<?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[He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50254]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say, that Seignior Bononchini Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;  Others aver, to him, that Handel   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say, that Seignior Bononchini Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;  Others aver, to him, that Handel   Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.    Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be     'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It certainly looks like [new claims] have peaked. You're looking at several weeks where they've come off the peak they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It certainly looks like [new claims] have peaked. You're looking at several weeks where they've come off the peak they hit after Sept. 11.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search  The hearts of young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4113]]></link><description><![CDATA[For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search  The hearts of young and old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55036]]></link><description><![CDATA[If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is theplace where no one else has even been. You have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is theplace where no one else has even been. You have to leave the city of yourcomfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you willdiscover will be wonderful. What you will discover will be yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether he admits it or not, a man has been brought up to look at money as a sign of his virility, a symbol of his power, a bigger phallic symbol than a Porsche.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48587]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the only prophecy of wise men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the only prophecy of wise men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3885]]></link><description><![CDATA[O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that staies does the businesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49398]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that staies does the businesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing a lot of these. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing a lot of these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Americans are poor haters in international affairs because of their innate feeling of superiority over all foreigners. An American's hatred for a fellow American...is far more virulent than any antipathy he can work up against foreigners...Should Americans begin to hate foreigners wholeheartedly, it will be an indication that they have lost confidence in their own way of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anon, as patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed,  His silence will sit drooping. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anon, as patient as the female dove When that her golden couplets are disclosed,  His silence will sit drooping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this fool's paradise, he drank delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45463]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this fool's paradise, he drank delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61738]]></link><description><![CDATA[By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree not taller than an ant cannot shade you. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22314]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From an R&D perspective, they've actually got the first or second largest cancer pipeline in the world. So, they're moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35455]]></link><description><![CDATA[From an R&D perspective, they've actually got the first or second largest cancer pipeline in the world. So, they're moving in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,  And of so easy and so plain a stop  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,  And of so easy and so plain a stop   That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,    The still-discordant wavering multitude,     Can play upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From our point of view, it's not just recognizing customers that might have a problem with gambling, it's also understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29266]]></link><description><![CDATA[From our point of view, it's not just recognizing customers that might have a problem with gambling, it's also understanding ways to solve the problem as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3664]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13335]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world abhors closeness, and all but admires extravagance; yet a slack hand shows weakness, and a tight hand strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, ... It's an opportunity. It is a clean energy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41293]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, ... It's an opportunity. It is a clean energy. It is a healthy energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature, That fashions all her works in high relief,  And that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sculpture is more divine, and more like Nature, That fashions all her works in high relief,  And that is Sculpture. This vast ball, the Earth,   Was moulded out of clay, and baked in fire;    Men, women, and all animals that breathe     Are statues, and not paintings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was so lucky. I was very broke and I was taking classes at Lee Strasberg's Institute and I saw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was so lucky. I was very broke and I was taking classes at Lee Strasberg's Institute and I saw a 3 X 5 index card on the bulletin board advertising for college-aged girls for a film. That was Animal House]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll prove in only seven days that I can make you a new man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll prove in only seven days that I can make you a new man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Global Services division goes from strength to strength, providing BT with diversification away from pure telecoms services that remain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Global Services division goes from strength to strength, providing BT with diversification away from pure telecoms services that remain under intense pricing pressure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing:  But, och! it hardens a' within,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing:  But, och! it hardens a' within,   And petrifies the feeling!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46763]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved most curiously;   It is a little picture painted well.    What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell     From a great poet's hidden ecstasy;      A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me!       Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564   Sweep away the illusion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564   Sweep away the illusion of Time; glance, if thou have eyes, from the near moving-cause to the far-distant Mover. The stroke that came transmitted through a whole galaxy of elastic balls, was it less a stroke than if the last ball only had been struck, and sent flying? Oh, could I transport thee direct from the Beginnings to the Endings, how were thy eyesight unsealed, and thy heart set flaming in the Light-sea of celestial wonder! Then sawest thou that this fair Universe, were it in the meanest province thereof, is in very deed the star-domed City of God; that through every star, through every grass-blade, and most through every Living Soul, the glory of a present God still beams. But Nature, which is the Time-vesture of God and reveals Him to the wise, hides Him from the foolish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63061]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strengthen me by sympathizing with my strength not my weakness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good-nature and good-sense must ever join; To err is human, to forgive, divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the quarterback -- you are going to get hit. Everyone on our offensive line played well, but obviously we did miss O'Callaghan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38725]]></link><description><![CDATA[an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53827]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53827</guid></item></channel></rss>