<?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[The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man thinks always of virtue; the common man thinks of comfort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are they reducing the number of 'Nutcrackers' because people are either canceling subscriptions or not buying single tickets to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are they reducing the number of 'Nutcrackers' because people are either canceling subscriptions or not buying single tickets to the 'Nutcracker?' Is this evidence of a stronger public reaction against their decision than they are willing to admit?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do things, you can only demotivate them. The primary job of the manager is not to empower but to remove obstacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment. [Lat., Non sest aliena res, quae fere ab honestis negligi solet, cura bene ac velociter scribendi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28033]]></link><description><![CDATA[A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. [Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them. [Lat., Non tam commutandarum, quam evertendarum rerum cupidi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are true men, the men in whom nature has succeeded. They are not extraordinary -- they are in the true order. It is the other species of men who are not what they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17067]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything great and intelligent is in the minority ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything great and intelligent is in the minority]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100]]></link><description><![CDATA[That old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5703]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that Deformed. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55442]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that Deformed. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55344]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a familiar beast to man, and signifies love. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52257]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64193]]></link><description><![CDATA[People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58345]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do not raise your eyes you will think you are the highest point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is the art of the possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is the art of the possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The voice of the world ["Charity begins at home"].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's beautiful when two strangers become best friends, it's terribly depressing when two best friends become strangers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63105]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's beautiful when two strangers become best friends, it's terribly depressing when two best friends become strangers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always in season for old men to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always in season for old men to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63075]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are at your best everybody can be your friend, but when you are at your worst only the true ones stay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44378]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our target donor pool is individuals, families, businesses and organizations in Woodford County. 4-H really touches more people than just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our target donor pool is individuals, families, businesses and organizations in Woodford County. 4-H really touches more people than just the current members.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24518]]></link><description><![CDATA[By studying the masters and not their pupils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10159]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56727]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vision of a Champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat, and the point of exhaustion, when no one else is watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give no bounties:  make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give no bounties:  make equal laws: secure life and prosperity and you need not give alms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not unto another that which you would not he should do unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22512]]></link><description><![CDATA[God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would be lucky if we see even five pence (9 cents) in the pound ($1.82). That's probably understating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38481]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would be lucky if we see even five pence (9 cents) in the pound ($1.82). That's probably understating it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 Love is that liquor sweet and most divine Which my God feels as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 Love is that liquor sweet and most divine Which my God feels as blood; but I, as wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, like kisses, to be sweet must be stolen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter where we play. Our guys love a tough crowd. Hopefully, Lawrence will provide that. I'm sure they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39638]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter where we play. Our guys love a tough crowd. Hopefully, Lawrence will provide that. I'm sure they will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every week here is a new challenge. Coaches want to see consistency and not ups and downs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every week here is a new challenge. Coaches want to see consistency and not ups and downs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are that which activates the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are that which activates the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has become clear from the huge crowds on the street for the queen ... is that they do appreciate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31386]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has become clear from the huge crowds on the street for the queen ... is that they do appreciate the sense of continuity, of steadiness that the queen gives by having been in that role for a very long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16392]]></link><description><![CDATA[The haste of a fool is the slowest thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38411]]></link><description><![CDATA[While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, ... It's an opportunity. It is a clean energy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41293]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that atomic energy is a blessing given by God, ... It's an opportunity. It is a clean energy. It is a healthy energy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that we are is the result of what we have thought. -Buddha. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22814]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that we are is the result of what we have thought. -Buddha.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22814</guid></item></channel></rss>