<?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[An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46215]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this, or that; He knows best what is good for us. If your boy should ask you [for] a suit of clothes, and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he: let him ask a suit of clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But owned that smile, if oft observed and near, Waned in its mirth, and wither'd to a sneer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56674]]></link><description><![CDATA[But owned that smile, if oft observed and near, Waned in its mirth, and wither'd to a sneer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44154]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he attributes it to his teaching as a youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he attributes it to his teaching as a youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aloha's position is that they're a private company. They're saying you need to pay it or you're not going anywhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aloha's position is that they're a private company. They're saying you need to pay it or you're not going anywhere with your school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you good men and true? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you good men and true? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23674]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no justification for present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my thill-horse has on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51407]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government of Chinahas become likeUK and US a pirateof innocent kidnappedpharmaceutically abused primates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20929]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government of Chinahas become likeUK and US a pirateof innocent kidnappedpharmaceutically abused primates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing the benefits of an experienced group and a group that's known each other for a long time. Some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing the benefits of an experienced group and a group that's known each other for a long time. Some of them have been here since middle school, so they're comfortable with and trust each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure, we got a couple lucky bounces at the end of the game, but we had to put ourselves in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure, we got a couple lucky bounces at the end of the game, but we had to put ourselves in a position to take advantage of them. We never would have been there if we hadn't awoken from the funk we were in at the start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not the result of any information we received but was an unannounced locker search. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not the result of any information we received but was an unannounced locker search.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of every noble work the silent part is best; of all expression, that which cannot be expressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best and fastest way to learn a sport is to watch and imitate a champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His nature is too noble for the world. He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,  Or Jove for's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44584]]></link><description><![CDATA[His nature is too noble for the world. He would not flatter Neptune for his trident,  Or Jove for's power to thunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless we remember we cannot understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless we remember we cannot understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto  Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde   Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36436]]></link><description><![CDATA[For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3955]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He thinkes not well, that thinkes not againe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam pati.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything can be improved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything can be improved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a long road to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36964]]></link><description><![CDATA[a long road to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27941]]></link><description><![CDATA[No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night’s rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11927]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me being depressed means you can spend all day in bed, and still not get a good night’s rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's teach ourselves that honorable stop, Not to outsport discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14887]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that no one has heard before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base - in both senses - greed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solid men of Boston, make no long orations; Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations;  Solid men of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solid men of Boston, make no long orations; Solid men of Boston, drink no long potations;  Solid men of Boston, go to bed at sundown;   Never lose your way like the loggerheads of London.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47253]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am giddy; expectation whirls me round. Th' imaginary relish is so sweet  That it enchants my sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am giddy; expectation whirls me round. Th' imaginary relish is so sweet  That it enchants my sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My prime aim is to go to see the permanent member who has not been briefed properly. I think I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41938]]></link><description><![CDATA[My prime aim is to go to see the permanent member who has not been briefed properly. I think I owe it to the Chinese that I explain what has happened in these talks that I have attended, ... This Week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do perceive that the old proverb be not alwaies trew, for I do finde that the absence of my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do perceive that the old proverb be not alwaies trew, for I do finde that the absence of my Nath, doth breeds in me the more continuall remembrance of him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I so enjoyed working with Jessica on our Rushmore project. Sharing the art is important to both of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I so enjoyed working with Jessica on our Rushmore project. Sharing the art is important to both of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs.  And he clothes them with thunders and beauty,   He clothes them with music and fire,    Seeing not, as he bows by their altars,     That he worships his own desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a priority. In states where the statute calls for victims of crime to retreat, we think that that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a priority. In states where the statute calls for victims of crime to retreat, we think that that's wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two DogsA man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Two DogsA man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions. The Housedog replied, Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others. Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy--give one and take ten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot by just watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66855]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot by just watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poem is the point at which our strength gave out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a new coach, so we're still working on a lot of things. For our first race together, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37928]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a new coach, so we're still working on a lot of things. For our first race together, it turned out OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37928</guid></item></channel></rss>