<?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[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to be unselfish. That's one concept I want them to get, but it can be a hard concept for young players to grasp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no pain you are recedingA distant ship, smoke on the horizon.You are only coming through in waves.Your lips ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15471]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no pain you are recedingA distant ship, smoke on the horizon.You are only coming through in waves.Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.When I was a child I had a feverMy hands felt just like two balloons.Now I've got that feeling once againI can't explain you would not understandThis is not how I am.I have become comfortably numb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put none but Americans on guard tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put none but Americans on guard tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52582]]></link><description><![CDATA[A guy walks up to me and asks 'What's Punk?'. So I kick over a garbage can and say 'That's punk!'. So he kicks over a garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No that's trendy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, what ecstasy setting fires brings to my body! What power I feel at the thought of fire!...Oh, what pleasure, what heavenly pleasure!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are limited by knowledge, not by courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66097]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are limited by knowledge, not by courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was nice for the girls to come back like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37867]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was nice for the girls to come back like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25897]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you love is a sign from your higher self of what you are to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48468]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58030]]></link><description><![CDATA[I studied the lives of great men and famous women; and I found that the men and women who got to the top were those who did the jobs they had in hand, with everything they had of energy and enthusiasm and hard work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another next morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close theywere to success when they gave up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That three-point play, you could tell the excitement in the girls. That was definitely the turning point in the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41778]]></link><description><![CDATA[That three-point play, you could tell the excitement in the girls. That was definitely the turning point in the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has never been so bad, that it couldn't be worse... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has never been so bad, that it couldn't be worse...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:  For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28576]]></link><description><![CDATA[When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It (rumour) has a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice of iron. [Lat., Linguae centum sunt, oraque centum  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54567]]></link><description><![CDATA[It (rumour) has a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice of iron. [Lat., Linguae centum sunt, oraque centum  Ferrea vox.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you do, make it an offering to me -- the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not difficult to become a great Greyhound, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38341]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not difficult to become a great Greyhound,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Orchestras only need to be sworn at, and a German is consequently at an advantage with them, as English profanity, except in America, has not gone beyond a limited technology of perdition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be merry if you are wise. [Lat., Ride si sapis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got tired of playing other people's songs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36143]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got tired of playing other people's songs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're providing all the supplies and dinner. Parents just bring in pictures they want to put in the scrapbook, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29146]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're providing all the supplies and dinner. Parents just bring in pictures they want to put in the scrapbook, and the essay the kids wrote will be the centerpiece. It will pull a little at the heartstrings because the essay and pictures are so meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8348]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal then, not charity, became the guide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal then, not charity, became the guide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2718]]></link><description><![CDATA[To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Tuesday last A falcon, now tow'ring in her pride of place,  Was by a mousing owl hawked at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15057]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday last A falcon, now tow'ring in her pride of place,  Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by. [No sooner is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8677]]></link><description><![CDATA[No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by. [No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his fine home, says: 'No man should have so much.' The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: 'All men should have so much.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/318]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't the incompetent who destroys an organization. The incompetent never gets in a position to destroy it. It is those who have achieved something and want to rest upon their achievements who are forever clogging things up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide sent into the cleft of rock Neptune's polyfingered hand ofwelcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1639]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide sent into the cleft of rock Neptune's polyfingered hand ofwelcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough to be able to pick up a sword. You have to know which end to poke into the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erik was running slow, he was pacing me. This was a great race and a great day, the weather was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Erik was running slow, he was pacing me. This was a great race and a great day, the weather was very nice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to travel well than to arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to travel well than to arrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60054]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go;  The horse knows the way   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go;  The horse knows the way   To carry the sleigh,    Through the white and drifted snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1151]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2973]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can spot empty flattery and know exactly where I stand. In the end it's really only my own approval or disapproval that means anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2973</guid></item></channel></rss>