<?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 amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose toput energy into something can be remarkable. Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21450]]></link><description><![CDATA[The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose toput energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27732]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men love peace in their armchairs after dinner; but they disbelieve the other nations's professions, rightly measuring its sincerity by their own. - Oscar Firkins: Memoirs and Letters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16645</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[Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I;  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--   In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I;  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--   In a cottage I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to be able to move the ball. At times we've had consistency, but we can't afford to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41955]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to be able to move the ball. At times we've had consistency, but we can't afford to have three plays and out or allow penalties to get us backed up. New Philadelphia is too good of a football team for us to do that. We need to be able to hold it and move it and we really have to put it in the end zone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54812]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65785]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride:  The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums   Are drooping heavy-eyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride:  The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums   Are drooping heavy-eyed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30160]]></link><description><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a great teacher and person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step to eternal life, is you have to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step to eternal life, is you have to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16791]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man questions the wisdom of others because he questions his own, the foolish man, because it is different from his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A willing heart adds feather to the heel And makes the clown a winged Mercury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61588]]></link><description><![CDATA[A willing heart adds feather to the heel And makes the clown a winged Mercury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas in Trafalgar's bay The saucy Frenchmen lay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61122]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas in Trafalgar's bay The saucy Frenchmen lay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had more chances tonight. The defense got the ball back for us all night, and we were able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32760]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had more chances tonight. The defense got the ball back for us all night, and we were able to make something happen with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every honest miller has a golden thumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every honest miller has a golden thumb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits... the only reason they persist is that they are offering some satisfaction. You allow them to persist by not seeking any other, better form of satisfying the same needs. Every habit, good or bad, is acquired and learned in the same way -- by finding that it is a means of satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not bad. I had to fight back after the bad start. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31811]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not bad. I had to fight back after the bad start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15190]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28190]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does a good job on the boards. He had a great game tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others, lives unblest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Election campaigns are allowed for all registered coalitions and political parties within the frame of the commission's regulations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Election campaigns are allowed for all registered coalitions and political parties within the frame of the commission's regulations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53104]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13506]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman. Modo he's called, and Mahu. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prince of darkness is a gentleman. Modo he's called, and Mahu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25386]]></link><description><![CDATA[A teacher is one who makes himself progressively unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have had three really good meetings and we are still visiting. There will be an announcement next week. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31712]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have had three really good meetings and we are still visiting. There will be an announcement next week. That was at my request because I want this recruiting class to get all of the attention it deserves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have an infinate number of monkeys and an infinate number of Sparcs, they will eventually code Solaris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57110]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have an infinate number of monkeys and an infinate number of Sparcs, they will eventually code Solaris.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5933]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was such an ugly kid - When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where are we going, and why am I in this hand basket?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is a fickle food Upon a shifting plate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27224]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met. -Farrah Fawcett.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get a certain amount of cachet. The more people that know about your stuff, the better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34580]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get a certain amount of cachet. The more people that know about your stuff, the better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28761]]></link><description><![CDATA[In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10520]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of distinction out of sight, as we keep knives and razors out of the way of children; and if my hearers had not some other means of information, I think they would not know from me that there are such creatures as Arminians and Calvinists in the world. But we [would] talk a good deal about Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth, howsoever got, in England makes lords of mechanics, gentlemen of rakes; Antiquity and birth are needless here; 'Tis impudence and money makes a peer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65973]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27807</guid></item></channel></rss>