<?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[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ambitious will always be first in the crowd; he presseth forward, he looketh not behind him. More anguish is it to his mind to see one before him, than joy to leave thousands at a distance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless a man or woman has experienced the darkness of the soul he or she can know nothing of that transforming laughter without which no hint of the ultimate reality of the opposites can be faintly intuited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the world loves a good loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65237]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the world loves a good loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Founded by vocalist Amy Lee and guitarist-songwriter Ben Moody in the late '90s, the band has only gained momentum since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29978]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Founded by vocalist Amy Lee and guitarist-songwriter Ben Moody in the late '90s, the band has only gained momentum since its song] Bring Me To Life ... Daredevil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He came here and he emerged and I didn't and that's all I heard, Fred this and Fred that, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35666]]></link><description><![CDATA[He came here and he emerged and I didn't and that's all I heard, Fred this and Fred that, ... I was proud of him. He was doing a great job and I wasn't. I got tired of hearing it, but I was proud of him at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63948]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart,  Utters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart,  Utters another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The City's reluctance to take a stand on an issue like the British Gas pay row makes a mockery of corporate governance and shareholders' ability to influence annual general meetings. Institutions should be obliged to make public how they vote at such events. They should be obliged to provide customers with a record of how they vote on every kind of issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The well-being of America's children is probably better than it ever has been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The well-being of America's children is probably better than it ever has been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our power is in our ability to decide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our power is in our ability to decide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22058</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/30240]]></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 the garbage can and says 'That's Punk?', and I say 'No, that's trend!']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see the same people almost every time. And then some nights we'll go on an off night and it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31093]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see the same people almost every time. And then some nights we'll go on an off night and it's a whole, entire different crowd. A lot of times it's according to the production. Some attract a younger group and some attract old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as creeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56544]]></link><description><![CDATA[If slander be a snake, it is a winged one--it flies as well as creeps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16562]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5437]]></link><description><![CDATA[The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, good my lord, Let there be some more test made of my mettle  Before so noble and so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, good my lord, Let there be some more test made of my mettle  Before so noble and so great a figure   Be stamped upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I turned the house into a studio and invited over a bunch of sailors, who were actually students I'd met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39870]]></link><description><![CDATA[I turned the house into a studio and invited over a bunch of sailors, who were actually students I'd met at USC. They were studying cinema to become technical cameramen. They weren't real sailors picked up off the street, but they were very happy to play these roles in my film.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Islamic Republic is ready to play an effective role in removing misunderstandings among certain regional countries and in helping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41320]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Islamic Republic is ready to play an effective role in removing misunderstandings among certain regional countries and in helping to start serious and constructive cooperation among them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17243]]></link><description><![CDATA["The tree of knowledge is not the tree of life!" And yet can we cast out of our spirits all the good or evil poured into them by so many learned generations? Ignorance cannot be learned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46598]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17766]]></link><description><![CDATA[As every thread of gold is valuable, so is every moment of time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55585]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well--  Look to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, then--our course is chosen--spread the sail-- Heave oft the lead, and mark the soundings well--  Look to the helm, good master--many a shoal   Marks this stern coast, and rocks, where sits the Siren    Who, like ambition, lures men to their ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. [It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. [It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, it will be much faster than it is now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it will be much faster than it is now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is no vision a people perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is no vision a people perish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newspapers have an agenda that does not match people's opinions in many cases, ... They are out of step politically, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newspapers have an agenda that does not match people's opinions in many cases, ... They are out of step politically, they are out of step in coverage. People get fed up with that. Newspapers are out of touch with mainstream Americans and now the problems are coming home to roost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sorrow never comes but brings an heir, That may succeed as his inheritor;  And so in ours, some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51463]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sorrow never comes but brings an heir, That may succeed as his inheritor;  And so in ours, some neighboring nation,   Taking advantage of our misery,    Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,     To beat us down, the which are down already;      And make a conquest of unhappy,       Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach is always talking about us mixing it up offensively - it confuses the defense. It worked today and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach is always talking about us mixing it up offensively - it confuses the defense. It worked today and it was great to get this win. Every ACC road win is big.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61370]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little house well fill'd, a little land well till'd, and a little wife well will'd, are great riches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To manipulate an image is to control a people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46555]]></link><description><![CDATA[To manipulate an image is to control a people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Jimmy Carter, and I'm going to be your next president. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48144]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm Jimmy Carter, and I'm going to be your next president.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't beat about the bush. Blair was a negative factor on the doorstep, time and time and time again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't beat about the bush. Blair was a negative factor on the doorstep, time and time and time again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50265]]></link><description><![CDATA[If things look badly to-day they may look better tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is possible only when one is busy. The body must toil, the mind must be occupied, and the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is possible only when one is busy. The body must toil, the mind must be occupied, and the heart must be satisfied. Those who do good as opportunity offers are sowing seed all the time, and they need not doubt the harvest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47652]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Early on, I knew what I was getting into. But it's been very tough. It's hard to watch knowing I can't be out there helping the guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any story about revenge is ultimately a story about forgiveness, redemption, or the futility of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who want to make human ability the measure of what nature can and knows how to do, since, when one comes down to it, there is not one effect in nature, no matter how small, that even the most speculative minds can fully understand. -Galileo Galilei.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spend some time this weekend on home improvement; improve your attitude toward your family.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43809]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look upon all creatures equally; none are less dear to me and none more dear. But those who worship me with love live in me, and I come to life in them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43809</guid></item></channel></rss>