<?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[Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction is a school of virtue; it corrects levity, and interrupts the confidence of sinning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to either prevent or slow down their counters by keeping our front court active and making them play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30492]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to either prevent or slow down their counters by keeping our front court active and making them play defense. We knew they were going to run, and we were going to stick with our defensive plays. But the breakdowns added up and they cost us the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2214]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always believe our first love is our last, and our last love our first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is where Ray would have wanted to be. It served us well and now we want it to serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38050]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is where Ray would have wanted to be. It served us well and now we want it to serve the wonderful students at Morehouse College.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks we can achieve all we set out to achieve in the first three months of our six ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who thinks we can achieve all we set out to achieve in the first three months of our six months presidency is either an optimist or naive, ... judge us at the end of the presidency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921  Thou knowest well how to excuse and color thine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Sumner, Founder of the Mothers' Union, 1921  Thou knowest well how to excuse and color thine own deeds; but thou art not willing to receive the excuses of others. It were more just that thou shouldest accuse thyself, and excuse thy brother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58532]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59851]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38322]]></link><description><![CDATA[This truth is a remedy against spiritual pride, namely, that none should account himself better before God than others, though perhaps adorned with greater gifts, and endowments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would infer from the statement that the Fed is somewhat more sanguine on the economic recovery. Perhaps they believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would infer from the statement that the Fed is somewhat more sanguine on the economic recovery. Perhaps they believe that $55 oil prices are, at least for the time being, something of the past and that jobs are just improving at a moderate pace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no delight in owning anything unshared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56153]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no delight in owning anything unshared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames;  The garden-walks are passional   To bachelors and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames;  The garden-walks are passional   To bachelors and dames.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you will move out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself indispensable, and you will move up. Act as though you are indispensable, and you will move out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bit by bit . . . she had claimed herself. Freeing yourself was one thing; claiming ownership of that freed self was another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for example, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for example,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that Doc is a guy that can be with the same group for a long time because I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that Doc is a guy that can be with the same group for a long time because I feel that the young players today need a tough-minded coach. They need to practice. They need to watch film. I think that he's going to be better next year than this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are innocent people ... Those criminals and terrorists came and did this to us,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucy was lovely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lucy was lovely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3467]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is able who thinks he is able. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43233]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is able who thinks he is able.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will these graces to the grave,  And leave the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady, you are the cruell'st she alive If you will these graces to the grave,  And leave the world no copy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bart [Simpson] gets away with doing the things we all wish we could get away with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bart [Simpson] gets away with doing the things we all wish we could get away with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5945]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40284]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We were very lucky. We started Spy at a time when our generation had arrived at full adulthood and wanted to connect to its anti-establishment youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24545]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[this case is about Jane Hylton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32057]]></link><description><![CDATA[this case is about Jane Hylton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Material blessings, when they pay beyond the category of need, are weirdly fruitful of headache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1197]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to know more unless we do more with what we already know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is the score upon which reality is written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is the score upon which reality is written.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bosom upon my counsel; You'll find it wholesome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bosom upon my counsel; You'll find it wholesome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always want more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always want more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose one could construct Madame Clarkson's very active involvement in these last few days and her coming to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38455]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose one could construct Madame Clarkson's very active involvement in these last few days and her coming to the ceremony as wanting to support the office and the institution in the face of some controversy that's been around Madame Jean, and a desire to be visible in support of her,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is a power to be possessed, not a body of objects to be studied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15771]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memories are the only paradise from which we can never be expelled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46755]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--   There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;    But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,     And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"      And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--       Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63661]]></link><description><![CDATA[What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885    After saying our prayers, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885    After saying our prayers, we ought to do something to make them come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that the star clusters lighting up the tips of the pillars are essentially the offspring of the region's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40973]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that the star clusters lighting up the tips of the pillars are essentially the offspring of the region's single, massive star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40973</guid></item></channel></rss>