<?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[Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never Explain--your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51635]]></link><description><![CDATA[The habitual living in prosperity is most injurious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of their blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All EU citizens should benefit from the Visa Waiver Program, just as all U.S. citizens benefit from visa-free entry into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35201]]></link><description><![CDATA[All EU citizens should benefit from the Visa Waiver Program, just as all U.S. citizens benefit from visa-free entry into the European Union.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we had more energy than them throughout the night, ... I think they're in a bit of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32577]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we had more energy than them throughout the night, ... I think they're in a bit of a funk now. But I think once they get going, they're going to be one of the top teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59151]]></link><description><![CDATA[She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child!  Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54894]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child!  Land of brown heath and shaggy wood,   Land of the mountain and the flood,    Land of my sires! what mortal hand     Can e'er untie the filial band,      That knits me to thy rugged strand!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majors can't be bothered with that [kind of material]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35915]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majors can't be bothered with that [kind of material].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5244]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Helas! quelle triste vieilesse vous vous preparez!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't go wrong, they simply happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to do my best for them, and I want to want to help the team do well in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30002]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to do my best for them, and I want to want to help the team do well in 2007,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence. -James ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24462]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main characteristics of effective leadership are intelligence, integrity or loyalty, mystique, humor, discipline, courage, self sufficieny and confidence. -James L. Fisher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32567]]></link><description><![CDATA[As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certaintythat something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jade curtain ofwillow frondsparts world ofgreen earthfrom that of blue pondA grey curtainof morning mistseparates turquoise watersfrom blue skyA ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jade curtain ofwillow frondsparts world ofgreen earthfrom that of blue pondA grey curtainof morning mistseparates turquoise watersfrom blue skyA more slenderveil isat the portalhiding the paradiseof the immortal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think it hits you when you're in the audience how big a crowd actually is. When we look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42665]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think it hits you when you're in the audience how big a crowd actually is. When we look out at Carnegie Hall, we will feel so small in comparison (to the audience). But then you realize you're there because you worked so hard for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22235]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4476]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that keeps not crust nor crum Weary of all, shall want some. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13263]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that keeps not crust nor crum Weary of all, shall want some.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5881]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reform is born of need, not pity. No vital movement of the people has worked down, for good or evil; fermented, instead, carried up the heaving, cloggy mass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not dig up the tree to examine his roots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not dig up the tree to examine his roots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59761</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[The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55814]]></link><description><![CDATA[The setting sun, and music at the close, As the last taste of sweets, is sweetest last, Writ in remembrance more than things long past. -King Richard II. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's enough to send shivers down your spine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's enough to send shivers down your spine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So honour peereth in the meanest habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51487]]></link><description><![CDATA[So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24391]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't need to hug Indonesians to death. But the US does need to be more even-handed in its dealings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33553]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't need to hug Indonesians to death. But the US does need to be more even-handed in its dealings in the Middle East, [and] more sophisticated in its dealings with the Muslim world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25025]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you are is a soul and a voice, everything else is just a tool to help you get through the day easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66113]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of wine is to be red. Don't talk to me of your white wines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exasperation is the mother of invention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exasperation is the mother of invention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember this, - that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64951]]></link><description><![CDATA[All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very difficult to shoot when you turn the ball over before you get the opportunity to shoot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35998]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very difficult to shoot when you turn the ball over before you get the opportunity to shoot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The state of your life is nothing more than a reflection of your state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63205</guid></item></channel></rss>