<?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[Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58109]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54457]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king. [Lat., Fallitur egregio quisquis sub principe credet  Servitutem. Nunquam libertas gratior extat   Quam sub rege pio.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60948]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided and the fourth cultivated: those who don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48597]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are four kinds of people, three of which are to be avoided and the fourth cultivated: those who don't know that they don't know; those who know that they don't know; those who don't know that they know; and those who know that they know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27716]]></link><description><![CDATA[She unbent her mind afterwards - over a book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them than the sound that comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them than the sound that comes out of all this speculation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisely, I say, I am a bachelor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...it is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15715]]></link><description><![CDATA[...it is solely bigness in business which makes it possible to supply the masses with all those products the present-day American common man does not want to do without. Luxury goods for the few can be produced in small shops. Luxury goods for the many require big business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16317]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom too fine spun]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkrs. The power of the car ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkrs. The power of the car is separate from the way the car is driven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52924]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people like me, they tell me it is in spite of my colour. When they dislike me, they point out that it is not because of my colour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is bringing us true democracy. For the first time in history, luxuries and necessities are selling at the same price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Idle youth, a needy Age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49120]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Idle youth, a needy Age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are heroes in evil as well as in good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19238]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are heroes in evil as well as in good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are easy to get but hard to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are easy to get but hard to keep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt. [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt. [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime,  Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries   Brighten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime,  Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries   Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No adultery is bloodless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20812]]></link><description><![CDATA[No adultery is bloodless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Associate reverently, as much as you can, with your loftiest thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feed the musician, and he's out of tune ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feed the musician, and he's out of tune]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This song obviously has special meaning to me in more ways than one. I want people to know more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33095]]></link><description><![CDATA[This song obviously has special meaning to me in more ways than one. I want people to know more than anything -- gay, straight, whatever -- just how cool Willie is and ... his way of thinking, his tolerance, everything about him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20951]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en drunken Andrew felt the blow That innocence can give,  When its resistless accents flow   To bid affection live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61453]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to talk with my wife about it, but I'm 90 percent sure I need to go play, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to talk with my wife about it, but I'm 90 percent sure I need to go play, ... If I stay (with the Giants), I guess I have to play harder and work harder to recover that playing time I lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  After all, we are told, our salvation has already been accomplished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  After all, we are told, our salvation has already been accomplished by the grace of God... It was unkind to speak to men like this, for such a cheap offer could only leave them bewildered and tempt them from the way to which they had been called by Christ. Having laid hold on cheap grace, they were barred forever from the knowledge of costly grace. Deceived and weakened, men felt that they were strong now that they were in possession of this cheap grace -- whereas they had in fact lost the power to live the life of discipleship and obedience. The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Millions of stars blazed in darkness, and on the far shore a few lights burned in cottages. Otherwise there was no reminder of human life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A countenance inconceivably forbidding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50422]]></link><description><![CDATA[A countenance inconceivably forbidding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can tell you a recipe, but in practice, it might be different. Every woman in Bosnia, she will make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29161]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can tell you a recipe, but in practice, it might be different. Every woman in Bosnia, she will make it different than the next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56303]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13923]]></link><description><![CDATA[They [the English] amuse themselves sadly as in the custom of their country. [Fr., Ils s'amusaient tristement selon la contume de leur pays.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mumble a lot off-stage, I'm a mumbler. If I'm walking with a friend and I say something, he won't hear me, he'll say 'What?'. So I'll say it again, but once again he doesn't hear me, so he says 'What?'. But really it's just some insignificant sh*t that I'm saying, but now I'm yelling, 'That tree is far away.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honored love,  I rather would entreat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honored love,  I rather would entreat thy company   To see the wonders of the world abroad    Than, living dully sluggardized at home,     Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49101]]></link><description><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59537]]></link><description><![CDATA[We participate in tragedy. At comedy we only look.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cometh soon or late;And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the temples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cometh soon or late;And how can man die betterThan facing fearful oddsFor the ashes of his fathersAnd the temples of his gods?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since obtaining a greater understanding of quantum physics, I am beginning to draw conclusions about why things happen the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since obtaining a greater understanding of quantum physics, I am beginning to draw conclusions about why things happen the way they do. Specifically, I have learned that everything outside of me is a mirror of what is inside of me. I have also learned how to "infect the quantum field" or manifest reality by concentrating on particular ideas that I want to call into existance. My career success is due in large part to this new understanding of quantum physics, combined with the love and trust I share with Brian [Lewis].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8746]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Horse and GroomA groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1544]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Horse and GroomA groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but at the same time stole his oats and sold them for his own profit. Alas! said the Horse, if you really wish me to be in good condition, you should groom me less, and feed me more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alec Issignois said a camel was a horse made by a committee.. but a camel is an animal created by God to adapt to deserts made by treekilling human beings The animal made by human commitee had pickled pigs' feet .. the pigs now had no feet .. frog's legs ...the frogs now had no legs chicken's thighs... the chickens now had no thighs lamb's ribs .. the lamb now had no ribs turkey's breasts.. the turkey's chest was carved sheep's eyes which watched the devourers calf brains which contained Mad Cow and God sent angels to wipe all violence from the earth from this day forth © S N Shriver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57610]]></link><description><![CDATA[What it comes down to is that anybody can win with the best horse. What makes you good is if you can take the second or third-best horse and win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night's black Mantle covers all alike.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Night's black Mantle covers all alike.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madison's height took us out early in the game but we never quit. We continued to play our game. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madison's height took us out early in the game but we never quit. We continued to play our game. It is what we do. We play basketball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30151]]></link><description><![CDATA[It could be argued that, in Thailand, many foreigners have come and gone, and the number of people who are considered to be Thai have traveled abroad in a great number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3711]]></link><description><![CDATA[...When we're two balloons, and together our direction is up, chances are we've found the right person. Our soulmate is the one who makes life come to life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050</guid></item></channel></rss>