<?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[Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou breathing dial! since thy day began The present hour was ever mark'd with shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids really played well. They were focused from the start. We couldn't have won the game without any one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37681]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids really played well. They were focused from the start. We couldn't have won the game without any one player out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37271]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first half we were firing on all cylinders. They couldn't do anything against us. We let them back into the game. We let them get a couple of big plays and momentum and the bottom line is we just didn't take care of business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldness is a child of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is a child of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...economic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47168]]></link><description><![CDATA[...economic history is a long record of government policies that failed because they were designed with a bold disregard for the laws of economics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies appeared to be cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices which could hit corporate profitability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Companies appeared to be cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices which could hit corporate profitability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finality is not the language of politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finality is not the language of politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,  And how he keeps  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er has gone thro' London street, Has seen a butcher gazing at his meat,  And how he keeps   Gloating upon a sheep's    Or bullock's personals, as if his own;     How he admires his halves      And quarters--and his calves,       As if in truth upon his own legs grown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not diminished and their intelligence is not increased]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10242]]></link><description><![CDATA[God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are prepared to die for any cause are seldom defeated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads. [Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des chansons.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16613]]></link><description><![CDATA[France is an absolute monarchy, tempered by ballads. [Fr., La France est une monarchie absolue, temperee par des chansons.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will draw the curtain and show you the picture. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55739]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will draw the curtain and show you the picture. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore, so do our minutes, hasten to their end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip needn't be false to be evil - there's a lot of truth that shouldn't be passed around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puberty is a phase... fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle. [Stanford]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7663]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Giving much to the poore, doth inrich a mans store.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29274]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,    Which in success oft disinherits,     For spurious causes, noblest merits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A drummer is usually like the backbone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A drummer is usually like the backbone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19036]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving (U.S.)   Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving (U.S.)   Nobody seriously believes the universe was made by God without being persuaded that He takes care of His works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quitting for my health was my No. 1 goal. And I started thinking I was blowing money out the window. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quitting for my health was my No. 1 goal. And I started thinking I was blowing money out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I expect the company to follow through on expansion because the management team is focused on its core business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I expect the company to follow through on expansion because the management team is focused on its core business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66639]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have witnessed the softening of the hardest of hearts by a simple smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42664]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some complicated rhythms. I've had to slowly work through it and subdivide the music and do it over and over to make sure that when I get it up to tempo it actually sounds right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12060]]></link><description><![CDATA[For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is none, In all this cold and hollow world, no fount  Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43201]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is none, In all this cold and hollow world, no fount  Of deep, strong, deathless love, save that within   A mother's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On offense, it's important for us to have good cuts and a lot of movement off the ball. Once we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39640]]></link><description><![CDATA[On offense, it's important for us to have good cuts and a lot of movement off the ball. Once we catch the ball, we have to be very strong with it. Quick guys usually have quick hands and step in the passing lanes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59047]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23790]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in courtesy, in kindness, in generosity, in good cheer, in friendship and in honest competition. I believe there is something doing somewhere, for every man ready to do it. I believe I'm ready, RIGHT NOW.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21533]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32557]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's cool is he has dreadlocks. That makes piano OK in rock, if the piano player looks cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At high speeds, there's no chatter; they just charge through everything. Every one of the designs we have, no one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30026]]></link><description><![CDATA[At high speeds, there's no chatter; they just charge through everything. Every one of the designs we have, no one has ever done it before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4339]]></link><description><![CDATA[O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains,  Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46547]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade, sip gin and contemplate other people's adulteries, and while the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade, sip gin and contemplate other people's adulteries, and while the wormy apple of marriage still lives, the novel will not die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less you talk, the more you're listened to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less you talk, the more you're listened to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63575</guid></item></channel></rss>