<?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[Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18168]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a tiny, neurotic man, standing in the back of the room throwing tomatoes at the chalk board. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59001]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a tiny, neurotic man, standing in the back of the room throwing tomatoes at the chalk board. And that's really it. And what we do is we come in in the morning and we go, "Did you see that thing last night? Aahh!" And then we spend the next 8 or 9 hours trying to take this and make it into something funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have at least four to five different potato dishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38155]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have at least four to five different potato dishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to write it that way, ... that would be helpful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32979]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to write it that way, ... that would be helpful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58628]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50089]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the discreet advise, the foole doth his busines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is much like the present, only longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is much like the present, only longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were beat up and pretty tired. They contributed that first night, but not like they have for the past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33970]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were beat up and pretty tired. They contributed that first night, but not like they have for the past month and a half. It took them a while to get used to a ball they could dribble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(A lack of) patience was an issue, and it's been something we've fought all season. I hope this game was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38854]]></link><description><![CDATA[(A lack of) patience was an issue, and it's been something we've fought all season. I hope this game was a wake-up call, but it's a crappy way to get it. The kids have been resilient all season. Hopefully, we'll get another shot at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee wrongs not an old man that steales his supper from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we should find unspeakable pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59966]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fox Who Had Lost His TailA fox caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fox Who Had Lost His TailA fox caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other Foxes that being tailless was much more attractive, thus making up for his own deprivation. He assembled a good many Foxes and publicly advised them to cut off their tails, saying that they would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience. One of them interrupting him said, If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little bigger this year. I think the teachers are getting more involved and are encouraging their artistic students. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little bigger this year. I think the teachers are getting more involved and are encouraging their artistic students. So that's why they're here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real death of America will come when everyone is alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12592]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real death of America will come when everyone is alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He plays o' th' viol-de-gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word without book, and hath all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25136]]></link><description><![CDATA[He plays o' th' viol-de-gamboys, and speaks three or four languages word for word without book, and hath all the good gifts of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54278]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die.  The sun insists on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dewdrops, Nature's tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die.  The sun insists on gladness; but at night,   When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor disgraces no man, but occasionally men disgrace labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am told that he rejected the request ... because of the sensitivity of the material for a political reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am told that he rejected the request ... because of the sensitivity of the material for a political reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where lies the land, to which the ship would go?Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know.And where the land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where lies the land, to which the ship would go?Far, far ahead is all, her seamen know.And where the land she travels from?Away, far far behind, is all that they can say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every few years I'll party way too much to remind myself what an idiot I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is our soul's left hand, Faith her right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statement after losing his first fight to Ken Norton, March 31, 1973: I never thought of losing, but now that it's happened, the only thing is to do it right. That's my obligation to all the people who believe in me. We all have to take defeats in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really encouraging to be around people who are so influenced by music. They have really incredible ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really encouraging to be around people who are so influenced by music. They have really incredible ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should we break up Our snug and pleasant party?  Time was made for slaves,   But never for us so hearty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're living an unhappy life and you probably think this is normal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33529]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single prop that does not look real to an audience can louse you up. The same is true of the smallest flaw in setting up the motivation in a story line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With these qualities, we can achieve revival and bounce back stronger than ever before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40868]]></link><description><![CDATA[With these qualities, we can achieve revival and bounce back stronger than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a life-long monument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou, in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a life-long monument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This victory will be your I ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50788]]></link><description><![CDATA[This victory will be your I ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37288]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a good job of working the counts and getting good pitches to hit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may have faults, but being wrong ain't one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made her; her beauty cost her nothing,   Her virtues were so rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above his neighbors because he hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61431]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he be exalted above his neighbors because he hath more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20392</guid></item></channel></rss>