<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Yearn to understand first and to be understood second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yearn to understand first and to be understood second.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to dispel the myth that when you put a wedding ring on a woman, her brain stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to dispel the myth that when you put a wedding ring on a woman, her brain stops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45987]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many have been frozen gored starved or blown apart by Hitler, LBJ, Genghis Khan, Churchill, or Bonaparte?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's not my personality. For me, the fun part of making movies is seeing it as a director sees it. I like the architecture of movies. I like knowing what's coming and working to set that up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stars lead me up to heaven, and I hope I'm there with you, for you are a star in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stars lead me up to heaven, and I hope I'm there with you, for you are a star in my twinkling eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you get out of that rhythm and you're trying to get back into that rhythm sometimes you try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you get out of that rhythm and you're trying to get back into that rhythm sometimes you try to do too much. You want to stay on the field, so you try to make plays happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lion Beer needs to increase its export business to maintain viable growth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lion Beer needs to increase its export business to maintain viable growth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of sensitivity is perhaps basically an unawareness of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58173]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal, and then leap in the dark to our success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56959]]></link><description><![CDATA[...everything is too important ever to be entrusted to professional experts, because every organization of such professionals and every established social organization becomes a vested-interest institution more concerned with its efforts to maintain itself or advance its own interests than to achieve the purpose that society expects it to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are charging customers to sell to them. To me that seems like an inefficient model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40460]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are charging customers to sell to them. To me that seems like an inefficient model.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Timing and arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50130]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[mayor of Capitol Hill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36851]]></link><description><![CDATA[mayor of Capitol Hill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3144]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; through Art and Art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through our willingness to help others we can learn to be happy rather than depressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Rejoice in God, O ye tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Rejoice in God, O ye tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb. Nations, and languages, and every creature, in which is the breath of Life. Let man and beast appear before him, and magnify his name together. Let Noah and his company approach the throne of Grace, and do homage to the Ark of their Salvation. Let Abraham present a Ram, and worship the God of his Redemption. Let Jacob with his speckled Drove adore the good Shepherd of Israel. ... Let Daniel come forth with a Lion, and praise God with all his might, through faith in Christ Jesus. ... Let David bless with the bear --  The beginning of victory to the Lord --  to the Lord the perfection of excellence --  Hallelujah from the heart of God, and from the hand of the artist inimitable, and from the echo of the heavenly harp in sweetness magnifical and mighty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of all is the great fear of appearing weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/576]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the name we give to our past mistakes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These oil companies are making profit hand over fist as consumers are suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29407]]></link><description><![CDATA[These oil companies are making profit hand over fist as consumers are suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The maxims of men reveal their characters. [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51902]]></link><description><![CDATA[The maxims of men reveal their characters. [Fr., Les maximes des hommes decelent leur coeur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37635]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a problem staying together yesterday. I told them to stay together and play together to get through the ups and downs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50080]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are an Anvill, hold you still; when you are a hammer, strike your fill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we'd played three pretty good games in a row. Everyone's going to have a bad game, and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we'd played three pretty good games in a row. Everyone's going to have a bad game, and I thought we might have one after how well we played against Pilot Rock. But at least it was now and not next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free,  And lets us go our unobtrusive way,   Glad of the sun and rain,    Upright, serene, humane,     Contented with the fortune of a day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In spite of our hard work and the launch of [Asheron's Call 2 expansion pack] Legions, AC2 has reached the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37706]]></link><description><![CDATA[In spite of our hard work and the launch of [Asheron's Call 2 expansion pack] Legions, AC2 has reached the point where it no longer makes sense to continue the service. We will be officially closing the Asheron's Call 2 service on 12/30/05. Until then, we plan to run live events, but we will not be adding any content or features.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happywhere you ain't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21810]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't be happy where you are, it's a cinch you can't be happywhere you ain't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn all you can from the mistakes of others. You won't have time to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29958]]></link><description><![CDATA[I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38083]]></link><description><![CDATA[John has the ability, he is a slippery player, he is able to use good speed and he has a great change of direction. He has a knack of getting himself to the goal and is also a very good feeder so he is making others better. When John is at his best, there are not many players that are of his ability in the country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not in readiness to-day, will be less prepared to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three misbegotten knaves in Kendal green. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60235]]></link><description><![CDATA[What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And God made two great lights, great for their use To man, the greater to have rule by day,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3400]]></link><description><![CDATA[And God made two great lights, great for their use To man, the greater to have rule by day,  The less by night, altern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3400</guid></item></channel></rss>