<?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[It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58081]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9484]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40232]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parts of the human body get tired eventually - except the tongue]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591]]></link><description><![CDATA[In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But being season'd with a gracious voice Obscures the show of evil? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good for us to take the 100 plus lead and we will wait till tea on fourth day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37027]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good for us to take the 100 plus lead and we will wait till tea on fourth day to see how things go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is onely bright that shines by himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49318]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is onely bright that shines by himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It snows at sea.. quiet.... falls in flakes * melting designs**leave form for All. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5554]]></link><description><![CDATA[It snows at sea.. quiet.... falls in flakes * melting designs**leave form for All.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stream of tendency in which all things seek to fulfill the law of their being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19325]]></link><description><![CDATA[What more would you have? He has invented history. [Fr., Que voulez-vous de plus? Il a invente l'histoire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Raven's house is built with reeds,-- Sing woe, and alas is me!  And the Raven's couch is spread ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Raven's house is built with reeds,-- Sing woe, and alas is me!  And the Raven's couch is spread with weeds,   High on the hollow tree;    And the Raven himself, telling his beads     In penance for his past misdeeds,      Upon the top I see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The resolution passed by the IAEA board of governors on 24 September makes clear the depth of international concern at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The resolution passed by the IAEA board of governors on 24 September makes clear the depth of international concern at Iran's decision. It remains to be seen how Iran will respond. Iran has an opportunity now to come into line with requests made by the IAEA board; we hope it would choose that constructive path.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families are about love overcoming emotional torture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the last of earth! I am content. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24114]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the last of earth! I am content.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power tires only those who do not have it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power tires only those who do not have it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  By giving humans freedom of will, the Creator has chosen to limit His own power. He risked the daring experiment of giving us the freedom to make good or bad decisions, to live decent or evil lives, because God does not want the forced obedience of slaves. Instead, He covets the voluntary love and obedience of sons who love Him for Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46621]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was probably a 380 (foot) shot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38206]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was probably a 380 (foot) shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For poets (bear the word) Half-poets even, are still whole democrats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11862]]></link><description><![CDATA[For poets (bear the word) Half-poets even, are still whole democrats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13857]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cry every chance I get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27832]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cry every chance I get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5876]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of life is more important than life itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52645]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of life is more important than life itself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13203]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wilful man maun hae his way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me the business man or institution not guided by sentiment and service; by the idea that "he profits most who serves best" and I will show you a man or an outfit that is dead or dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65915]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33451]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to get better every day. If we can do that, if we can keep winning games and keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31300]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to get better every day. If we can do that, if we can keep winning games and keep gaining confidence in ourselves, we could win a regional. That's been the goal since day one, and nothing has changed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles, and kindnesses, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart and secure comfort]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity would always win by force of numbers, but it would win only more mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24563]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14465]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man shall have one vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61002]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man shall have one vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1067]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45133]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the deed that teaches, not the name we give it. Murder and capital punishment are not opposites that cancel one another, but similars that breed their kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure, we got a couple lucky bounces at the end of the game, but we had to put ourselves in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure, we got a couple lucky bounces at the end of the game, but we had to put ourselves in a position to take advantage of them. We never would have been there if we hadn't awoken from the funk we were in at the start.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3411]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3411</guid></item></channel></rss>