<?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[Luck is the residue of design. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is the residue of design.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Are The Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts We are the living graves of murdered beastsSlaughtered to satisfy our appetitesWe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45975]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Are The Living Graves Of Murdered Beasts We are the living graves of murdered beastsSlaughtered to satisfy our appetitesWe never pause to wonder at our feastsIf animals, like men, can possiblyhave rightsWe pray on Sundays that we may have lightTo guide our footsteps on the path wetreadWe're sick of war We do not want tofightThe thought of it now fills our hearts with dreadAnd yet we gorge ourselves upon the deadLike carrion crows we live and feed on meatRegardless of the suffering and painWe cause by doing so. If thus we treatDefenseless animals for sport or gainHow can we hope in this world to attainthe PEACE we say we are so anxious forWe pray for it o'er hecatombs of slain To God, while outraging the moral lawThus cruelty begets its offspring: war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42734]]></link><description><![CDATA[A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinion is by a wager. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44936]]></link><description><![CDATA[For most men (till by losing rendered sager) Will back their own opinion is by a wager.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often you have to rely on intuition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often you have to rely on intuition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get a collective bargaining agreement done with Gene (Upshaw) and I don't see why we're having such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30873]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get a collective bargaining agreement done with Gene (Upshaw) and I don't see why we're having such a holdup at this time. He has his reasons and we have our reasons, but it's not a healthy situation to have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in the community who served on our advisory panel about the project told us they wanted the station to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41659]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in the community who served on our advisory panel about the project told us they wanted the station to have a sense of place, an identity as a destination, and that's what these signs are designed to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like I'd always get close [to gaining 100 yards in a game] but fall short. It felt good to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39138]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like I'd always get close [to gaining 100 yards in a game] but fall short. It felt good to get that one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the diligence of his idleness. [Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20328]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the diligence of his idleness. [Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's got a master plan for everything, and it's still following that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31729]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's got a master plan for everything, and it's still following that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know when to speake; for many times it brings Danger to give the best advice to kings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know when to speake; for many times it brings Danger to give the best advice to kings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them call it mischief; Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them call it mischief; Then it is past and prosper'd, 'twill be virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a specialty store, so we try and bring in the stuff that no one else has or that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36532]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a specialty store, so we try and bring in the stuff that no one else has or that is hard to find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It brought tears to my eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It brought tears to my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to keep all costs down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to keep all costs down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy homes, renovate them as needed, and then use some creative methods to enable people to buy them, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38567]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy homes, renovate them as needed, and then use some creative methods to enable people to buy them, or perhaps lease with an option to buy later. In other words, rent to own. Every situation is different, so I stay flexible so I can design a program to meet the needs of the people who come to me for help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both Regiments or none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both Regiments or none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beate the dog before the Lyon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beate the dog before the Lyon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to fall flat on your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33787]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, baseball, basketball, hockey, you make a mistake and you give up a run or some points. In these two sports, if you make a mistake, it could cost you your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60295]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be motivational and inspirational for everybody: my big aim is more women on bicycles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope we can achieve this, but if we cannot, I have no choice but to secure a military solution. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope we can achieve this, but if we cannot, I have no choice but to secure a military solution. I will do so with a heavy heart, for even with the most careful plan, there will be some loss of innocent lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Search then the ruling passion; there alone, The wild are constant, and the cunning known;  The fool consistent, and the false sincere;   Priests, princes, women, no dissemblers here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to build a philosophy--it doesn't have to run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to build a philosophy--it doesn't have to run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38430]]></link><description><![CDATA[It (BHP) had first proposed that the wheat be provided on a deferred payment plan, and it had been advised by DFAT that that would be outside the UN sanctions and a breach of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes foreducation is not education at all but ritual. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22477]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes foreducation is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we arebeing educated when we know it least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59955]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tyrant need fear till men begin to feel confident in each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't talk, it swears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't talk, it swears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49926]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree that God plants, no winde hurts it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57445]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15955]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? Learning is but an adjunct ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55494]]></link><description><![CDATA[For where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? Learning is but an adjunct to ourself. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu! You've play'd with me, now play with others too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've reach'd the harbour, Hope and Chance adieu! You've play'd with me, now play with others too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where no wood is, the fire goes out; so where there is no tale bearer, the strife ceaseth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16001</guid></item></channel></rss>