<?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[Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the discovery that you may not win, and trying when you know you can lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9841]]></link><description><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're trying to recreate habitat, you do it in hopes the amphibians can use it, and you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33807]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're trying to recreate habitat, you do it in hopes the amphibians can use it, and you have to manage it in hopes you keep the bullfrog from being successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fancy with prophetic glance Sees the teeming months advance;  The field, the forest, green and gay;   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fancy with prophetic glance Sees the teeming months advance;  The field, the forest, green and gay;   The dappled slope, the tedded hay;    Sees the reddening orchard blow,     The Harvest wave, the vintage flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On wings of wind came flying all abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18780]]></link><description><![CDATA[On wings of wind came flying all abroad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one sort of love, but there are a thousand copies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25656]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one sort of love, but there are a thousand copies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54368]]></link><description><![CDATA[You say that love is nonsense....I tell you it is no such thing. For weeks and months it is a steady physical pain, an ache about the heart, never leaving one, by night or by day; a long strain on one's nerves like toothache or rheumatism, not intolerable at any one instant, but exhausting by its steady drain on the strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3338]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one buys some of my artwork I hope it is because they will wish to learn from it and not because they think it will match their drapes! - 1997.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The classes and the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56767]]></link><description><![CDATA[The classes and the masses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2644]]></link><description><![CDATA[One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that there is no human relationship between master and slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been tremendous. Take away the scoring ability and what (Ingles) does on the floor. He brings experience. He's helped ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39673]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been tremendous. Take away the scoring ability and what (Ingles) does on the floor. He brings experience. He's helped show a young and inexperienced team the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3680]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43857]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence... We need silence to be able to touch souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opera stars know that biology is destiny. Sometime in their 50s or early 60s, the powerful, flexible and ultimately mysterious instrument that has been the source of their artistry frays, cracks and disappears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[James Bond, a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,a womanizer, a dipsomaniac, a speed demon.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/759]]></link><description><![CDATA[James Bond, a paid assassin of plutocratic cartels,a womanizer, a dipsomaniac, a speed demon..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only as good as the people you hire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66256]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only as good as the people you hire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Following his brief inaugural address to the Congress, President George Washington and his party walked over to St. Paul's Church for divine services. His prayer that afternoon was: 'Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of subordination and obedience to government; to entertain a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their fellow-citizens of the United States at large.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was always kind of the nice guy in the good cop-bad cop thing. But it's not like he tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30485]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was always kind of the nice guy in the good cop-bad cop thing. But it's not like he tells us to do something now and we're like, 'OK, whatever, J.J.' Everybody respects him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't have any hope, either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32078]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't have any hope, either.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis  E terra magnum alterius spectare laborum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers go up and blessings come down ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayers go up and blessings come down]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30733]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we drink, we get drunk. When we get drunk, we fall asleep. When we fall asleep, we commit no sin. When we commit no sin, we go to heaven. Sooooo, let's all get drunk and go to heaven!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how much of this is mental. Everybody's in good shape. Everybody knows how to ski. Everybody has good equipment. When it really boils down to it, it's who wants it the most, and who's the most confident on his skis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be imputed to them as a crime, than the appearance of the latter; for both, being the work of nature, are alike unavoidable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If America's seen as being indifferent or even attacking the prophet, a lot of Muslims are going to say it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If America's seen as being indifferent or even attacking the prophet, a lot of Muslims are going to say it's an attack on Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.  [Ger., Im engen Kreis verengert sich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18398]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.  [Ger., Im engen Kreis verengert sich der Sinn.   Es wachst der Mensch mit seinen grossern Zwecken.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red-haired, black-lipped, club-footed, and blink-eyed; if you're a good man, you're a wonder!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16871]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged. [Lat., Vulgo dicitur multos modios salis simul edendos esse, ut amicitia munus expletum sit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I spent a year in that town, one Sunday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spent a year in that town, one Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is art but a way of seeing?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3271]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is art but a way of seeing?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the symbol of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the symbol of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54816]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our science, measured against reality, is primitive and childlike--and yet it is the most precious thing we have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is great love there are always miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is great love there are always miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can understand the frustration felt by the many basketball players who feel that they have been forced to conform with the league's new dress code, ... Iverson and other NBA players have suggested that they will not abide by the league's dress code, and Bodog.com will offer to reimburse any fines levied, and match the payment with a donation to each player's charity of choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089   I whould be very sorry that any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089   I whould be very sorry that any man living should outgo me in desires that all who fear God throughout the world, especially in these nations, were of one way as well as of one heart. I know I desire it sincerely; but I do verily believe that when God shall accomplish it, it will be the effect of love, and not the cause of love. It will proceed from love, before it brings forth love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give advice unless you're asked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give advice unless you're asked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, we knocked the bastard off!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43304</guid></item></channel></rss>