<?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[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without dreams, there can be no courage. And without courage, there can be no action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks; Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks.  The founder's you: the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like hungry guests, a sitting audience looks; Plays are like suppers; poets are the cooks.  The founder's you: the table is the place:   The carvers we: the prologue is the grace.    Each act, a course, each scene, a different dish,     Though we're in Lent, I doubt you're still for flesh.      Satire's the sauce, high-season'd, sharp and rough.       Kind masks and beaux, I hope you're pepperproof?        Wit is the wine; but 'tis so scarce the true         Poets, like vintners, balderdash and brew.          Your surly scenes, where rant and bloodshed join.           Are butcher's meat, a battle's sirloin:            Your scenes of love, so flowing, soft and chaste,             Are water-gruel without salt or taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom sails with wind and time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom sails with wind and time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16447]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this age of the rule of brute force, it is almost impossible for anyone to believe that any one else could possibly reject the law of the final supremacy of brute force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes the Super Bowl even more important than it has ever been. The Super Bowl is the only thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38625]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes the Super Bowl even more important than it has ever been. The Super Bowl is the only thing left that really reaches the mass audience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! [Fr., On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24840]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come and we cry, and that is life; we yawn and we depart, and that is death! [Fr., On entre, on crie,  Et c'est la vie!   On baille, on sort,    Et c'est la mort!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59944]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are willing to cooperate, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are willing to cooperate,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness seems made to be shared. [Fr., Le bonheur semble fait pour etre partage.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing to know is how to use your neurosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie,  My musick shows ye have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet Spring, full of sweet dayes and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie,  My musick shows ye have your closes,   And all must die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43475]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52468]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it. [Ger., Wer dem Publicum dient, ist ein armes Thier;  Er qualt sich ab, niemand bedankt sich dafur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11801]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4397]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the ear Drops the light drip of the suspended oar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, they're all in the same position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, they're all in the same position.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grant that I may never rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof, lest, instead of sucking milk, I squeeze blood out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just like when they told me I'd never play football again. I just believe that we can do it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36136]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just like when they told me I'd never play football again. I just believe that we can do it. When we do it, then they give us congratulations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48159]]></link><description><![CDATA[My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More knave than fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16329]]></link><description><![CDATA[More knave than fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numbers are like people; torture them enough and they'll tell you anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numbers are like people; torture them enough and they'll tell you anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life - a sexually transmitted terminal condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology... is a queer thing. It brings you great gifts with one hand, and it stabs you in the back with the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58429]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4329]]></link><description><![CDATA[My darkness has been filled with the light of intelligence, and behold, the outer day-lit world was stumbling and groping in social blindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just felt so bad for him ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¹ his year has been that way. He's had such strong cars in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42473]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just felt so bad for him ÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¹ his year has been that way. He's had such strong cars in every race. I think he's probably had the strongest car over the year, but he's had the worst luck over the year. I just felt so bad when I saw that thing stall. I couldn't believe it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws and institutions are constantly tending to gravitate. Like clocks, they must be occasionally cleansed, and wound up, and set to true time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He cited the safety of the people because the church was dumping a large amount of traffic onto Colonial Boulevard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37458]]></link><description><![CDATA[He cited the safety of the people because the church was dumping a large amount of traffic onto Colonial Boulevard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real odd thing here is that we're existing gambling facilities in this state and we offer all those things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real odd thing here is that we're existing gambling facilities in this state and we offer all those things now. It's just now we're adding another product and all of a sudden we have to have these restrictions. Something about it doesn't seem right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science when well digested is nothing but good sense and reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57769]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have got to shoot, otherwise you can't score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55014]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we accept another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/321]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the incidents of the profession. [Lat., E un incidente del mestiere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43405]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the incidents of the profession. [Lat., E un incidente del mestiere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With five minutes to go at a timeout, I looked down and everybody was gasping for air. But our goal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42160]]></link><description><![CDATA[With five minutes to go at a timeout, I looked down and everybody was gasping for air. But our goal ever since we got here was to go to Salem. We were five minutes away. We can be tired all next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59107]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45026]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opponents and I are really one. My strength and skills only half of the equation. The other half is theirs. An opponent is someone whose strength joined to yours creates a certain result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise her but for this her without-door form-- Which on my faith deserves high speech--and straight  The shrug, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise her but for this her without-door form-- Which on my faith deserves high speech--and straight  The shrug, the hum or ha, these pretty brands   That calumny doth use--O, I am out,    That mercy does, for calumny will sear     Virtue itself--these shrugs, these hums and ha's,      When you have said she's goodly, come between       Ere you can say she's honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5192</guid></item></channel></rss>