<?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[Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love's mysteries in souls do grow, But yet the body is his book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't park in the spaces marked, "Reserved for Umpires.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19990]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This dynamic week celebrates small business owners' accomplishments, but also encourages these winners to continue their growth. You embody self-reliance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This dynamic week celebrates small business owners' accomplishments, but also encourages these winners to continue their growth. You embody self-reliance, perseverance, hard work and optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52728]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no coming to consciousness without pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26849]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no coming to consciousness without pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn't guarantee success, but without it you don't have a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9528]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too much of anything is bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too much of anything is bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22970]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting. It's the beliefs that motivate terrorists. A new ideology of hatred and intolerance has arisen to challenge America and liberal democracy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not stumble over mountains, but over molehills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42642]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was outstanding all around. She was spiking from the back row. She was consistent in all aspects of the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22991]]></link><description><![CDATA[All great men are gifted with intuition. They know without reasoning or analysis, what they need to know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4495]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Catt sees not the mouse ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Catt sees not the mouse ever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happiest when I'm teaching people; I just love it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happiest when I'm teaching people; I just love it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love can sometimes be magic. But magic can sometimes... just be an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This guy is a bastard. He took advantage of my daughter, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37166]]></link><description><![CDATA[This guy is a bastard. He took advantage of my daughter,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47545]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lasting change is incremented, based on unfolding traditions and developing institutions. Revolutionary upheavals may change how the world looks but seldom changes the way the world works. Lasting historical change comes not through tidal waves but through the irresistible creeping tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism possesses a language which every people can understand--its elements are hunger, envy, and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism possesses a language which every people can understand--its elements are hunger, envy, and death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46402]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bookstore is one of the only pieces of evidence we have that people are still thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose within ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfection of an art consists in the employment of a comprehensive system of laws, commensurate to every purpose within its scope, but concealed from the eye of the spectator; and in the production of effects that seem to flow forth spontaneously, as though uncontrolled by their influence, and which are equally excellent, whether regarded individually, or in reference to the proposed result.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've seen more consumer problems resolved because of these sites than there ever could have been. But it's a company's fiduciary responsibility to protect its intellectual property, its stock price and to make sure that any information that appears in any media is factually accurate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be good to be 6-1 (against Minnesota). It's a hard-working team over there, and they did what they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32956]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be good to be 6-1 (against Minnesota). It's a hard-working team over there, and they did what they had to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53323]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53323</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[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22799]]></link><description><![CDATA[To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. -Bernadette Devlin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65300]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the end of the Macmillan government, there was a change in the whole tone of politics, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39003]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the end of the Macmillan government, there was a change in the whole tone of politics,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The curse of poverty has no justification in our age...The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it--but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born in iniquity and conceived in sin, the spirit of nationalism has never ceased to bend human institutions to the service of dissension and distress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not yet reached a consensus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not yet reached a consensus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as it is true that a stream cannot rise above its source, so it is true that a national literature cannot rise above the moral level of the social conditions of the people from whom it derives its inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of dealing successfully with a child is not to be its parent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs to protect these collections not just in New Orleans but all along the Gulf Coast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've dropped four and it's going to be hard to keep our heads up and think that we can win ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41225]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've dropped four and it's going to be hard to keep our heads up and think that we can win another one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's a really wonderful way of looking at leadership development. What we're saying is, if you understand the broad issues that make up the life of the city, if you understand its history, if you understand its architecture and its neighborhood and its place, if you understand some of the ethical dilemmas that leaders must face as they make different choices about a city, and if you can articulate that in some kind of a creative process, then you are prepared to take an active role in decisions and choices that affect your life as well as the city's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit  Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are moved by only two things: fear and self-interest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19130]]></link><description><![CDATA[From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4667]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4667</guid></item></channel></rss>