<?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[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against; not with; the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against; not with; the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With clothes the new are best, with friends the old are best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28054]]></link><description><![CDATA[With clothes the new are best, with friends the old are best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in luck. When I am diligent, my luck is generally good. When I am lax, my invariable turns bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never was anything great achieved without danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never was anything great achieved without danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature's first great title--mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature's first great title--mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every madman considers everyone else a madman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every madman considers everyone else a madman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus--Charles the First, his Cromwell--and George the Third--("Treason!" shouted the Speaker) may profit by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus--Charles the First, his Cromwell--and George the Third--("Treason!" shouted the Speaker) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is notone's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is notone's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet onhis ideas, to take a calculated risk-and to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason for the postponement is to re-examine the issue to explore all the options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason for the postponement is to re-examine the issue to explore all the options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief burden of the frustrated is the consciousness of a blemished, ineffectual self, and their chief desire is to slough off the unwanted self and begin a new life. They try to realize this desire either by finding a new identity or by blurring and camouflaging their individual distinctness; and both these ends are reached by imitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She said I bet you don’t remember meAnd I said only every other memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26907]]></link><description><![CDATA[She said I bet you don’t remember meAnd I said only every other memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35252]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really affects us is the guys in front of us. When you have people on base it causes problems for them when we come up. If nobody is on base, they can be a little more fine with their pitches and not have to worry about leaving anything out over the plate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory is never where virtue is not. [Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory is never where virtue is not. [Fr., La gloire n'est jamais ou la vertu n'est pas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47753]]></link><description><![CDATA[For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The root of the problem is very simply stated: if there were no sovereign independent states, if the states of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43703]]></link><description><![CDATA[The root of the problem is very simply stated: if there were no sovereign independent states, if the states of the civilized world were organized in some sort of federalism, as the states of the American Union, for instance, are organized, there would be no international war as we know it ... The main obstacle is nationalism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job early in the game but were able to come on late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intellectual power, through words and things, Went sounding on, a dim and perilous way!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63899]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,  In books and love the mind one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,  In books and love the mind one end pursues,   And only change the expiring flames renews.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Frank and I had never played together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38060]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Frank and I had never played together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of them want to lead with price, so if you have a network that is better, it's great. Spending ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39049]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of them want to lead with price, so if you have a network that is better, it's great. Spending on voice calls is falling even without a price war, so they don't want to cut prices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Till last by Philip's farm I flowTo join the brimming river,For men may come and men may go,But I go on for ever. - The Brook.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63880]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39355]]></link><description><![CDATA[So, to prepare for the role, I had to take music lessons, talk to wives who had husbands overseas, and carefully study the reactions and mannerisms of a friend who was expecting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course, now I am too old to be much of a fisherman, and now of course I usually fish the big waters alone, although some friends think I shouldn't. Like many fly fishermen in western Montana where the summer days are almost Arctic in length, I often do not start fishing until the cool of the evening. Then in the Arctic half-light of the canyon, all existence fades to a being with my soul and memories and the sounds of the Big Blackfoot River and a four-count rhythm and the hope that a fish will rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32778]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past should be a springboard not a hammock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past should be a springboard not a hammock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The growth reflects how easy it has become to sell used books and to create inventory in this business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37562]]></link><description><![CDATA[The growth reflects how easy it has become to sell used books and to create inventory in this business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first in glory, as the first in place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first in glory, as the first in place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57401]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a common error to suppose that the Higher Life is a matter of reading, and the adoption of theological or metaphysical hypotheses, and that Spiritual Principles can be apprehended by this method.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3606]]></link><description><![CDATA[A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trappings of lifestyle are often that; traps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trappings of lifestyle are often that; traps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer; preserve my life from fear of the enemy. [Psalms 64:1].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well is the great art of social life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting the wing back going may be key. We've been rotating some guys there and will continue to do so until someone shows it's his spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12957]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which the dream shows is the shadow of such wisdom as exists in man, even if during his waking state he may know nothing about it... We do not know it because we are fooling away our time with outward and perishing things, and are asleep in regard to that which is real within ourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be a tough battle. They were everything we heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39689]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew it was going to be a tough battle. They were everything we heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those principal lights or natural mediums by which things are to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, 'tis supposed, may bear all lights; and one those principal lights or natural mediums by which things are to be viewed in order to a thorough recognition is ridicule itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38330]]></link><description><![CDATA['How do you know so much about everything?' was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just by being out you're doing your part. It's like recycling. You're doing your part for the environment if you recycle; you're doing your part for the gay movement if you're out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne. [Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5843]]></link><description><![CDATA[That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne. [Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own. [Fr., Les abeilles pillotent deca dela les fleurs; mais elles en font aprez le miel, qui est tout leur; ce n'est plus thym, ny marjolaine: ainsi les pieces empruntees d'aultruy, il les transformera et confondra pour en faire un ouvrage tout sien.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56889]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61448</guid></item></channel></rss>