<?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 game [of poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5242]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game [of poker] exemplifies the worst aspects of capitalism that have made our country so great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appeal of the Big Bang has been more ideological than scientific. When men think about the universe, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36276]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appeal of the Big Bang has been more ideological than scientific. When men think about the universe, there is always a conflict between the mythical approach and the empirical scientific approach. In myth, one tries to deduce how the gods must have created the world - what perfect principles must have been used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often it's not the most creative guys or the smartest. Instead, it's the ones who are best at playing politics and soft-soaping their bosses. Boards don't like tough, abrasive guys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;  The rueful conflict, the heart riven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet Mercy! to the gates of Heaven This minstrel lead, his sins forgiven;  The rueful conflict, the heart riven   With vain endeavour,    And memory of earth's bitter leaven     Effaced forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a lot of sympathy and we give him the maximum moral and technical support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32603]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a lot of sympathy and we give him the maximum moral and technical support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in a while it really hits people that they don't have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24977]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite everybody who has been born and has died, the world has just gone on. I mean, look at Napoleon --but we went right on. Look at Harpo Marx --the world went around, it didn't stop for a second. It's sad but true. John Kennedy, right?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1236]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/468]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our business in life is not to succeed, but to continue to fail in good spirits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36135]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded going to the training room every day because I knew what was going to happen. It was a lot of pain, but I wanted to come back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31709]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play it safe. Second is good, but I'm sure the others will be pushing hard tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2412]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do that for all the employees, ... In some places, the employees pay a portion of their share for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39278]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do that for all the employees, ... In some places, the employees pay a portion of their share for pensions, but here, the town pays it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the will and not the gift makes the giver. [Ger., Denn der Wille  Und nicht die Gabe macht ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17445]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the will and not the gift makes the giver. [Ger., Denn der Wille  Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action hasunderstanding among men and discipline in all action he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22767]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action hasunderstanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle;  Though every prospect pleases,   And only man is vile;    In vain with lavish kindness     The gifts of God are strown;      The heathen in his blindness       Bows down to wood and stone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. -Galileo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes in this game, you have to have a short memory. You have to leave it at the rink and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes in this game, you have to have a short memory. You have to leave it at the rink and leave it alone. We're excited to be in the playoffs and to be playing at home in the playoffs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42826]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65727]]></link><description><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38397]]></link><description><![CDATA[By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should see continued consumer weakness in October and November, while industry overall does quite well. The soft trajectory going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36348]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should see continued consumer weakness in October and November, while industry overall does quite well. The soft trajectory going into the fourth quarter has adverse implications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it's no problem for me to believe that I'm somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this day and age, you hear more about kids being kidnapped or lured. It's different today than it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40767]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this day and age, you hear more about kids being kidnapped or lured. It's different today than it was 10 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13772]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't see them not coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30748]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't see them not coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were respected by the community. How is the community going to treat us now? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were respected by the community. How is the community going to treat us now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17193]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are looking for reasons to sell the dollar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28442]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are looking for reasons to sell the dollar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48610]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are actually hoping that the special session will work to educators' benefit in that something positive needs to happen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34564]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are actually hoping that the special session will work to educators' benefit in that something positive needs to happen in order for (Perry's) re-election to occur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By nature all people are alike, but by education become different ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13376]]></link><description><![CDATA[By nature all people are alike, but by education become different]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased that the Executive wants to widen access to higher education, but we need to make sure that they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased that the Executive wants to widen access to higher education, but we need to make sure that they put in place the necessary support package to make sure students do not have to give up their studies for financial reasons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56413]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45852]]></link><description><![CDATA[This heroism at command, this senseless violence, this accursed bombast of patriotism--how intensely I despise them!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thought that was popular or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52176]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find a thinker reflecting or echoing an apparently erroneous, narrow, or even illogical thought that was popular or authoritative in his time, we must never rule out the possibility that what we have discovered is not the limit of his vision but only an example of his deliberate rhetorical accommodation to reigning prejudice which he does not share but thinks it best not to expose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20847]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1532]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Flies and the Honey-PotA number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring, they exclaimed, O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves. Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53718</guid></item></channel></rss>