<?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[She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3822]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's beautiful, and therefore to be woo'd She is a woman, therefore to be won]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23906]]></link><description><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants them to do, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is happy for you that possess the talent of pleasing with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46688]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is happy for you that possess the talent of pleasing with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to keep the proper perspective on high school sports. Sometimes, sports can seem like a runaway train, so we have to remind our student-athletes that education comes first, and that you have to be a good sport to play and a good citizen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21659]]></link><description><![CDATA[The roots of true achievement lie in the will to become the best that you can become.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8013]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves--the creature of habits and infirmities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31280]]></link><description><![CDATA[These two teams match up well. I expected this type of game all the way through. We were just a couple of possessions away. We just couldn't get that one basket. They hit their free throws at the end, which did it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47976]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite honestly, I haven't had time to think about it. I've been too busy preparing for a football game. I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite honestly, I haven't had time to think about it. I've been too busy preparing for a football game. I've got enough to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss But cheerly seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great lords, wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss But cheerly seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66241]]></link><description><![CDATA[No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finding parts for these old tractors is a challenge. Many steam engines were scrapped during World War II for scrap metal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy lies in the fight, in the attempt, in the suffering involved, not in the victory itself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't let anyone talk about it. It's one of those things you never want to talk about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't let anyone talk about it. It's one of those things you never want to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has never been a single homicide in history that has been investigated to this extent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36639]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has never been a single homicide in history that has been investigated to this extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11596]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when a battle decides everything, and there are times when the most insignificant thing can decide the outcome of a battle]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59425]]></link><description><![CDATA[In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34305]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1969, at the age of 19, I was lucky enough to work with George C. Scott in the definitive portrayal of his career over a period of many months and several countries on the definitive film version of Patton's WWII career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada is abandoning its 40- to 50-year traditional diplomatic approach in how to deal with the dangers of nuclear weapons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada is abandoning its 40- to 50-year traditional diplomatic approach in how to deal with the dangers of nuclear weapons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight justly and sell dearely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weight justly and sell dearely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66269]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great truth is a truth whose opposite is also a truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, he's one of the best guys I've ever seen at this stage of his career. He can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28914]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, he's one of the best guys I've ever seen at this stage of his career. He can be another Alex Rodriguez or better than him. This kid is coming up from Double-A. What he's doing is amazing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understanding is curing ignorance and curing ignorance is abolishing fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through snow covered forests of spirited dreamsnourished to life by crystalline streams.Jan of  http://jsmagic.net/emissary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through snow covered forests of spirited dreamsnourished to life by crystalline streams.Jan of  http://jsmagic.net/emissary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through tattered clothes small vices do appear; Robes and furred gowns hide all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4508]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is all very well to be able to write books, but can you waggle your ears?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When (negotiations) broke last night, everybody made sure everyone had everyone's phone numbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38974]]></link><description><![CDATA[When (negotiations) broke last night, everybody made sure everyone had everyone's phone numbers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will become broken and his torch extinguished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will become broken and his torch extinguished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64162]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bridgeport came to play and we thought we were just going to walk out on the floor and win. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bridgeport came to play and we thought we were just going to walk out on the floor and win. We just didn't come to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war. •Otto Von Bismarck  Peace with a club in hand is war. •Portuguese Proverb   The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale. •Bernard Mannes Baruch  The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. •Chinese Proverb   Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23871]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale. from the poemThe Cotter’s Saturday Night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale. from the poemThe Cotter’s Saturday Night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I also know all the clubs in the Premiership that blanked me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I also know all the clubs in the Premiership that blanked me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44125]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide,  And folly into sin! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide,  And folly into sin!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14872]]></link><description><![CDATA[I deal with the obvious. I present, reiterate and glorify the obvious -- because the obvious is what people need to be told.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you treat a kid as an adult, they start to act as an adult in the way they commit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28204]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you treat a kid as an adult, they start to act as an adult in the way they commit crimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43421]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Bellenden we needs must praise, Who as down the stairs she jumps  Sings o'er the hill and far away,   Despising doleful dumps.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47067]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47067</guid></item></channel></rss>