<?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 work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13605]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19824]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves - strong, powerful, beautiful - and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60367]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is the best sauce in the world. [Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is the best sauce in the world. [Sp., La mejor salsa del mundo es la hambre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's capable of amazing feats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29743]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's capable of amazing feats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comfort zones are most often expanded through discomfort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the death of all sound work]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who among us has not, in moments of ambition, dreamt of the miracle of a form of poetic prose, musical but without rhythm and rhyme, both supple and staccato enough to adapt itself to the lyrical movements of our souls, the undulating movements of ou]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand is the cutting edge of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line on this job is easy, ... If I do it right this Sunday, they'll let me come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line on this job is easy, ... If I do it right this Sunday, they'll let me come back and do it again next Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the thought of thinking Souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the thought of thinking Souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65565]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always divide people into two groups. Those who live by what they know to be a lie, and those who live by what they believe, falsely, to be the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This gives us a range of things we could do. Some of that is pretty big dollar amounts. The next ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31908]]></link><description><![CDATA[This gives us a range of things we could do. Some of that is pretty big dollar amounts. The next step will be ... how do we choose among those options and how do we pay for it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 Vain is the chiming of forgotten bells  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 Vain is the chiming of forgotten bells  That the wind sways above a ruined shrine.  Vainer his voice in whom no longer dwells  Hunger that craves immortal Bread and Wine. Light songs we breathe, that perish with our breath,  Out of our lips that have not kissed the rod.  They shall not live who have not tasted death.  They only sing who are struck dumb by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day may not be good... but there's something good in every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55036]]></link><description><![CDATA[If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever taken anything out of the clothes basket because it had become, relatively, the cleaner thing?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3464]]></link><description><![CDATA[A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh my goodness. They showed a lot of heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh my goodness. They showed a lot of heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, our battalia trebles that account: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,  Which they upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, our battalia trebles that account: Besides, the king's name is a tower of strength,  Which they upon the adverse faction want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35469]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does have that ability (intimidation). He's a basket presence defender, but we don't want to get him to block to many shots because when you block a lot of shots it comes with a lot of whistles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43191]]></link><description><![CDATA[One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a function of how fast it is because a lot of guys can serve it 135-plus. The trajectory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29171]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a function of how fast it is because a lot of guys can serve it 135-plus. The trajectory is the main issue because you're lunging, but then it's up. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it, even if you dive perfectly and on cue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54078]]></link><description><![CDATA[By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bad conscience has a very good memory]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires more courage to suffer than to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58224]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires more courage to suffer than to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The killers are still inside the National Penitentiary, and we have to be prepared for new incidents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The killers are still inside the National Penitentiary, and we have to be prepared for new incidents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18087]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44066]]></link><description><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Islamic world took a real beating because of what the clerics did in northern Nigeria, ... Islamic countries should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Islamic world took a real beating because of what the clerics did in northern Nigeria, ... Islamic countries should be praised for doing so much to bring the spread of polio back under control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum.(I doubt, therefore I think; I think therefore I am)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime,  And, departing, leave us behind  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime,  And, departing, leave us behind   Footprints on the sands of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people believe that if you go in and try to micromanage a forest, it is possible to destroy the very thing that makes it a unique and special place. That's just as true of the Net.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66032</guid></item></channel></rss>