<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[She is very fond of him and he still holds a candle for her. You could say that the calls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34824]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is very fond of him and he still holds a candle for her. You could say that the calls were of sexual nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(The earnings) represent real progress, ... The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35755]]></link><description><![CDATA[(The earnings) represent real progress, ... The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our growth has been quite measured. It's never been our intent to impose a lot of restaurants on the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our growth has been quite measured. It's never been our intent to impose a lot of restaurants on the world but rather to keep pace with the demand for our food. We've very methodically entered new markets and built in our existing markets based on the demand and what our opportunity has been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Managing directors are not paid to be busy, they are paid to think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48344]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded; each sacrifice is made up; every debt is paid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63268]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. - Lacon, 1825.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59512]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you tell a story you automatically talk about traditions, but they're never separate from the people, the human implications. You're talking about your connections as a human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2741]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is one of the least articulate of the emotions, especially when it is deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19472]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Again let us dream where the land lies sunny And live, like the bees, on our hearts' old honey,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Again let us dream where the land lies sunny And live, like the bees, on our hearts' old honey,  Away from the world that slaves for money--   Come, journey the way with me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64507]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, but the human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road through mountains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This line of defense does come with a price. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This line of defense does come with a price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an Arab city living in a unique moment in history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28270]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an Arab city living in a unique moment in history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air,  And fly well know whither,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air,  And fly well know whither,   And rest I well know where.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46075]]></link><description><![CDATA[... perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Thanks to Maria Marquis -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A forted residence 'gainst the tooth of time And razure of oblivion. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55400]]></link><description><![CDATA[A forted residence 'gainst the tooth of time And razure of oblivion. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4016]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we'll need no other light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someday perhaps the inner light will shine forth from us, and then we'll need no other light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Restlessness is discontent - and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man - and I will show you a failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with life is that there are so many beautiful women and so little time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64801]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the cross, her station keeping, Stood the mournful mother, weeping,  Where He hung, the dying Lord.   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43194]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the cross, her station keeping, Stood the mournful mother, weeping,  Where He hung, the dying Lord.   [Lat., Stabat mater, dolorosa    Juxta crucem lacrymosa     Que pendebat Filius.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can make a trade every day if I want to, but that's not going to help us. A trade ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32635]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can make a trade every day if I want to, but that's not going to help us. A trade that would get us better rarely comes along. They're very difficult to find. Good trades are very difficult in our league and don't happen very often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483]]></link><description><![CDATA[An unexamined life is not worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60564]]></link><description><![CDATA[The broad mass of a nation . . . will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's just something to mislead the jury. And I don't think there's a problem anyway, because very few juries ever acquit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all else is lost, the future still remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17133]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all else is lost, the future still remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a real go-getter. He's got a lot of energy and strong beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41213]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a real go-getter. He's got a lot of energy and strong beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11195]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4932]]></link><description><![CDATA[It snowed last year too: I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methinks sometimes I have no more wit than a Christian or an ordinary man has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love: the delusion that one woman differs from another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love: the delusion that one woman differs from another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65055]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65055</guid></item></channel></rss>