<?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[Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better keep yourself clean and bright. You are the window through which you must see the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In indolent vacuity of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59213]]></link><description><![CDATA[In indolent vacuity of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evidently the pepper spray had no effect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evidently the pepper spray had no effect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is stronger than habit. [Lat., Nil consuetudine majus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33739]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a special show that became a cult classic of sorts, and I made a lot of money for it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the first necessity of progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the first necessity of progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It gets their confidence up for the season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42024]]></link><description><![CDATA[It gets their confidence up for the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave   Rests from his labors; where th' insulting proud    Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard:     Where human folly sleeps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is Lucifer, The son of mystery;  And since God suffers him to be,   He, too, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12150]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is Lucifer, The son of mystery;  And since God suffers him to be,   He, too, is God's minister,    And labors for some good     By us not understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tehran is very expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tehran is very expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16718]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can muffle the drum, and you can loosen the strings of the lyre, but who shall command the skylark not to sing?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want free life, and I want fresh air; And I sigh for the canter after the cattle,  The crack of the whip like shots in battle,   The medley of horns, and hoofs, and heads    That wars, and wrangles, and scatters and spreads;     The green beneath and the blue above,      And dash, and danger, and life and love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jobling, there are chords in the human mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jobling, there are chords in the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,  And in a cruel wantonness of power, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' oppressive, sturdy, man-destroying villains, Who ravag'd kingdoms, and laid empires waste,  And in a cruel wantonness of power,   Thinn'd states of half their people, and gave up    To want the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something is the right thing for you to dosome will call your action 'courage.'There is a good possibility you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34406]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something is the right thing for you to dosome will call your action 'courage.'There is a good possibility you will likely call it'being myself.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of life is in art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of life is in art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Byron is a great person to work with and I look forward to coaching him this season. On the field, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Byron is a great person to work with and I look forward to coaching him this season. On the field, he provides a very serious scoring threat every time he touches the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The houses he makes last till doomsday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The houses he makes last till doomsday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57090]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45274]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well-ordered life is like climbing a tower; the view halfway up is better than the view from the base, and it steadily becomes finer as the horizon expands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,  While still too wide or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22829]]></link><description><![CDATA[But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit,  While still too wide or short in human wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is nothing but Discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is nothing but Discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be a good game. Hannan played us tough in the playoffs the last two years but we won both games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63412]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What question can be here? Your own true heart Must needs advise you of the only part:  That may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4746]]></link><description><![CDATA[What question can be here? Your own true heart Must needs advise you of the only part:  That may be claim'd again which was but lent,   And should be yielded with no discontent,    Nor surely can we find herein a wrong,     That it was left us to enjoy it long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have compassion and surrender to your own heart, you are surrendering to the hidden power in your heart, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58382]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have compassion and surrender to your own heart, you are surrendering to the hidden power in your heart, God. You are surrendering to love, because God is Love, the cohesive force of the universe that connects us all. Surrender is not just a religious concept; it's a power tool for listening to the voice of your spirit and following its directions. When you surrender your head to your heart, you allow your heart to give you a wider, higher intelligence perspective. Remember the phrase, "The real teacher is within you." Very simply, that teacher is to be found in the common sense of your own heart. -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The correct strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreign clients is a Japanese strategy: ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefully feel for pressure points. If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Suggest a recess or another meeting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and justifiable reason of my good actions: so I must do nothing for my salvation hereafter, merely for the love I bear to mine own soul, though that also be one good and justifiable reason of that action; but the primary reason in both, as well as the actions that establish a good name, as the actions that establish eternal life, must be the glory of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty begets license. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty begets license.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a rebel? A man who says no ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53143]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a rebel? A man who says no]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4764]]></link><description><![CDATA[People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If cats could talk, they wouldn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5326]]></link><description><![CDATA[If cats could talk, they wouldn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a health to the glow-worm, Death's sober lamplighter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a health to the glow-worm, Death's sober lamplighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you like a fat kid loves cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16342]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you like a fat kid loves cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries,  As motion and long-during action tires   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, universal plodding poisons up The nimble spirits in the arteries,  As motion and long-during action tires   The sinewy vigor of the traveller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fisherman PipingA fisherman skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore. Standing on a projecting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1517]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fisherman PipingA fisherman skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the seashore. Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of their own accord dance into his net, which he had placed below. At last, having long waited in vain, he laid aside his flute, and casting his net into the sea, made an excellent haul of fish. When he saw them leaping about in the net upon the rock he said: O you most perverse creatures, when I piped you would not dance, but now that I have ceased you do so merrily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week, sometimes, to make it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26446]]></link><description><![CDATA[What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass  That every braggart shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this; for it will come to pass  That every braggart shall be found an ass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10498</guid></item></channel></rss>