<?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[What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51210]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you do for an ungrateful man is thrown away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47402]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59649]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clyde was just unconscious tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clyde was just unconscious tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondrous is this great, blue ship that sails around the mighty sun and joy to everyone that rides along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wondrous is this great, blue ship that sails around the mighty sun and joy to everyone that rides along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our God and soldier we alike adore, When at the brink of ruin, not before;  After deliverance both alike ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our God and soldier we alike adore, When at the brink of ruin, not before;  After deliverance both alike requited,   Our God forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no glory in outstripping donkeys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15890]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no glory in outstripping donkeys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down;  Each thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three fishers went sailing away to the west, Away to the west as the sun went down;  Each thought on the woman who loved him the best,   And the children stood watching them out of the town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why you fail. (in response to Luke saying, "I don'tbelieve it."). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21116]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why you fail. (in response to Luke saying, "I don'tbelieve it.").]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry, this is the short and the long of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry, this is the short and the long of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Apted is a true leader -- in this guild, in the industry and in his craft. His passion, diligence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael Apted is a true leader -- in this guild, in the industry and in his craft. His passion, diligence and integrity serve as an inspiration and a model for all our members.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The society of women is the element of good manners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The society of women is the element of good manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46455]]></link><description><![CDATA[He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action and care will in time wear down the strongest frame, but guilt and melancholy are poisons of quick dispatch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven, Before, behind thee, and on every hand,  Enwheel thee round! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail to thee, lady! and the grace of heaven, Before, behind thee, and on every hand,  Enwheel thee round!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want to bewith your love by the seahearing the gullsongsmelling the salt airfeeling the sandbeneath your toesand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want to bewith your love by the seahearing the gullsongsmelling the salt airfeeling the sandbeneath your toesand the seaweedthe sea's legacy?watching the riseoer the bay of the moonand then ascentof the Sun.. oer neptune?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it;  That when you get an easy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23424]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human joys are swift of wing, For heaven doth so allot it;  That when you get an easy thing,   You find you haven't got it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The general fact is that the most effective way of utilizing human energy is through an organized rivalry, which by specialization and social control is, at the same time, organized co-operation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest step is that out of doores. [The greatest step is that out of doors.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49865]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest step is that out of doores. [The greatest step is that out of doors.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30523]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's moved around, he's in a lot of different positions. They're really working it to him, getting him in some mismatch situations, throwing some crossing routes underneath, trying to isolate him on linebackers and situations like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50863]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were notified by relatives who had not been able to contact the man, despite several tries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34900]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were notified by relatives who had not been able to contact the man, despite several tries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love all, trust a few, Do wrong to none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59826]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/562]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know you should do, do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26537]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a big rival. And it doesn't make a difference who's playing well and who's the better team because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30914]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a big rival. And it doesn't make a difference who's playing well and who's the better team because anybody can win. We're the better team and we're probably the more skilled team, but they play us tough. They test us and they always challenge us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature has been the salvation of the damned, literature has inspired and guided lovers, routed despair and can perhaps in this case save the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entire affection hateth nicer hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entire affection hateth nicer hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64930</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[We've been preaching about that - play based on what you know you can do well. If we play hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41934]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been preaching about that - play based on what you know you can do well. If we play hard, execute, keep going after the loose basketballs, we can make our own luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53742]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of religious mania is that it has the power to explain everything. Once God (or Satan) is accepted as the first cause of everything which happens in the mortal world, nothing is left to chance...logic can be happily tossed out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55283]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm particularly interested in how all the functions of a military organization this size are integrated,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faultily faultless, icily regular, splendidly null, dead perfection; no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46131</guid></item></channel></rss>