<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Krishna offered to the little girlmouse.. the hand of the sungodin marriage.. but instead shechosea little boy mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Krishna offered to the little girlmouse.. the hand of the sungodin marriage.. but instead shechosea little boy mouse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At early dawn when the air is crisp And you're standing knee deep in a beautiful rip  You see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16284]]></link><description><![CDATA[At early dawn when the air is crisp And you're standing knee deep in a beautiful rip  You see a trout rise to an unknown fly   Then your heart starts to thump and you wonder why    You're a neophyte fly fisherman.     You can measure the cast and study the lie      Then lengthen the line to make your first try       As you check the rod to get a good presentation        You hold your breath in solemn anticipation         You must be a fly fisherman!          The fly floats gently on its way to the trout           You know it will "take it" without a doubt.            You're all charged up and ready to strike             But the fly floats by because something's not right              You are still a fly fisherman.               You open your fly box and select a new fly                Then lengthen the tippet before the next try                 Change your position to help with the cast                  And hope you have made the right decision at last                   Now you are a doubtful fly fisherman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Filled with mingled cream and amber I will drain that glass again. Such hilarious visions clamber Through the chambers of my brain -- Quaintest thoughts -- queerest fancies Come to life and fade away; Who cares how time advances? I am drinking ale today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!  Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51237]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, a kiss Long as my exile, sweet as my revenge!  Now, by the jealous queen of heaven, that kiss   I carried from thee dear; and my true lip    Hath virgined it e'er since.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes."N.B.: A lesser-known version of this quotation was supposedly said by Frederick the Great at Prague in 1757: "By push of bayonets, no firing till you see the whites of their eyes. - Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46621]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love with the spirit is to pity, and he who pities most loves most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27342]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to others show,  That mercy show to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54633]]></link><description><![CDATA[No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept everything about yourself -- I mean everything, you are you and that is the beginning and the end -- no apologies, no regrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had my labour for my travail. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had my labour for my travail. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last week I helped my friend stay put. It's a lot easier than helping someone move. I just went over to his house and made sure that he did not start to load his shit into a truck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22240]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who paies the Physitian, does the cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who paies the Physitian, does the cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hallelujah! Hallelujah! On the third morning He arose,  Bright with victory o'er his foes.   Sing we lauding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hallelujah! Hallelujah! On the third morning He arose,  Bright with victory o'er his foes.   Sing we lauding,    And applauding,     Hallelujah!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe Robert who has tried it. [Lat., Experto crede Roberto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe Robert who has tried it. [Lat., Experto crede Roberto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42200]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see high growth with very low inflation. These aren't mutually exclusive. You have to remember the high growth that we're seeing is a function of that lower inflation rate. If we had inflation at 3 or 4 percent, growth would be a lot slower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43424]]></link><description><![CDATA[[T]he music's pure algebra of enchantment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5861]]></link><description><![CDATA[One cannot play chess if one becomes aware of the pieces as living souls and of the fact that the Whites and the Blacks have more in common with each other than with the players. Suddenly one loses all interest in who will be champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still;  Thou with fresh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44553]]></link><description><![CDATA[O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still;  Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost fill   While the jolly hours lead on propitious May.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant part in the human tragedy, compared to the numbers massacred in unselfish loyalty to one's tribe, nation, dynasty, church, or political ideology, ad majorem gloriam dei. The emphasis is on unselfish. Excepting a small minority of mercenary or sadistic disposition, wars are not fought for personal gain, but out of loyalty and devotion to king, country or cause. Homicide committed for personal reasons is a statistical rarity in all cultures, including our own. Homicide for unselfish reasons, at the risk of one's own life, is the dominant phenomenon of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to the costs of the software itself, organizations will encounter other up-front costs, including those resulting from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29662]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to the costs of the software itself, organizations will encounter other up-front costs, including those resulting from the need for new hardware, administrator and end-user training, configuration and deployment of the new operating system, compatibility-testing, and possible re-engineering of application software,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrating on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes thereon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to your universe is that you can choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to your universe is that you can choose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61287]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cup of cold Adam from the next purling stream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never met a man I didn't like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1645]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never met a man I didn't like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But still his tongue ran on, the less Of weight it bore, with greater ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58604]]></link><description><![CDATA[But still his tongue ran on, the less Of weight it bore, with greater ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps and played pretty well. We have to be ready to play tomorrow and can battle anyone if we are prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan, And then deny him merit if you can.  Where he falls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27381]]></link><description><![CDATA[View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan, And then deny him merit if you can.  Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone   Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm worried that a number of these deals will not get done now. A lot of people get caught in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm worried that a number of these deals will not get done now. A lot of people get caught in the changing markets when they only see the upside of things going in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20911]]></link><description><![CDATA[To kill a relative of whom you are tired is one thing. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is a genuine pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54352]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older - the natural sequence of an unnatural beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12403]]></link><description><![CDATA[By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live for this moment. This is what coaching is all about. When your back is to the wall, that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36870]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live for this moment. This is what coaching is all about. When your back is to the wall, that's when character is revealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, like charity, begins at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, like charity, begins at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prophecy, however honest, is generally a poor substitute for experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56992]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64421]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you trust your intuition, the more empowered you become, the stronger you become, and the happier you become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight  Each mother's son and daughter,--   When qualified aright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very fond of water: It ever must delight  Each mother's son and daughter,--   When qualified aright.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched  To the seaside, and put his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, 'tis in a manner done already; For many carriages he hath dispatched  To the seaside, and put his cause and quarrel   To the disposing of the cardinal;    With whom yourself, myself, and other lords,     If you think meet, this afternoon will post      To consummate this business happily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25411</guid></item></channel></rss>