<?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[I never knew so young a body with so old a head. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never knew so young a body with so old a head. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45791]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the runs of Iona.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1325]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice is to look out for engineers. They begin with sewing machines and end up with nuclear bombs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3408]]></link><description><![CDATA[After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52778]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether it is nobler in the mind to suffer the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take up arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing them, end them. Hamlet]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assertintegrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,the creatures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be daring, be different, be impractical, be anything that will assertintegrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers,the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far had the pen, under the king, the superiority over the sword. [Fr., Tant la plume a eu sous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46025]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far had the pen, under the king, the superiority over the sword. [Fr., Tant la plume a eu sous le roi d'avantage sur l'epee.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1837]]></link><description><![CDATA[At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the fowler he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that falles into the durt, the longer he stayes there, the fowler he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20451]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,-- You'll never see him more;  He used to wear a long brown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,-- You'll never see him more;  He used to wear a long brown coat   That buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We call it the ripple in a great big water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We call it the ripple in a great big water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu;  Though we sever, my fond heart  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45562]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu;  Though we sever, my fond heart   Till we meet shall pant for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64527]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64527</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[I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This kind of technique will enable medical centers like ours to to bring advances in medical techniques to others more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35506]]></link><description><![CDATA[This kind of technique will enable medical centers like ours to to bring advances in medical techniques to others more quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must find a way, or we will make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13636]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must find a way, or we will make one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to be capable of facing such a number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29091]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to be capable of facing such a number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Systems are to be appreciated by their general effects, and not by particular exceptions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is no struggle, there is no progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57993]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is no struggle, there is no progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow | a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things"--as Swift . . . most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55335]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to be sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to be sick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. [Lat., Rebus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4862]]></link><description><![CDATA[In adversity it is easy to despise life; he is truly brave who can endure a wretched life. [Lat., Rebus in angustis facile est contemnere vitam;  Fortiter ille facit qui miser esse potest.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the self-righteous nonsense that abounds on so many subjects cannot stand up to three questions: (1) Compared to what? (2) At what cost? and (3) What are the hard facts?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65693]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a plank of driftwood Tossed on the watery main,  Another plank encountered,   Meets, touches, parts again; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a plank of driftwood Tossed on the watery main,  Another plank encountered,   Meets, touches, parts again;    So tossed, and drifting ever,     On life's unresting sea,      Men meet, and greet, and sever,       Parting eternally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38800]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important to me that what Poe has to say gets across to people. I want to give people the feeling that I get from all this. I think that we are succeeding. The feedback is very warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This case is wholly without merit both factually and legally.(US District Judge in commenting on the Fox network lawsuitagainst Al ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47355]]></link><description><![CDATA[This case is wholly without merit both factually and legally.(US District Judge in commenting on the Fox network lawsuitagainst Al Franken's book).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not take life too seriously; you will never get out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;  Who wept with delight when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't you remember, sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown;  Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile,   And trembl'd with fear at your frown!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first half, we just went through the motions. Getting in the passing lanes helped us get some big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34197]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first half, we just went through the motions. Getting in the passing lanes helped us get some big steals and we were able to capitalize on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it not sheer madness to live poor to die rich?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.... We have not the power to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48313]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.... We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no substitute for experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14662]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no substitute for experience]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10061]]></link><description><![CDATA[You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10061</guid></item></channel></rss>