<?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 had not finished the first act before the quaint character of Peter Pan had charmed me. I could feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42240]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had not finished the first act before the quaint character of Peter Pan had charmed me. I could feel the presence of the Fairies and the Indians and the Pirates and the lost boys of Never-Never-Never Land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46997]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see no reason why Tiger Woods won't become a great player. Man, can he smoke some shots. A little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57524]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see no reason why Tiger Woods won't become a great player. Man, can he smoke some shots. A little refinement on Tiger's short game and there'll be nothing. He's already pretty darn imposing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4504]]></link><description><![CDATA[People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell themBenjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22166]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell themBenjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a fair house, built on another man's ground. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a fair house, built on another man's ground. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness  And in the taste confounds the appetite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness  And in the taste confounds the appetite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8926]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many great actions are committed in small struggles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many great actions are committed in small struggles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every silver lining has a cloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every silver lining has a cloud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had been talking to the kids in that the bottom of the lineup had to do something and pick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37293]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had been talking to the kids in that the bottom of the lineup had to do something and pick up some weight too. They have responded here the last four-five games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was an extreme outpouring from the public when it first aired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32224]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was an extreme outpouring from the public when it first aired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An envious man grows lean at another's fatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50185]]></link><description><![CDATA[An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59112]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility - it may be right but irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever since I was a little kid I'd read these adventure books. I'd read about Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever since I was a little kid I'd read these adventure books. I'd read about Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. Every time my dad moved to a new military base, the first thing I'd do was climb the highest hill around, which usually wasn't very high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're so involved. They really believe in what they're doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32677]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're so involved. They really believe in what they're doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11780]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid looking in a mirror, because I bet that will really throw you into a panic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where did you get that pearly ear? God spoke and it came out to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where did you get that pearly ear? God spoke and it came out to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63826]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The circumstances changed when I heard the other proposals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circumstances changed when I heard the other proposals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While I am speaking the opportunity is lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50812]]></link><description><![CDATA[While I am speaking the opportunity is lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31986]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Warner doesn't comment on rumors and speculation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time Warner doesn't comment on rumors and speculation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a tough call, but a sensible one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a tough call, but a sensible one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am his mistress. His work is his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am his mistress. His work is his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success, than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21726]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct,or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in theintroduction of a new order of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14773]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played great the last 15 minutes [against Syracuse]. If we put that to 40 minutes, I'm sure another team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37591]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played great the last 15 minutes [against Syracuse]. If we put that to 40 minutes, I'm sure another team will get worn down and eventually fold. I'm pretty sure the four guys who have been through [the road to the Final Four] know how hard it is. They need to push me, Rudy, Marcus Williams, because they've been there. It's going to be a tough road, but I think we can do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No legacy is so rich as honesty. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55726]]></link><description><![CDATA[No legacy is so rich as honesty. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What harm in drinking can there be, Since punch and life so well agree? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12990]]></link><description><![CDATA[What harm in drinking can there be, Since punch and life so well agree?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading;  I cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading;  I cannot sit and think. Books think for me.   - Charles Lamb (used pseudonym Elia),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.  Only the blessed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45460]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the nine heavens are eight Paradises; Where is the ninth one? In the human breast.  Only the blessed dwell in th' Paradises,   But blessedness dwells in the human breast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I feel so fortunate to be 22 right now and having three [grammy awards] under my belt, which is amazing.'' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3577]]></link><description><![CDATA["I feel so fortunate to be 22 right now and having three [grammy awards] under my belt, which is amazing.'']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He claims a monopoly in friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50443]]></link><description><![CDATA[He claims a monopoly in friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[say that your main crop is the forest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9691]]></link><description><![CDATA[say that your main crop is the forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These survey results clearly demonstrate that many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy. The Freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32807]]></link><description><![CDATA[These survey results clearly demonstrate that many Americans don't have an understanding of the freedoms they regularly enjoy. The Freedom Museum is designed to inspire people to understand and value their freedoms. The Freedom Museum will present freedoms in not merely a historical context, but in modern day examples, allowing people young and old to relate to modern day freedom debates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases, this will provide a solution for councils. The public forgets that we have a statutory obligation to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34772]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases, this will provide a solution for councils. The public forgets that we have a statutory obligation to deliver education for every child, and some kids just cannot thrive in a mainstream school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1770</guid></item></channel></rss>