<?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[The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The court is like a palace built of marble; I mean that it is made up of very hard but very polished people. [Fr., La cour est comme un edifice bati de marbre; je veux dire qu'elle est composee d'hommes fort durs mais fort polis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai. Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speme e Fortune, addio; che' in porto entrai. Schernite gli altri; ch'io vi spregio omai.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a moveable body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred,  For the same sound is in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57302]]></link><description><![CDATA[My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred,  For the same sound is in my ears   Which in those days I heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is beneficial for them to do this. There is no question that they are working hard and having some success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since when was genius found respectable?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six or seven months ago, I didn't think I'd be up here talking about a new basketball coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men simply copied the realities of their hearts when they built prisons]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa  Fortuna.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense among men of fortune is rare. [Lat., Rarus enim ferme sunsus communis in illa  Fortuna.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only good husbands stay bachelors: They're too considerate to get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,then Athens ceased to be free and was never free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22327]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39080]]></link><description><![CDATA[We insist that the international community cannot depend on any country with weapons of mass destruction which has relations with terrorists, and which allows itself the luxury of not respecting the law and of defying the international community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65800]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I rise long before day and work till nightfall, when I take a walk and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23116]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked, "Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could make no use of?" "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole chestfull, and makes no more use of them that I do."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19296]]></link><description><![CDATA[After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55986]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best you can beat any given momentis yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34408]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best you can beat any given momentis yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One good act of vengeance deserves another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44220]]></link><description><![CDATA[One good act of vengeance deserves another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other things may change us, but we start and end with family ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other things may change us, but we start and end with family]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is a most necessary qualification for business; many a man would rather you heard his story than granted his request.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've counted more than 20 people killed today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs come when they're called; cats take a message and get back to you later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51601]]></link><description><![CDATA[He blames Neptune unjustly who twice suffers shipwreck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old praise dies, unlesse you feede it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow;  Or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53193]]></link><description><![CDATA[For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow;  Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise;   Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23783]]></link><description><![CDATA[My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm banking on the playoffs now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm banking on the playoffs now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even speed, when we are anxious, seems like delay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall comprehend all vagrom men. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55437]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall comprehend all vagrom men. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is an interactive conversation that pulls people toward becoming comfortable with the language of personal responsibility and commitment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know with our heads that the Bible and the Gospel have a bearing -- sooner or later -- upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know with our heads that the Bible and the Gospel have a bearing -- sooner or later -- upon every issue in life, every problem, every relationship, every practice. But is it not true that in our hearts we are afraid that the full-orbed, unfiltered revelation of God will disturb some custom, some privilege, some status by which we benefit in society, occupation, or government? And knowing that we are profiting by the blood, sweat, and tears of the many, we feel wrath rising in us whenever it is proposed that religion touches the thing in question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. I always send them a plant to wish them well. Of course, it's a cactus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wise nor brave to question God. It is the folly of a prideful heart]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16166]]></link><description><![CDATA[By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, getting in there more and getting to go against all of the hitters on the other team instead of just one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42779]]></link><description><![CDATA[People talk about the courage of condemned men walking to the place of execution: sometimes it needs as much courage to walk with any kind of bearing towards another person's habitual misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42779</guid></item></channel></rss>