<?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[Good men prefer to be accountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wallet of the timid man neither increases nor decreases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trafficking in persons for sexual purposes is a debased and degrading practice which must be stopped, ... The department is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trafficking in persons for sexual purposes is a debased and degrading practice which must be stopped, ... The department is committed to eradicating this evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing we know is that he can raise money whenever he wants to, so he can still run if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42498]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing we know is that he can raise money whenever he wants to, so he can still run if he wants to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen kisses are always sweetest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen kisses are always sweetest]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With our business solution in place we are far ahead of any alliance competitor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36815]]></link><description><![CDATA[With our business solution in place we are far ahead of any alliance competitor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that does not change is that at any and every time it appears that there have been "great changes.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time and design a coalition government that will be stable and stay the course for four years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from us. But fairness and balance are possible. Not stereotyping people we write about is possible. We can be skeptical without being cynical,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12835]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn to art and scholarship as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58708]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn to art and scholarship as my anti-type, my shadow, the voice of distinction I never possessed. I don't think of myself as a teacher so much as an impersonator of profundities, inhabiting the wisdom of texts with the naked confidence that the value of the genius I espouse transcends the particular fraud that I am the one espousing it. And it doesn't even matter to me that no one seems to be listening; those who listen that I don't know about are enough to keep me going--soaring on the wings of borrowed metaphors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10022]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37827]]></link><description><![CDATA[While good rains in August and September have alleviated drought conditions in portions of central and southern Illinois, the most severely affected area in northern Illinois remains stubbornly dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46647]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bees pillage the flowers here and there but they make honey of them which is all their own; it is no longer thyme or marjolaine: so the pieces borrowed from others he will transform and mix up into a work all his own. [Fr., Les abeilles pillotent deca dela les fleurs; mais elles en font aprez le miel, qui est tout leur; ce n'est plus thym, ny marjolaine: ainsi les pieces empruntees d'aultruy, il les transformera et confondra pour en faire un ouvrage tout sien.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art so witty, profligate and thin, At once we think thee Satan, Death and Sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best cure for worry, depression, melancholy, brooding, is to go deliberately forth and try to lift with one's sympathy the gloom of somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel pretty good about (the retirement) because frankly there are not too many guys in my business who can do it. I feel grateful the university has been so good to me and my family. I have a chancellor that has been very supportive of me, and his cooperation on what I wanted to do and how I wanted to do it. I think that is very unique to have a situation like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor lies in honest toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor lies in honest toil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of demand for this type of online content since there are a lot of people that want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42558]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of demand for this type of online content since there are a lot of people that want to see a scene or a movie, but don't want to pay the monthly fee for a site, so now they can get it on DVD.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been years since that kind of new money for Puget Sound has been on the books. This is turning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30390]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been years since that kind of new money for Puget Sound has been on the books. This is turning a corner here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see them here is a dream come true. Los Angeles has been my hometown for so long, so to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41575]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see them here is a dream come true. Los Angeles has been my hometown for so long, so to have them here is beyond words. I'm going to come here very often and bring friends to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Underneath an apple-tree Sat a maiden and her lover;  And the thoughts within her he   Yearned, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Underneath an apple-tree Sat a maiden and her lover;  And the thoughts within her he   Yearned, in silence, to discover.    Round them danced the sunbeams bright,     Green the grass-lawn stretched before them      While the apple blossoms white       Hung in rich profusion o'er them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money often costs too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money often costs too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42948]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22877]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26137]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump on teams like that and not give them a chance. We knew we had to put the heat on them quick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death,  The younger disease, that must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12494]]></link><description><![CDATA[As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath, Receives the lurking principle of death,  The younger disease, that must subdue at length,   Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Belly and the MembersThe members of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, Why should we be perpetually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Belly and the MembersThe members of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, Why should we be perpetually engaged in administering to your wants, while you do nothing but take your rest, and enjoy yourself in luxury and self-indulgence?' The Members carried out their resolve and refused their assistance to the Belly. The whole Body quickly became debilitated, and the hands, feet, mouth, and eyes, when too late, repented of their folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do whatever you want in the back room of pharmacies, but keep it away from consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do whatever you want in the back room of pharmacies, but keep it away from consumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/402]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes success is due less to ability than zeal. The winner is he who gives himself to his work body and soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From our perspective, this has worked very well. People have concerns about contractors working side by side with government workers. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40413]]></link><description><![CDATA[From our perspective, this has worked very well. People have concerns about contractors working side by side with government workers. If you are going to conduct business today, that is the model you will see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctor should be opaque to his patients and, like a mirror, should show them nothing but what is shown to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been very embarrassing for us. Just getting everything out and being very transparent ... is a very good thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been very embarrassing for us. Just getting everything out and being very transparent ... is a very good thing to do. ... We're hopeful now that it's public that chapter is behind us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53277]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other's stories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold;  And maybe they hear, and wonder why, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile "Black sheep, black sheep!" we cry, Safe in the inner fold;  And maybe they hear, and wonder why,   And marvel, out in the cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY The King of glory sends his Son, To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midnight bright ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6606]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY The King of glory sends his Son, To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midnight bright as noon, And heav'nly hosts declare his birth! About the young Redeemer's head, What wonders, and what glories meet! An unknown star arose, and led The eastern sages to his feet. Simeon and Anna both conspire The infant Saviour to proclaim; Inward they felt the sacred fire, And bless'd the babe, and own'd his name. Let pagan hordes blaspheme aloud, And treat the holy child with scorn; Our souls adore th' eternal God Who condescended to be born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairest action of our human life Is scorning to revenge an injury;  For who forgives without a further ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairest action of our human life Is scorning to revenge an injury;  For who forgives without a further strife,   His adversary's heart to him doth tie:    And 'tis a firmer conquest, truly said,     To win the heart than overthrow the head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32649]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Brandon) Webb is a premier, No. 1 (starter) in this league. I felt I put some good at-bats against him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32649</guid></item></channel></rss>