<?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[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet in bestowing, madam, He was most princely. -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to film is that it's an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to film is that it's an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62815]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what youdo. Attitude determines how well you do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what youdo. Attitude determines how well you do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30466]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he feels the door has been opened, and he's getting some shoves from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yuppies don't have loyalty. They have useful relationships and meaningful encounters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act boldly and unseen forces will come to your aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Las Vegas is one of the most dynamic tourist and convention destinations in the United States, providing a high profile ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Las Vegas is one of the most dynamic tourist and convention destinations in the United States, providing a high profile presence for the group in North America that will complement Shangri-La's developments in Miami, Chicago and Vancouver. Guests at the Shangri-La Hotel, Las Vegas will experience a new brand of sophisticated hospitality - warm, distinctively Asian, with highly personalized service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30980]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The orange that is too hard squeezed yields a bitter juice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They plainly saw the writing on the wall. They saw that the way they [crafted] the settlement would not withstand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37841]]></link><description><![CDATA[They plainly saw the writing on the wall. They saw that the way they [crafted] the settlement would not withstand the court's review. So they retreated, making it a private handshake deal between the two of them. As a result, it won't be enforceable in the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child is father of the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6012]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child is father of the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50568]]></link><description><![CDATA[That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online poker has served as a learning platform for many players who have now started to take part in poker ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Online poker has served as a learning platform for many players who have now started to take part in poker tournaments in Las Vegas, Atlantic City and elsewhere. The online poker rooms are less intimidating for many new players and serve as a stepping stone for their move to land-based poker rooms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The condo hotel is a perfect fit for beach people. If they owned a regular condo, they would have had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30957]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condo hotel is a perfect fit for beach people. If they owned a regular condo, they would have had restrictions on how often they could rent it out. With a condo hotel, renting isn't a problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foole askes much, but hee is more foole that grants it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty doubts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like it better than running because running kills my knees. It's just fun to get up in the mountains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like it better than running because running kills my knees. It's just fun to get up in the mountains for a few days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29551]]></link><description><![CDATA[When danger approaches, sing to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say "practice" makes perfect " Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17820]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say "practice" makes perfect " Of course, it doesn't. For the vast majority of golfers it merely consolidates imperfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prediction is difficult, especially about the future..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9483]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the customary fate of new truths to begin as heresies and to end as superstitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas he Gave heat unto the injury, which returned  Like a petard ill lighted, unto the bosom   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20912]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas he Gave heat unto the injury, which returned  Like a petard ill lighted, unto the bosom   Of himn gave fire to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18237]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religions die when they are proved to be true. Science is the record of dead religions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54810]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we might call, by way of Eminence, the Dismal Science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The massive gates of circumstance Are turned upon the smallest hinge,  And thus some seeming pettiest chance   Oft gives our life its after-tinge.    The trifles of our daily lives,     The common things, scarce worth recall,      Whereof no visible trace survives,       These are the mainsprings after all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll be ready to play whether it's Monday or Saturday. We're still at home, so that's cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39141]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be ready to play whether it's Monday or Saturday. We're still at home, so that's cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comedy is second nature for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comedy is second nature for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gold-barr'd butterflies to and from And over the waterside wander'd and wove  As heedless and idle as clouds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5152]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gold-barr'd butterflies to and from And over the waterside wander'd and wove  As heedless and idle as clouds that rove   And drift by the peaks of perpetual snow.   - Joaquin Miller (pseudonym of Cincinnatus Hiner Miller),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30730]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sitting member of the United States Senate had the power to foreclose on the home of the head of the largest public workers union in the state. That is one of the largest conflicts of interest that we've ever heard of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the truth the greater the libel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the truth the greater the libel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13415]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in law is essential to the philosophical conception of prayer. If the universe were a mere chaos of chances, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in law is essential to the philosophical conception of prayer. If the universe were a mere chaos of chances, or if it were a result of absolute necessity, there would be no place for intelligent prayer; but if it is under the control of a Lawgiver, wise and merciful, not a mere manager of material machinery, but a true Father of all, then we can come to such a Being with our requests -- not in the belief that we change His great plans, nor that any advantage could result from this if it were possible, but that these plans may be made in his boundless wisdom and love to meet our necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,--  O, they fish with all nets   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10168]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,--  O, they fish with all nets   In the School of Coquettes!    When her brooch she forgets     'Tis to show her new collar;      In the School of Coquettes       Madam Rose is a scholar!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever makes great presents, expects great presents in return. [Lat., Quisquis magna dedit, voluit sibi magna remitti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The important thing is not what they think of me, but what I think of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52710</guid></item></channel></rss>