<?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[That unlettered small-knowing soul. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55474]]></link><description><![CDATA[That unlettered small-knowing soul. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cat and the BirdsA cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cat and the BirdsA cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag of instruments becoming his profession, went to call on them. He knocked at the door and inquired of the inmates how they all did, saying that if they were ill, he would be happy to prescribe for them and cure them. They replied, We are all very well, and shall continue so, if you will only be good enough to go away, and leave us as we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is like girlfriends to me; I'm continually astonished by the choices other people make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11264]]></link><description><![CDATA[As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruel Remorse! where Youth and Pleasure sport, And thoughtless Folly keeps her court,--  Crouching 'midst rosy bowers thou lurk'st unseen   Slumbering the festal hours away,    While Youth disports in that enchanting scene;     Till on some fated day      Thou with a tiger-spring dost leap upon thy prey,       And tear his helpless breast, o'erwhelmed with wild dismay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41684]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam, well may we labour, still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adam, well may we labour, still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was always a lover of soft-winged things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was always a lover of soft-winged things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1878]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4795]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true heiress is never mean to anyone - except a girl who steals your boyfriend]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. [Lat., Ignavissimus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every recreant who proved his timidity in the hour of danger, was afterwards boldest in words and tongue. [Lat., Ignavissimus quisque, et ut res docuit, in periculo non ausurus, nimis verbis et lingua feroces.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pleasing thing about the game was to see Gareth come through 30 minutes unscathed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pleasing thing about the game was to see Gareth come through 30 minutes unscathed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep cool; anger is not an argument. -Daniel Webster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was going to go I think to the Kansas vs. Texas game, but I don't know. My head coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32710]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was going to go I think to the Kansas vs. Texas game, but I don't know. My head coach and AAU coach need to work that out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.” ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before God can deliver us from ourselves, we must undeceive ourselves.”]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10313]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountains, rivers, earth, grasses, trees, and forests are always emanating a subtle, precious light, day and night, always emanating ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountains, rivers, earth, grasses, trees, and forests are always emanating a subtle, precious light, day and night, always emanating a subtle, precious sound, demonstrating and expounding to all people the unsurpassed ultimate truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Huntsman and the FishermanA huntsman, returning with his dogs from the field, fell in by chance with a Fisherman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Huntsman and the FishermanA huntsman, returning with his dogs from the field, fell in by chance with a Fisherman who was bringing home a basket well laden with fish. The Huntsman wished to have the fish, and their owner experienced an equal longing for the contents of the game-bag. They quickly agreed to exchange the produce of their day's sport. Each was so well pleased with his bargain that they made for some time the same exchange day after day. Finally a neighbor said to them, If you go on in this way, you will soon destroy by frequent use the pleasure of your exchange, and each will again wish to retain the fruits of his own sport. Abstain and enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39922]]></link><description><![CDATA[What there really wasn't [information on] was 'what do people think'. We wanted to find out what it's like to live in these places from the people who live there; because they would know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that he may live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that he may live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small ills are the fountains of most of our groans. Men trip not on mountains, they stumble on stones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33017]]></link><description><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the next day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea thatpossesses the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22671]]></link><description><![CDATA[A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea thatpossesses the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We also believe that Muslims must use restraints in reacting to these cartoons and use educational methods to teach fellow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34341]]></link><description><![CDATA[We also believe that Muslims must use restraints in reacting to these cartoons and use educational methods to teach fellow human beings about Islam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a shame. If these guys are going to come to the ultimate meet for these kids, they should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34219]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a shame. If these guys are going to come to the ultimate meet for these kids, they should be coming in better equipped to handle diving like that. He's not your ordinary high school diver. There were some scores in there that were an injustice to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shakes his ambroisal curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will be the best all-around boxing card ever here in Los Angeles, ... The prices of the card are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30304]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will be the best all-around boxing card ever here in Los Angeles, ... The prices of the card are affordable. They appeal to the ordinary boxing fan here in Los Angeles. You will not see tickets for $1000. Fans who love boxing can purchase tickets as low as $25. Over half the tickets are $50 and less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the early grave Which men weep over may be meant to save.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I noticed an almost universal trait among Super Achievers, and it was what I call Sensory Goal Vision. These people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14538]]></link><description><![CDATA[I noticed an almost universal trait among Super Achievers, and it was what I call Sensory Goal Vision. These people knew what they wanted out of life, and they could sense it multidimensionally before they ever had it. They could not only see it, but also taste it, smell it, and imagine the sounds and emotions associated with it. They pre-lived it before they had it. And the sharp, sensory vision became a powerful driving force in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66103]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impact of economic expansion has finally spread to consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impact of economic expansion has finally spread to consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. [Fr., La satire ment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. [Fr., La satire ment sur les gens de lettres pendant leur vie, et l'eloge ment apres leur mort.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make a habit of buying things you do not need, you will soon be selling things you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5157]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make a habit of buying things you do not need, you will soon be selling things you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5001]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66030]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to form an immaculate member of a flock of sheep one must, above all, be a sheep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32539]]></link><description><![CDATA[He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32539</guid></item></channel></rss>