<?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[There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.It is the ability to recognize ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22617]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability.It is the ability to recognize ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity is a parade.  Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity is a parade.  Even as one chance passes, the next is a fife and drum echoing in the distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11495]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis against some men's principle to pay interest, and seems against others' interest to pay the principle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought his form last season was fantastic and in the Tri-Series he was first class. He's a great addition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32590]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought his form last season was fantastic and in the Tri-Series he was first class. He's a great addition to our club. Personality-wise, too, he fits in really well. The players are very impressed with the talents he's shown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take away a man's gods, but only to give himothers in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27437]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take away a man's gods, but only to give himothers in return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. [Lat., Alieni appetens sui profusus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. [Lat., Alieni appetens sui profusus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15]]></link><description><![CDATA[[F]ew things loves better Than to abhor himself-- . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deception is a cruel act... It often has many players on different stages that corrode the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deception is a cruel act... It often has many players on different stages that corrode the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11649]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winning team has a dedication. It will have a core of veteran players who set the standards. They will not accept defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and the Frogs AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As hewas crossing through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and the Frogs AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As hewas crossing through the water he lost his footing, stumbled andfell, and not being able to rise on account of his load, groanedheavily. Some Frogs frequenting the pool heard his lamentation,and said, What would you do if you had to live here always as wedo, when you make such a fuss about a mere fall into the water?Men often bear little grievances with less courage thanthey do large misfortunes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our necessities are few but our wants are endless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our necessities are few but our wants are endless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To pile Ossa upon Pelion. [Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43319]]></link><description><![CDATA[To pile Ossa upon Pelion. [Lat., Imponere Pelio Ossam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers Sweet courteous things unsaid.  We two have talked our hearts out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, when guests have gone, the host remembers Sweet courteous things unsaid.  We two have talked our hearts out to the embers,   And now go hand in hand down to the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty soon we're going home to a lot of bad things. I can't tell you how much I appreciate all that out there. God bless you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were the wags    Who tipped these funny tags     And these toes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can guard him. He's strong with a low center of gravity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40355]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can guard him. He's strong with a low center of gravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think universal service has to evolve into broadband sooner rather than later, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think universal service has to evolve into broadband sooner rather than later,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think they can do better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37944]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think they can do better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride has a greater share than goodness of heart in the remonstrances we make to those who are guilty of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride has a greater share than goodness of heart in the remonstrances we make to those who are guilty of faults; we reprove, not so much with a view to correcting them, as to persuade them that we are exempt from those faults ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the courage of my opinions, but I have not the temerity to give a political blank cheque to Lord Salisbury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64879]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harp not on that string, madam; that is past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harp not on that string, madam; that is past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't know where you want to go, we will make sure you get there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61654]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't know where you want to go, we will make sure you get there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well! Evil to some is always good to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well! Evil to some is always good to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41688]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword ofself-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword ofself-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord which is our constant lot. That is why we can study everything else in nature much more surely than we can study ourselves. With ourselves, all we have to go on is an occasional glimpse of some small part of the truth, and we must be content with that, knowing that we are truly known by Him who alone knows us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941   Formal prayer is a practical device, not a spiritual necessity. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941   Formal prayer is a practical device, not a spiritual necessity. It makes direct suggestions to our souls: it reminds us of realities which we always tend to forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36468]]></link><description><![CDATA[In peace, competition had become difficult, until the British ship owner cried for war; yet he already felt, without acknowledging it even to himself, that in war he was likely to enjoy little profit or pleasure on the day when the long, low, black hull of the Yankee privateer, with her tapering, bending spars, her long-range guns, and her sharp-faced captain, should appear on the western horizon, and suddenly, at the sight of heavy-lumbering British merchantman, should fling out her white wings of canvas, and fly down on her prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This just sort of adds insult to injury, in many respects. They're trying to get Pascagoula up and running, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37552]]></link><description><![CDATA[This just sort of adds insult to injury, in many respects. They're trying to get Pascagoula up and running, and then this gets whacked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's pretty clear he's vulnerable. He's got his work cut out for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33404]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's pretty clear he's vulnerable. He's got his work cut out for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10005]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the right, books; to the left, a tea-cup. In front of me, the fireplace; behind me, the post. There is no greater happiness than this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aggregates industry may end up being like the dolphins getting stuck in the net with the tuna. If they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28418]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aggregates industry may end up being like the dolphins getting stuck in the net with the tuna. If they amend the (Mine Safety) Act, I don't see how they are going to differentiate between the different categories of mining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66905]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sent me on earth. He send me to do something, and nobody can stop me. If God want to stop me, then I stop. Man never can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Reallife. But there was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21120]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it has seemed to me that life was about to begin; Reallife. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotthrough first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debtto be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that theseobstacles were my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every writer I know has trouble writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every writer I know has trouble writing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is the sum of all the forms of art, of love, and of thought, which, in the coarse or centuries, have enabled man to be less enslaved]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all candles be out, all cats be gray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5333]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all candles be out, all cats be gray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28057]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is being married to your best friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is being married to your best friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18676</guid></item></channel></rss>