<?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[The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8914]]></link><description><![CDATA[The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25659]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything better than to be loved it is loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lookes not before, finds himselfe behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just a little over an inch above normal. It's not spectacular but it's enough to make a difference here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37825]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just a little over an inch above normal. It's not spectacular but it's enough to make a difference here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very treacherous. ... It's better to wait until conditions are better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32495]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very treacherous. ... It's better to wait until conditions are better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55829]]></link><description><![CDATA[As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious. -King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose toput energy into something can be remarkable. Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21450]]></link><description><![CDATA[The amount of power freed by telling yourself you no longer choose toput energy into something can be remarkable. Be prepared for extra energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?  The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14972]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine?  The wealth of seas, the spoils of war?--   They sought a faith's pure shrine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9582]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a day spent staring at a computer monitor, think of (a) book as a kind of screen saver for your brain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's another tough loss. These three-point losses are killing me. We just didn't make the plays when we needed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32324]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's another tough loss. These three-point losses are killing me. We just didn't make the plays when we needed to and they did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine sometimes snatches away health, sometimes gives it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like carnivores to carnal pleasuresAs are we to desperate measures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like carnivores to carnal pleasuresAs are we to desperate measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou thy selfe canst doe it, attend no others helpe or hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33134]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill,  The throstle with his note so true,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4248]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woosel cock so black of hue, With orange-tawny bill,  The throstle with his note so true,   The wren with little quill--    . . . .     The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,      The plain-song cuckoo grey,       Whose note full many a man doth mark,        And dares not answer nay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, once work's out there it's meant to be used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flame is very near to smoke. [Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flame is very near to smoke. [Lat., Flamma fumo est proxima.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state puts a lot of mandates on the town, not just for education, ... Our infrastructure is deteriorating because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The state puts a lot of mandates on the town, not just for education, ... Our infrastructure is deteriorating because those costs are considered discretionary and all we have to cut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12509]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't hold back because the student movement will continue and there could be some risks. There should be a strike next week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66888]]></link><description><![CDATA[ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him play the second fiddle who can't play the first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21719]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled,  Shakes off her wonted firmness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grave, dread thing! Men shiver when thou'rt named: Nature appalled,  Shakes off her wonted firmness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All gold and silver rather turn to dirt, An 'tis no better reckoned but of these  Who worship dirty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61423]]></link><description><![CDATA[All gold and silver rather turn to dirt, An 'tis no better reckoned but of these  Who worship dirty gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man loves little and often. Woman much and rarely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[right before you came, I almost completely tipped over like a board -- 'Timber!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31437]]></link><description><![CDATA[right before you came, I almost completely tipped over like a board -- 'Timber!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is great force hidden in a gentle command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22548]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is great force hidden in a gentle command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to revise earnings three times within one quarter last year. They don't have credibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57617]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not an athlete. I'm a professional baseball player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45980]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannonshots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19074]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I tell what I think till I see what I say? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24066]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Espionage, for the most part, involves finding a person who knows something or has something that you can induce them secretly to give to you. That almost always involves a betrayal of trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like madness is the glory of this life As this pomp shows to a little oil and root. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like madness is the glory of this life As this pomp shows to a little oil and root.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34278]]></link><description><![CDATA[But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34278</guid></item></channel></rss>