<?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[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46573]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep, or a kiss too long,  And then comes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! how easily things go wrong! A sigh too deep, or a kiss too long,  And then comes a mist and a weeping rain,   And life is never the same again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/69]]></link><description><![CDATA[Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/69</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are injured and hurt emotionally,Not so much by other peopleor what they say and don't say,But by our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are injured and hurt emotionally,Not so much by other peopleor what they say and don't say,But by our own attitudeand our own response.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything comes if a man will only wait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything comes if a man will only wait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolved, That the compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolved, That the compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell; involving both parties in atrocious criminality, and should be immediately annulled.   - William Lloyd Garrison,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15799]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16052]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And her face so fair Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14851]]></link><description><![CDATA[And her face so fair Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30151]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have four, five, six pro prospects on their team. They'll have a lottery pick coming off their bench. They're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37106]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have four, five, six pro prospects on their team. They'll have a lottery pick coming off their bench. They're obviously more talented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never seen someone unafraid of the future, not worried about the present and someone who doesn't want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never seen someone unafraid of the future, not worried about the present and someone who doesn't want to go back to the past and correct their mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I against my brother I and my brother against our cousin, my brother and our cousin against the neighbors, all of us against the foreigner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trapeze High Club. It's the best way to get high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trapeze High Club. It's the best way to get high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babies are such a nice way to start people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babies are such a nice way to start people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of vanity is love of fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15126]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of vanity is love of fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mordre wol out, that see we day by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd have to see it on replay, but all I was trying to do was get to the front of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40032]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd have to see it on replay, but all I was trying to do was get to the front of the net and establish position. I didn't feel much of anything, and the puck was in the net, and then all the sudden, I see them waving, so it was frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17647]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51615]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7854]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us,  The swords of scorn divide; Take not Thy thunder from us,  But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches,  From lies of tongue and pen; From all the easy speeches  That comfort cruel men; From sale and profanation  Of honor and the sword; From sleep and from damnation,  Deliver us, good Lord! Tie in a living tether  The prince and priest and thrall; Bind all our lives together,  Smite us and save us all; In ire and exultation  Aflame with faith, and free, Lift up a living nation,  A single sword to Thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger that persuades to evil. [Lat., Malesuada fames.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger that persuades to evil. [Lat., Malesuada fames.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3648]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bachelor has to have inspiration for making love to a woman, a married man needs only an excuse]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17693]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I liked the look in Carolyn's eyes when she started the second half. She walked out on the court, hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I liked the look in Carolyn's eyes when she started the second half. She walked out on the court, hit that first 3 and gave us that sense of confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?  He barr'd from every use of wealth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeits, and corporeal pain?  He barr'd from every use of wealth,   Envies the ploughman's strength and health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease, every joy, to glimmer in my mind, But leave,--oh! leave the light of Hope behind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease, every joy, to glimmer in my mind, But leave,--oh! leave the light of Hope behind!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41803]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? The feedback I'm hearing from companies is, if you can get them 50 per cent or 80 percent there, that makes a huge impact,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious fault of angels and of gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15465]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious fault of angels and of gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By them there sat the loving pelican, Whose young ones, poison'd by the serpent's sting,  With her own blood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46007]]></link><description><![CDATA[By them there sat the loving pelican, Whose young ones, poison'd by the serpent's sting,  With her own blood to life again doth bring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42048]]></link><description><![CDATA[One positive command he gave us: You shall love and honor your emperor. In every congregation a prayer must be said for the czar's health, or the chief of police would close the synagogue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of fate in grounds of tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of fate in grounds of tea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[why wait for the weekend to have fun? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61503]]></link><description><![CDATA[why wait for the weekend to have fun?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been a real shot in the arm for the tie business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35655]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been a real shot in the arm for the tie business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56029]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man's pie is freed From his ambitious finger. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; 'Tis dearness only that gives everything its value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61155]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as war is looked upon as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked on as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6021]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovely things will have an ending, All lovely things will fade and die; And youth, that's now so bravely spending, Will beg a penny by and by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6021</guid></item></channel></rss>