<?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[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries is not the goal but the exercise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous    Many an opportunity is lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell. •Anonymous    Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48509]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He loved politicians - even Republicans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47022]]></link><description><![CDATA[He loved politicians - even Republicans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy: lying in state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy: lying in state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next time I have meat and mashed potatoes, I think I'll put a very large blob of potatoes on my plate with just a little piece of meat. And if someone asks me why I didn't get more meat, I'll just say, "Oh, you mean this?" and pull out a big piece of meat from inside the blob of potatoes, where I've hidden it. Good magic trick, huh?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was unbelievable, really. You come out of nowhere to go to the Pro Bowl, that's a great achievement. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30374]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was unbelievable, really. You come out of nowhere to go to the Pro Bowl, that's a great achievement. That says a lot about him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quarreling is like cutting water with a sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal place for me is the one in which it is most natural to live as a foreigner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to be an interesting challenge for both sides, playing the same opponent in seven consecutive games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41975]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to be an interesting challenge for both sides, playing the same opponent in seven consecutive games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we resort to lawlessness, the only thing we can hope for is civil war, untold bloodshed, and the end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54285]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we resort to lawlessness, the only thing we can hope for is civil war, untold bloodshed, and the end of our dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessing of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31813]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are searching for some kind of harmony between two intangibles: a form which we have not yet designed and a context which we cannot properly describe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good strategy to take aim at this generation. They've finished raising children and they've paid off their mortgages, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good strategy to take aim at this generation. They've finished raising children and they've paid off their mortgages, so all that cash is sitting in their pockets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biography lends to death a new terror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biography lends to death a new terror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's uncertainties call for vigilance by the authorities in both mature and emerging market economies in pursuing sound economic policies. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's uncertainties call for vigilance by the authorities in both mature and emerging market economies in pursuing sound economic policies. Investors need to recognize the costly consequences of sudden reversals in global conditions that could impact the markets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13370]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never forgive those who make us blush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13716]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never forgive those who make us blush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9121]]></link><description><![CDATA[No possession is gratifying without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end.  Courage--an independent spark from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end.  Courage--an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne,   By which the soul stands raised, triumphant high, alone.    Great in itself, not praises of the crowd,     Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud.      Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above,       By which those great in war, are great in love.        The spring of all brave acts is seated here,         As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53459]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fascists cannot argue, so they kill ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fascists cannot argue, so they kill]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50545]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61158]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3806]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy--for friendship's sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13923]]></link><description><![CDATA[They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10644]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest crimes do not arise from a want of feeling for others but from an over-sensibility for ourselves and an over-indulgence to our own desires]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've come to this conclusion with unexpected and heartening speed, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've come to this conclusion with unexpected and heartening speed,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have Immortal longings in me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me my robe, put on my crown, I have Immortal longings in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53476]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that lives upon hope will die fasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20171]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that lives upon hope will die fasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33507]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's when Mike asked if I'd throw. I've been under the weather, but then I thought I'd better help him out. He knows he has to prove himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52480]]></link><description><![CDATA[That miscellaneous collection of a few wise and many foolish individuals, called the public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can think of maybe one and a half good chances we had tonight. I think that Kevin (Hartman) came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can think of maybe one and a half good chances we had tonight. I think that Kevin (Hartman) came up big to keep us in it. But it just wasn't good enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of embarrassing your opponent or messing up a press conference or even rattling your opponent always comes up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of embarrassing your opponent or messing up a press conference or even rattling your opponent always comes up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9872]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should have no trouble getting up for a school like Kentucky. The last couple of games we've been shaky ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36549]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should have no trouble getting up for a school like Kentucky. The last couple of games we've been shaky early in the game. [Today] we have to play 40 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24812</guid></item></channel></rss>