<?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[We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66601]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18227]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every extreme attitude is a flight from the self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12024]]></link><description><![CDATA[More than any other time in history, mankind faces a cross-roads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing unites the English like war. Nothing divides them like Picasso.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22877]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't mind playing tough teams to start. This is only Game 1, and we still have a long way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40366]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't mind playing tough teams to start. This is only Game 1, and we still have a long way to go. We are going to evaluate our film and go from there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With affection beaming in one eye and calculation shining out of the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14837]]></link><description><![CDATA[With affection beaming in one eye and calculation shining out of the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conflict is the beginning of consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever monarchs err, the people are punished. [Lat., Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make less thy body hence, and more thy grace. Leave gormandizing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fundamental flaw of vulgar thought lies in the fact that it wishes to content itself with motionless imprints of a reality which consists of eternal motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning;  Alas! the gratitude of men   Hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning;  Alas! the gratitude of men   Hath often left me mourning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17910]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert gossiper knows how much to leave out of a conversation]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexity" of the real world is in fact the inconsistency in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of what sophisticates loftily refer to as the "complexity" of the real world is in fact the inconsistency in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation will almost always beat mere talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to defeat, for it is momentary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issue of childhood is extremely complicated, the issue of comics is extremely complicated. And the intersection of the two ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issue of childhood is extremely complicated, the issue of comics is extremely complicated. And the intersection of the two is extremely, extremely complicated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For they conquer who believe they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9698]]></link><description><![CDATA[For they conquer who believe they can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He probably has some of the best putting strokes I have ever seen. He just really seems to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He probably has some of the best putting strokes I have ever seen. He just really seems to be able to handle every adverse situation well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61680]]></link><description><![CDATA["It wasn't the wine," murmured Mr. Snodgrass in a broken voice, "it was the salmon."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe is laughing behind your back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I approached opera from the theater side, ... I used to rail against the clichs of the form, all those sopranos in nightgowns dying in Act 2. So what do I have in my first opera? A soprano in a nightgown dying in Act 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;  And health from either--he in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temp'rate in every place--abroad, at home, Thence will applause, and hence will profit come;  And health from either--he in time prepares   For sickness, age, and their attendant cares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even on the most exalted throne in the world we are only sitting on our own bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will pay one dollar for a two dollar item she doesn't want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers. [Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless by the lawful judgment of their peers. [Lat., Nisi per legale judicum parum suorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears may be dried up, but the heart - never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little experience often upsets a lot of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/818]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little experience often upsets a lot of theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loyalty ... is a realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loyalty ... is a realization that America was born of revolt, flourished in dissent, became great through experimentation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so a teammate could wrestle in the region. He could have had an easier time qualifying for the state at 189, but you have to admire someone who puts their teammates first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows--  The best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows--  The best I had, a princess wrought it me--   And I did never ask it you again;    And with my hand at midnight held your head,     And like the watchful minutes to the hour,      Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,       Saying, 'What lack you?' and 'Where lies your grief?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. . -Martin Luther King. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. . -Martin Luther King.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall, Dropped off gorged from a scheme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51692]]></link><description><![CDATA[But that old man, who is lord of the broad estate and the hall, Dropped off gorged from a scheme which left us flaccid and drained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53391]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention than to any other talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53391</guid></item></channel></rss>