<?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[Life ain't all beer and skittles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ain't all beer and skittles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest Criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, afriend, an aquaintance, or a stranger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest Criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, afriend, an aquaintance, or a stranger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pittifull looke askes enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49067]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pittifull looke askes enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener is usually thinking about something else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener is usually thinking about something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29872]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you won't be any good, ... But when you really research it, you see those guys have played and they have the ability. The great thing about athletics is that what's written doesn't make any difference. It's what you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11475]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must say, I never expected to see the day where I would be talking about anything other than reducing the debt, I'm running into the tyranny of zero, which is where you can't reduce (the debt) any more]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that I've done that have totally been remembered, they've always started with the same kind of engine, they've always started with someone saying 'I have to make this film - I'm going to make this film whatever the odds'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what is I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take time: much may be gained by patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take time: much may be gained by patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My long sickness Of health and living now begins to mend,  And nothing brings me all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56243]]></link><description><![CDATA[My long sickness Of health and living now begins to mend,  And nothing brings me all things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56851]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is far more at home in a society that weighs his every word and keeps close watch on his attitudes then in a society that cares not what he says or does. He would rather be persecuted than ignored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell can hold;   That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic,    Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt.     The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,      Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;       And as imagination bodies forth        The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen         Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing          A local habitation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28124]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's teaching them that they can save up their money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31152]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's teaching them that they can save up their money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret  To think more happy thou hadst been  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61863]]></link><description><![CDATA[My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret  To think more happy thou hadst been   If we had never met!    And has that thought been shared by thee?     Ah, no! that smiling cheek      Proves more unchanging love for me       Than labor'd words could speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54063]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rudeness luxuriates in the absence of self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromtheperson you want to hear them from, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53589]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are things you would love to hear but will never hear fromtheperson you want to hear them from, but don't be deaf to the personwhosays it with his heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth, of course, is that a billion falsehoods told a billion times by a billion people are still false.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16576]]></link><description><![CDATA[You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile - It's the second best thing you can do with your lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile - It's the second best thing you can do with your lips.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man blames fate for other accidents, but feels personally responsible when he makes a hole in one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The How To Book of Teen Self Discovery -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The How To Book of Teen Self Discovery -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite significant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we know these times will never fade, hold them close, our youth is remembered forever... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13735]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we know these times will never fade, hold them close, our youth is remembered forever...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have heard the chimes at midnight. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55933]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have heard the chimes at midnight. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. You see, one can only be angry with those he respects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51578]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a good job with Ruiz, and we had a couple of clear chances, but we could not capitalize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31661]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a good job with Ruiz, and we had a couple of clear chances, but we could not capitalize on them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17511]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can no more give what you haven't learned than you can come back from a place you've never been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14304]]></link><description><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17980]]></link><description><![CDATA["Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens not to like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21585]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a job without aggravations, you don't have a job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honourable mention encourages science, and merit is fostered by praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54220]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sublime and ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step below the sublime makes the ridiculous and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27633]]></link><description><![CDATA[[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31494]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's important is that we recognize the falsehood of the notion that the Third World should be abandoned because it's a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31494</guid></item></channel></rss>