<?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[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember when I was in college, people told me I couldn't play in the NBA. There's always somebody saying you can't do it, and those people have to be ignored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54058]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not retire while I've still got my legs and my make-up box.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,  And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58244]]></link><description><![CDATA[He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it,  And, at the best, shows but a bastard valour.   This life's a fort committed to my trust,    Which I must not yield up, till it be forced:     Nor will I. He's not valiant that dares die,      But he that boldly bears calamity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37324]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are hoping this is real wake-up call so people can start getting ready for the colder weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  Come down, O Christ, and help me! reach Thy hand For I am drowning in a stormier sea Than Simon on the the lake of Galilee: The wine of life is spilt upon the sand, My heart is as some famine-murdered land Whence all good things have perished utterly, And well I know my soul in Hell must lie If I this night before God's throne must stand. "He sleeps perchance, or rideth to the chase, Like Baal, when his prophets holed that name From morn to noon on Carmel's smitten height." Nay, peace! I shall behold, before the night, The feet of brass, the robe more white than flame, The wounded hands, the weary human face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have Immortal longings in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have Immortal longings in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issue with technology is, it's -- by definition -- change. You can't just go to sleep and say I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issue with technology is, it's -- by definition -- change. You can't just go to sleep and say I'm going to forget it for 20 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A team is a team is a team. Shakespeare said that many times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time cuts down all, Both great and small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time cuts down all, Both great and small.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a talent of the weak to persuade themselves that they suffer for something when they suffer from something; that they are showing the way when they are running away; that they see the light when they feel the heat; that they are chosen when they are shunned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt as if Hafez Al Assad was talking! He has send a clear message to his people, Arabs and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28331]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt as if Hafez Al Assad was talking! He has send a clear message to his people, Arabs and the whole world that Syria is strong and fear can never find its way into the hearts of Syrians,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High prices may not be enough of an incentive for risky developments in conventional oil, let alone oil shale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29515]]></link><description><![CDATA[High prices may not be enough of an incentive for risky developments in conventional oil, let alone oil shale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never want to string a game like that together, but it shows so much composure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30746]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never want to string a game like that together, but it shows so much composure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell cheap and tell the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell cheap and tell the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country [Burma] as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60002]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inseparable gold umbrella which in that country [Burma] as much denotes the grandee as the star or garter does in England.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press was doing its job, and in doing its job, they saw this clash between what they were witnessing with their own eyes and what officials were telling them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26388]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're obviously going to spend a lot in marketing because we think the product sells itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43618]]></link><description><![CDATA[When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its stall, then the fire-breathing union begins anew . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when the sun in bed, Curtain'd with cloudy red,  Pillows his chin upon an orient wave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8913]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when the sun in bed, Curtain'd with cloudy red,  Pillows his chin upon an orient wave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28411]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a shocking gasoline build.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in a kind of fidelity to your own early ideas; it's a kind of antagonism in me to prevailing fads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be firm or mild as the occasion may require.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger should never appear in awarding punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger should never appear in awarding punishment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future of junk e-mail is that you need a receptive audience, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future of junk e-mail is that you need a receptive audience,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2885]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things went very well for us today. It was a great meet and we had a lot of breakthroughs. To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things went very well for us today. It was a great meet and we had a lot of breakthroughs. To compete strong against teams that are in the top 20, as well as professional athletes, is great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36185]]></link><description><![CDATA[French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great traditions, only it is full of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has a housewife's hand; but that's no matter: I say she never did invent this letter;  This is a man's invention and his hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not wish to inhibit the artistic merits of our students, but there will be warnings before particularly racy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31630]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not wish to inhibit the artistic merits of our students, but there will be warnings before particularly racy films.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31630</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[Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall—and farewell king! -King Richard II. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comes at the last, and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall—and farewell king! -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46942]]></link><description><![CDATA[You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38543]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve no British interest but for the interests of a small clique of utterly unscrupulous men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you raise the bar for children, they not only reach it, they far surpass it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31203]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you raise the bar for children, they not only reach it, they far surpass it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're looking to build off the momentum we started in Costa Rica. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32302]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're looking to build off the momentum we started in Costa Rica.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree,  And spreads her sheets o' daisies white   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree,  And spreads her sheets o' daisies white   Out o'er the grassy lea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice pleaseth few in their owne house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice pleaseth few in their owne house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46288]]></link><description><![CDATA[If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46288</guid></item></channel></rss>