<?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[We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40020]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9324]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great tragedy of science -- the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do you stay in prisonwhen the door is so wide open?Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.Live in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do you stay in prisonwhen the door is so wide open?Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.Live in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Princess and the Pea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Princess and the Pea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47014]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I talked to him on the phone yesterday. I called him George rather than Mr. Vice President. But, in public, it's Mr. Vice President, because that is who he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew my shot wasn't dropping, so the next thing is to rebound, make my free throws, and block shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. - Points of View. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals. - Points of View.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Manny we are getting a player who has won a couple of MLS championships in San Jose and who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36110]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Manny we are getting a player who has won a couple of MLS championships in San Jose and who is a solid, proven professional.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;  . . . .   The little waves, with their soft, white hands,    Efface the footprints in the sands,     And the tide rises, the tide falls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fall of dropping water wears away the stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46180]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fall of dropping water wears away the stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13676]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47751]]></link><description><![CDATA[As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most smiles are started by another smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most smiles are started by another smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost every person over 45, and definitely those who have ever smoked, should have a spirometry test.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really see [today's bad corporate news] as significant fundamental factors, I see it more as an excuse for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really see [today's bad corporate news] as significant fundamental factors, I see it more as an excuse for short-term profit-taking. The correction we've seen is very small relative to the rally we've seen in the last few weeks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learning curve compared to last year, where we installed a new system and a new defense in the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learning curve compared to last year, where we installed a new system and a new defense in the first three weeks, isn't as steep this season. Now that we've had a year to work with the kids, I think we can build on our success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear bells! how sweet the sound of village bells When on the undulating air they swim!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18932]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends. [Lat., Qui salubrem locum negligit, mente est captus atque ad agnatos et gentiles deducendus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O my prophetic soul! My uncle? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48462]]></link><description><![CDATA[O my prophetic soul! My uncle?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I would have backed up a foot, I'd have been out of her way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One murder made a villain, Millions a hero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50942]]></link><description><![CDATA[One murder made a villain, Millions a hero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Devise, wit; write, pen; for I am for whole volumes in folio. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are looking as fresh as paint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27650]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are looking as fresh as paint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no fear of God before their eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17685]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no fear of God before their eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51943]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk of the devil, and his horns appear ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk of the devil, and his horns appear]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vain JackdawJupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1561]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vain JackdawJupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proclamation that on a certain day they should all present themselves before him, when he would himself choose the most beautiful among them to be king. The Jackdaw, knowing his own ugliness, searched through the woods and fields, and collected the feathers which had fallen from the wings of his companions, and stuck them in all parts of his body, hoping thereby to make himself the most beautiful of all. When the appointed day arrived, and the birds had assembled before Jupiter, the Jackdaw also made his appearance in his many feathered finery. But when Jupiter proposed to make him king because of the beauty of his plumage, the birds indignantly protested, and each plucked from him his own feathers, leaving the Jackdaw nothing but a Jackdaw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is great force hidden in a sweet command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49952]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is great force hidden in a sweet command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sausalito is the gateway to Marin, with people arriving by car, by ferry and they hang out in parks where trash cans are ugly, weather-beaten with peeling paint. If we make them look like works of art, people will treat them as such. People would be encouraged to observe them as art that is also utilitarian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26652]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39916]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always on a train or a plane, so wherever I happen to be is home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14167]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The holy man, though he be distressed, does not eat food mixed with wickedness. The lion, though hungry, will not eat what is unclean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guys are lucky because they get to grow mustaches. I wish I could. It’s like having a little pet for your face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scott went to the bucket hard all night against the taller Wolves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scott went to the bucket hard all night against the taller Wolves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was adored once too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was adored once too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1620</guid></item></channel></rss>