<?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[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[In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55808]]></link><description><![CDATA[In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a treasured gift, and every time I talk with you I feel as if I'm getting richer and richer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27679]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a high school student and this is from a poem I wrote called Sometimes He Wonders. You may split it into different parts if you'd like - right now I'll put it as Unsorted. And He feels so incredibly weak when he has ferociously quarreled against them since his genuine years and has lost. His hopes for a better understanding dissipate as he grows older, and his mind grows less eager to reach a verdict. Having no sense of direction, he roams here, looking above, asking futile questions, even though the answers may be feared. Good by nature, he has learned his survival skills, which will lead him into the real world, and will someday make him a successful individual. Wishing the pressure did not exist, it is a natural instinct to adapt and not to recluse. He rather is a mindless drone than a lonely Hermit, after all. He has no control over his environment, it is the exact opposite. Molded and shaped by his surroundings, he seeks about for himself and his purpose, while this mold slowly deteriorates organic matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, But with a crafty madness keeps aloof  When we would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, But with a crafty madness keeps aloof  When we would bring him on to some confession   Of his true state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The murmur that springs From the growing of grass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The murmur that springs From the growing of grass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's prudent to take every precaution you can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's prudent to take every precaution you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36269]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24973]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Ten acres and a mule." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1946]]></link><description><![CDATA["Ten acres and a mule."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64529]]></link><description><![CDATA[My words in her mind: cold polished stones sinking through a quagmire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the same direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the same direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that behavior in snakes is more complex than we previously thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35945]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that behavior in snakes is more complex than we previously thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life then of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I did my book to help other people, ... People are always struggling and they need help and something to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34804]]></link><description><![CDATA[I did my book to help other people, ... People are always struggling and they need help and something to give them courage, so that's why I did it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased that our first mission for NASA on Atlas V is such an exciting and important project. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41728]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased that our first mission for NASA on Atlas V is such an exciting and important project.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that hamper Linux's climb to world domination is the shortage of bad Computer Role Playing Games, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25149]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that hamper Linux's climb to world domination is the shortage of bad Computer Role Playing Games, or CRaPGs. No operating system can be considered respectable without one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the seed of ethics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the seed of ethics]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings!  How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54514]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God's sake let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings!  How some have been deposed, some slain in war,   Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed,    Some poisoned by their wives, some sleeping killed--     All murdered; for within the hollow crown      That rounds the mortal temples of a king       Keeps Death his court; and there the antic sits,        Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp;         Allowing him a breath, a little scene,          To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks;           Infusing him with self and vain conceit,            As if this flesh which walls about our life             Were brass impregnable; and humored thus,              Comes at the last, and with a little pin               Bores through his castle wall, and farewell king!                Cover your heads, and mock not flesh and blood                 With solemn reverence, Throw away respect,                  Tradition, form, and ceremonious duty;                   For you have but mistook me all this while.                    I live with bread like you, feel want, taste grief,                     Need friends. Subjected thus,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64398]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12965]]></link><description><![CDATA[If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rich man's joke is always funny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20097]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rich man's joke is always funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25191]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A burnt child dreads the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14728]]></link><description><![CDATA[A burnt child dreads the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got four really good games left and then the playoffs. We're going to have to bring our 'A' game ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42101]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got four really good games left and then the playoffs. We're going to have to bring our 'A' game the rest of the way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're waist deep in the Big Muddyand the big fool says to push onsinging about an incident in whichmarine recruits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're waist deep in the Big Muddyand the big fool says to push onsinging about an incident in whichmarine recruits died driven to their deaths by an officer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger thewind, the stronger the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good timber does not grow with ease; the stronger thewind, the stronger the trees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that's liberal To all alike, may do a good by chance,  But never out of judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24661]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that's liberal To all alike, may do a good by chance,  But never out of judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think another problem people have is they are always searching for that high, and they don't realize they can get that same high with that same person again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of eachother everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16830]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of eachother everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them tofly in formation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21763]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all right to have butterflies in your stomach. Just get them tofly in formation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54164]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get what you reward. Be clear about what you want to get and systematically reward it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16557]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first competitive grant cycle where organizations had the opportunity to apply for grant funding. We've been going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39315]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first competitive grant cycle where organizations had the opportunity to apply for grant funding. We've been going to organizations and presenting checks to the chosen groups for this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14144]]></link><description><![CDATA[All faiths constitute a revelation of Truth, but all are imperfect and liable to error]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46385]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47382]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were going to start south of San Francisco in Half Moon Bay and go see every lighthouse on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42392]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were going to start south of San Francisco in Half Moon Bay and go see every lighthouse on the Northern California and Oregon coast. That was our (goal). My wife has always been kind of a lighthouse nut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none.  My tongue and soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me be cruel, not unnatural; I will speak daggers to her, but use none.  My tongue and soul in this be hypocrites:   How in my words somever she be shent,    To give them seals never, my soul, consent!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16928]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16966]]></link><description><![CDATA[But friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life; and thanks to a benevolent arrangement of things, the greater part of life is sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I win or I die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I win or I die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born out of concern for all beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born out of concern for all beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is overcome by habit. [Lat., Consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18524</guid></item></channel></rss>