,   Your infants in your arms, and there have sat    The livelong day, with patient expectation,     To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In Clovis,] we'll lose about a million dollars, ... We'll probably have to do away with our transit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36340]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In Clovis,] we'll lose about a million dollars, ... We'll probably have to do away with our transit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue. [Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48374]]></link><description><![CDATA[What follows I flee; what flees I ever pursue. [Lat., Quod sequitur, fugio; quod fugit, usque sequor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46372]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is well said to be the speech of angels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is well said to be the speech of angels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no index so sure as the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60941]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no index so sure as the voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy: unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the second game in a row we came out turning the ball over. The pressure is probably what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29629]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the second game in a row we came out turning the ball over. The pressure is probably what caused it. When you get in a game like this, you can't turn the ball over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23938]]></link><description><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the second half, La Conner tightened their defense. They packed defenders into the box ... the ball kept deflecting off people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48570]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great albatross!--the meanest birds Spring up and flit away,  While thou must toil to gain a flight,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great albatross!--the meanest birds Spring up and flit away,  While thou must toil to gain a flight,   And spread those pinions grey;    But when they once are fairly poised,     Far o'er each chirping thing      Thou sailest wide to other lands,       E'en sleeping on the wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have found that to be a very successful recruiting tool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40810]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have found that to be a very successful recruiting tool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flatterer is a secret enemy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13817]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flatterer is a secret enemy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saddle your dreams before you ride em. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saddle your dreams before you ride em.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich are different from you and me because they have more credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is art? Nature concentrated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43768]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is art? Nature concentrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65085]]></link><description><![CDATA[An educated people can be easily governed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never propose to thy self such a God, as thou wert not bound to imitate: Thou mistakest God, if thou make him to be any such thing, or make him to do any such thing, as thou in thy proportion shouldst not be, or shouldst not do. And shouldst thou curse any man that had never offended, never transgrest, never trespass thee? Can God have done so? Will God curse man, before man have sinned?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19894]]></link><description><![CDATA[It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress comes from the intelligent use of experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17994]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good history covers not only what was done, but the thought that went into the action. You can read the history of a country through its actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two phenomena, in my view, are particularly disturbing: One is the prevalence of the use of torture to extract confessions and information and the second one is the intimidation of those who make complaints against public officials. In my opinion, there is no doubt that these phenomena are more than allegations, but have in fact considerable basis in reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, still, from either beach, The voice of blood shall reach,  More audible than speech,   "We are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, still, from either beach, The voice of blood shall reach,  More audible than speech,   "We are one!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those curious locks so aptly twin'd, Whose every hair a soul doth bind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those curious locks so aptly twin'd, Whose every hair a soul doth bind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a dangerous and idle dream to think that the state can become rule by philosophers turned kings or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47650]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a dangerous and idle dream to think that the state can become rule by philosophers turned kings or scientists turned commissars. For if philosophers become kings or scientists commissars, they become politicians, and the powers given to the state are powers given to men who are rulers of states, men subject to all the limitations and temptations of their dangerous craft. Unless this is borne in mind, there will be a dangerous optimistic tendency to sweep aside doubts and fears as irrelevant, since, in the state that the projectors have in mind, power will be exercised by men of a wisdom and degree of moral virtue that we have not yet seen. It won't. It will be exercised by men who will be men first and rulers next and scientists and saints long after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers. . . are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43516]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no defeat except for those who give up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11793]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no defeat except for those who give up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7258]]></link><description><![CDATA[They, therefore, who are hasty in their devotions and think a little will do, are strangers both to the nature of devotion and the nature of man; they do not know that they are to learn to pray, and that prayer is to be learnt as they learn other things, by frequency, constancy, and perseverance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be cured by baldness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sheer folly to tear the hair in grief as if sorrow could be cured by baldness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27388]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is merit without elevation, but there is no elevation without some merit. [Fr., Il y a du merite sans elevation mais il n'y a point d'elevation sans quelque merite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horseis worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22107]]></link><description><![CDATA[A racehorse that consistently runs just a second faster than another horseis worth millions of dollars more. Be willing to give that extra effortthat separates the winner from the one in second place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that you control your destiny, that you can be what you want to be. You can also stop and say, No, I won't do it, I won't behave his way anymore. I'm lonely and I need people around me, maybe I have to change my methods of behaving and then you do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew this was a young team coming in and there was a lot of butterflies and jitters before the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38259]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew this was a young team coming in and there was a lot of butterflies and jitters before the game. One game does not make a season and we will bounce back and get ready to play Bronson.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every thing new is fine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every thing new is fine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon Him here,  Blest fishers were; and fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16099]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first men that our Saviour dear Did choose to wait upon Him here,  Blest fishers were; and fish the last   Food was, that He on earth did taste:    I therefore strive to follow those,     Whom He to follow Him hath chose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16099</guid></item></channel></rss>