<?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[There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with research is that it tells you what people were thinking about yesterday, not tomorrow. It's like driving a car using a rearview mirror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32660]]></link><description><![CDATA[O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14275]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire  In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16098]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire  In killing a Pike; but the forked stick,   With a slit and a bladder,--and that other fine trick,    Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck,--     Will kill two for one, if you have any luck;      The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile,       To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile;        When a Pike suns himselfe and a-frogging doth go,         The two-inched hook is better, I know,          Than the ord'nary snaring: but still I must cry,           When the Pike is at home, minde the cookery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The word "politics" is derived from the word "poly", meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63487]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54929]]></link><description><![CDATA[In sculpture did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoon how it might be made difference? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63629]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -- but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17377]]></link><description><![CDATA[And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12072]]></link><description><![CDATA[They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The program is having an impact on our young community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The program is having an impact on our young community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most distinguishing feature of winners is their intensity of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48908]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are raised on high that their fall may be the greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12670]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little dogs and all, Tray, Blanch, and Sweetheart--see, they bark at me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is for those who lack imagination]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that;  But an honest man's aboon his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26262]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that;  But an honest man's aboon his might:   Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like to be deceived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11550]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like to be deceived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They held it in conjunction with the Orange Festival, and the farmers would put on displays. All the locals would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35561]]></link><description><![CDATA[They held it in conjunction with the Orange Festival, and the farmers would put on displays. All the locals would come, and they even attracted folks from Dania, Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale. It was one of the things that put Davie in the public eye. As more people heard about the rodeo, they'd come to Davie. It was a big thing at the time, and they had some pretty serious square dancing contests,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The battle is over when the foe has fallen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50767]]></link><description><![CDATA[The battle is over when the foe has fallen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12982]]></link><description><![CDATA[When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire,  I haul my sail, look up around,   In search of Whitbread's best entire.   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anything, things have gotten worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42189]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anything, things have gotten worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42189</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[Be good and you will be lonely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be good and you will be lonely]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[White is a trend unto itself. From very pure, stark white to ecru, you can look at white as an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36157]]></link><description><![CDATA[White is a trend unto itself. From very pure, stark white to ecru, you can look at white as an entire color family. White is the neutral of the season against which all other colors are paired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I need what only you can provide, your absence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49361]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is afraid of leaves, goes not to the wood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bird of the amber beak, Bird of the golden wing!  Thy dower is thy carolling;   Thou hast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bird of the amber beak, Bird of the golden wing!  Thy dower is thy carolling;   Thou hast not far to seek    Thy bread, nor needest wine     To make thy utterance divine;      Thou art canopied and clothed       And unto Song bethrothed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not now in fortune's power, He that is down can fall no lower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48712]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not now in fortune's power, He that is down can fall no lower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15018]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22410]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert is someone who knows a lot about the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's more, much more, to Christmas Than candlelight and cheer; It's the spirit of sweet friendship That brightens all year. It's thoughtfulness and kindness, It's hope reborn again, For peace, for understanding, And for goodwill to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can find my biography in every fable that I read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can find my biography in every fable that I read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63051]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure Spirit, one hundred degrees proof -- that's a drink that only the most hardened contemplation- guzzlers indulge in. Bodhisattvas dilute their Nirvana with equal parts of love and work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never write a letter while you are angry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never write a letter while you are angry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The play bill which is said to have announced the tragedy of Hamlet, the character of the Prince of Denmark being left out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the medicine worse than the malady.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52068]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no assurance that half-truth will make us free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51631]]></link><description><![CDATA[That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34585]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological obsession, its incompetence, its arrogance, its anti-intellectualism, or its dishonesty, ... In New Orleans, we see all of these forces at work in a manner that the mainstream media finally finds itself unable to ignore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34585</guid></item></channel></rss>