<?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[Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is that faculty of mind, by which order is perceived in a situation previously considered disordered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does his best, what else is there? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13642]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does his best, what else is there?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Gay panic' is insidious. It is corrupt because it appeals to a public that is used to discarding and disregarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53996]]></link><description><![CDATA['Gay panic' is insidious. It is corrupt because it appeals to a public that is used to discarding and disregarding gay lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feet that run on willing errands! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feet that run on willing errands!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23489]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23489</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[Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither irony or sarcasm is argument. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a thousand major shareholders that I know would be selling stock because of portfolio diversification, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37826]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a thousand major shareholders that I know would be selling stock because of portfolio diversification, I would rather do a secondary offering than have them sell in dribs and drabs. It makes a lot of sense to do it in one fell swoop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We find it hard to believe that other people's thoughts are as silly as our own, but they probably are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55069]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back to us as effects. -Herman Melville.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24362]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end, everything is a gag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20059]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end, everything is a gag.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only on recognising the true, may we lay down our task of searching further for truth; and only on being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only on recognising the true, may we lay down our task of searching further for truth; and only on being satisfied that we have found the holy, are we justified in submitting to its guidance. The duty of following truth at all hazards is not altered, and it is only a false wisdom and prudence which shuns the search. The one chief reason why so much more may be revealed to babes than to the wise and prudent is still simply that, with less calculation and prejudice, they entirely abandon themselves to the leading of truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63409]]></link><description><![CDATA[A girl phoned me the other day and said... 'Come on over, there's nobody home.' I went over. Nobody was home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20894]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19370]]></link><description><![CDATA[History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was trying to set a screen for Andre Miller and just get open. I saw the double team coming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31080]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was trying to set a screen for Andre Miller and just get open. I saw the double team coming and I just tried to beat it and go fast to the basket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Away with him, away with him! He speaks Latin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre. [A feather in hand is better than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4233]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feather in hand is better then a bird in the ayre. [A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12454]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to find the courage to say NO to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless your works lead to profit, vain is your glory in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link. My guess is that (Merkel's) Christian Democrats might be marginally more in line with the U.S. position.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's quite an honor to win an award that gives recognition to the student-athlete. Obviously, it's what Division III is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39635]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's quite an honor to win an award that gives recognition to the student-athlete. Obviously, it's what Division III is a lot about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27944]]></link><description><![CDATA[When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clever men are good, but they are not the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clever men are good, but they are not the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Only he who flings himself upward when the pull comes to drag him down, can hope to break the force of temptation. Temptation may be an invitation to hell, but much more is it an opportunity to reach heaven. At the moment of temptation, sin and righteousness are both very near the Christian; but, of the two, the latter is the nearer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest strengthens the body, the mind too is thus supported; but unremitting toil destroys both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes no sense to be second in someone's life, when you know you're good enough to be first in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63315]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes no sense to be second in someone's life, when you know you're good enough to be first in someone else's.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66578]]></link><description><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...there is no alienation that a little power will not cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52266]]></link><description><![CDATA[...there is no alienation that a little power will not cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12692]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is the process whereby the human race is getting rid of whiskers, the veriform appendix and God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48379</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[Declare World Party I ! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Declare World Party I !]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8974]]></link><description><![CDATA[What do you mean, funny? Funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5820]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't quit, and don't cheat, and don't run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43994]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a sweet little cherub that sits up aloft, To keep watch for the life of poor Jack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43994</guid></item></channel></rss>