<?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 trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hercules and the WagonerA CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut. The rustic driver, stupefied and aghast, stood looking at the wagon, and did nothing but utter loud cries to Hercules to come and help him. Hercules, it is said, appeared and thus addressed him: Put your shoulders to the wheels, my man. Goad on your bullocks, and never more pray to me for help, until you have done your best to help yourself, or depend upon it you will henceforth pray in vain. Self-help is the best help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one success-to be able to live your life in your own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22360]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one success-to be able to live your life in your own way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26226]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60051]]></link><description><![CDATA[It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom Nor forced him wander, but confine him home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom Nor forced him wander, but confine him home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53674]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born  With nowhere yet to rest my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wandering between two worlds, one dead, The other powerless to be born  With nowhere yet to rest my head,   Like these, on earth I wait forlorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another lean unwashed artificer Cuts off his tale and talks of Arthur's death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their [the waiters'] eyes sparkled and their pencils flew as she proceeded to eviscerate my wallet - pâté, Whitstable oysters, a sole, filet mignon, and a favorite salad of the Nizam of Hyderabad made of shredded five-pound notes. - The Rising Gorge, 1961.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made the country, and man made the town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8764]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made the country, and man made the town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not often you get a tie in swimming. But it was a good meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not often you get a tie in swimming. But it was a good meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. - Among My Books, 1870.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year it always happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39775]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year it always happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil -- but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small silly presents every so often -- just to save it from drying out completely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not given but exchanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not given but exchanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65058]]></link><description><![CDATA[While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to focus on three players on defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42262]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to focus on three players on defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion.  For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion.  For instance, let's say you're an astronaught on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63020]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep spring from coming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would love to be loved for what I am, and not for what I have! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66098]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would love to be loved for what I am, and not for what I have!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halcyon days. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Halcyon days. -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39485]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the twentieth century, every single leading Muslim intellectual was in love with the west, and wanted their countries to look just like Britain and France.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10564]]></link><description><![CDATA[... not picked from the leaves of any author, but bred amongst the weeds and tares of mine own brain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13948]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brighter than Parian marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brighter than Parian marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll respond; we've responded all season. It was obviously disappointing, and it left a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll respond; we've responded all season. It was obviously disappointing, and it left a bitter taste in everybody's mouth. We have to bounce back. This is another big week for us. We're playing some tough teams, and we really have to rise to the occasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64792]]></link><description><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the situation has changed, we have been taking gradual steps towards the closure of the missions and submissions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29815]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the situation has changed, we have been taking gradual steps towards the closure of the missions and submissions,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/88]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/88</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a factory and we still want to use it next year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37494]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a factory and we still want to use it next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of certain income can indulge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It fortifies my soul to know That though I perish, truth is so; That, wheresoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8329]]></link><description><![CDATA[It fortifies my soul to know That though I perish, truth is so; That, wheresoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not change. I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip, Thou dost not fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to have ongoing dialogue with both representatives. We're always hopeful of reaching an agreement and not reaching a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31650]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to have ongoing dialogue with both representatives. We're always hopeful of reaching an agreement and not reaching a hearing. At the same time, in some cases, it's a necessary part of the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. - Selected Essays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. - Selected Essays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30520]]></link><description><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because other teams do something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get this shot maybe once in a lifetime. You don't want to let this opportunity to pass you by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31506]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get this shot maybe once in a lifetime. You don't want to let this opportunity to pass you by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. -Ed Asner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It still feels like it's the NCAA Tournament. It's a game we've got to get by first to get to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It still feels like it's the NCAA Tournament. It's a game we've got to get by first to get to a powerhouse. The atmosphere is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41875</guid></item></channel></rss>