<?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 like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like a friend better for having faults that one can talk about]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For everything else, there is an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63231]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every question, there is an answer. For every problem, there is a solution. For everything else, there is an explanation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew they were going to double- team, triple-team me. I was missing shots that I would never miss. Shots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31076]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew they were going to double- team, triple-team me. I was missing shots that I would never miss. Shots that I have to take. Shots around the basket. . . . That was their game plan. They want somebody else to beat them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the bestof us, that it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22713]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the bestof us, that it ill behooves any of us to find fault with the rest of us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are sisters. We will always be sisters.Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56479]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are sisters. We will always be sisters.Our differences may never go away, but neither, for me, will our song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,   And horrow heavy sat on every mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7996]]></link><description><![CDATA[What doth it profit thee to enter into deep discussions concerning the Holy Trinity, if thou lack humility, and be thus displeasing to the Trinity? For verily it is not deep words that make a man holy and upright; it is a good life which maketh a man dear to God. I had rather feel contrition than be skillful in the definition thereof. If thou knewest the whole Bible, and the sayings of all the philosophers, what should this profit thee without the love and grace of God?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12525]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40476]]></link><description><![CDATA[If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poets by Death are conquer'd but the wit Of poets triumphs over it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's censure is first moulded in his own nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140</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[I should have cut back and gotten into the end zone. I thought I could make it. I should have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I should have cut back and gotten into the end zone. I thought I could make it. I should have lifted my knees up a little higher. Maybe I could have gotten in there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10137]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way was long and weary, But gallantly they strode,  A country lad and lassie,   Along the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25459]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way was long and weary, But gallantly they strode,  A country lad and lassie,   Along the heavy road.    The night was dark and stormy,     But blithe of heart were they,      For shining in the distance       The lights of London lay.        O gleaming lights of London, that gem of the city's crown;         What fortunes be within you, O Lights of London Town!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a celebration of his life, because that's what he wanted, a big old party, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35604]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a celebration of his life, because that's what he wanted, a big old party,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zoilus, why do you delight in using a whole pound weight of gold for the setting of a stone, and thus burying your poor sardonyx? Such rings are more suited to your legs the weight is too great for fingers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1378]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoe'er thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoe'er thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought and softly bodied forth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To look up and not down, To look forward and not back,  To look out and not in--and  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48367]]></link><description><![CDATA[To look up and not down, To look forward and not back,  To look out and not in--and   To lend a hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45467]]></link><description><![CDATA[A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread, and Thou  Beside me singing in the Wilderness--   On, Wilderness were Paradise enow!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11963]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15681]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We then resorted to watching them through a telescope and marked the places where they landed to pick up sample ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33010]]></link><description><![CDATA[We then resorted to watching them through a telescope and marked the places where they landed to pick up sample droppings for viral tests,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13986]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24386]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silke doth quench the fire in the Kitchin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56381]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't live in peace if I put the shadow of a wilful sin between myself and God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court,  And spawns his quarto, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3519]]></link><description><![CDATA[But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court,  And spawns his quarto, and demands your praise,--   Death to his publisher, to him 'tis sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since 9/11, nothing has been done to secure our borders and do the job the Congress won't do, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since 9/11, nothing has been done to secure our borders and do the job the Congress won't do,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, andinfluence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the world. It beats money, power, andinfluence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional. You can tell by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many other schools have strong programs, too, but Rick Pillsbury's Casa Grande teams are exceptional. You can tell by the way his students present themselves: They all dress properly, act appropriately and have resumes and other materials neatly typed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher cost of money puts a strain on those who were highly leveraged going into it. Developers who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33991]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher cost of money puts a strain on those who were highly leveraged going into it. Developers who have enough equity going into this are much more insulated and can continue on with their projects. Those who were reaching quite a bit could be in a bind now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bonus point counts when you are trying to win it all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bonus point counts when you are trying to win it all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34552</guid></item></channel></rss>