<?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[Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society cannot contribute anything to the breeding and growing of ingenious men. A creative genius cannot be trained. There are no schools for creativeness. A genius is precisely a man who defies all schools and rules, who deviates from the traditional roads of routine and opens up new paths through land inaccessible before. A genius is always a teacher, never a pupil; he is always self-made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How time files when you's doin' all the talking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64554]]></link><description><![CDATA[How time files when you's doin' all the talking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59149]]></link><description><![CDATA[People mistakenly assume that their thinking is done by their head; it is actually done by the heart which first dictates the conclusion, then commands the head to provide the reasoning that will defend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing. [On the prospects for his 1997 movies The Rainmaker and Good Will Hunting].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer. [Lat., Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair while under the guidance and auspices of Teucer. [Lat., Nil desperandum Teucro duce et auspice Teucro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our aim is to survive and we need to beat West Brom. There will be big pressure on us to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our aim is to survive and we need to beat West Brom. There will be big pressure on us to win and we have to handle it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our health will have a lot to do with our success down the stretch. If we continue to work hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our health will have a lot to do with our success down the stretch. If we continue to work hard and get healthy, we will be just fine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some love to roam o'er the dark sea's foam, Where the shrill winds whistle free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5349]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods, they have never forgotten this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It used to be just the opposite. It used to be us watching them. We know about the established program ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It used to be just the opposite. It used to be us watching them. We know about the established program they have (in baseball). Now, we're trying to establish something on this side of the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9728]]></link><description><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27464]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the important thing in a military operation is victory, not persistence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn't itch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Lafayette Parish wants to attract new businesses and have jobs, it needs to address the facility needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39524]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Lafayette Parish wants to attract new businesses and have jobs, it needs to address the facility needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way to break the ice is with a sense of humor. Not making light of it, but using it to break the ice. Personality and having a sense of humor helps generate people's interest and puts them at a sense of ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and ahalf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21109]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and ahalf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't even get an allowance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't even get an allowance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62100]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Picture of many colors proclaims images of many Thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8956]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Picture of many colors proclaims images of many Thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since the Bible and the church are obviously mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since the Bible and the church are obviously mistaken in telling us where we came from, how can we trust them to tell us where we are going?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23476]]></link><description><![CDATA[We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is revenge--especially to women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is revenge--especially to women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The problem with some people is that when they aren't drunk, they're sober.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the work will be done by the Sierra Vista Rotary West Club. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32386]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the work will be done by the Sierra Vista Rotary West Club.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.  [Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Gotter selbst vergebens.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against stupidity the very gods Themselves contend in vain.  [Ger., Mit der Dummheit kampfen Gotter selbst vergebens.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11419]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done just as easily lying down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hang no ivie out to sell my wine; The nectar of good wits will sell itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61665]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hang no ivie out to sell my wine; The nectar of good wits will sell itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't as easy as you think. It's hard to stay awake that long. (after his team had defeated Whitman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57636]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't as easy as you think. It's hard to stay awake that long. (after his team had defeated Whitman 70-30)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite, Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes,  That banish what they sue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite, Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes,  That banish what they sue for: redeem thy brother   By yielding up thy body to my will,    Or else he must not only die the death,     But thy unkindess shall his death draw out      To ling'ring sufferance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no way to peace; peace is the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27863]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no way to peace; peace is the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43994]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best reformers the world has ever seen are those who commence on themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.   - Gen. Thomas Harrison, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54978]]></link><description><![CDATA[As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.   - Gen. Thomas Harrison,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is it written in the Constitution that you may take children from their parents, and parents from their children, and compel them to fight the battles of any war in which the folly or wickedness of government may engage it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1037]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jade eates as much as a good horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49041]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jade eates as much as a good horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11855]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60075]]></link><description><![CDATA[FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60075</guid></item></channel></rss>