<?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[Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes:  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worthy books Are not companions--they are solitudes:  We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have no idea what's going on in industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36012]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have no idea what's going on in industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensationand specificity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensationand specificity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61293]]></link><description><![CDATA[And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't thought about that at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't thought about that at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know how sublime a thing is to suffer and be strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43869]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you sit on the hillside, or lie prone under the trees of the forest, or sprawl wet-legged by a mountain stream, the great door, that does not look like a door, opens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24263]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for my lawyer, I'd still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is now incompetent. His condition has worsened to the point where we cannot proceed without him regaining his competence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39132]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is now incompetent. His condition has worsened to the point where we cannot proceed without him regaining his competence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56281]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they three passed over the white sands, between the rocks, silent as the shadows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28031]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11921]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no dependence that can be sure but a dependence upon one's self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually have to do, ironically, with powerlessness and isolation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The information-warfare strategy will be detailed in a defense plan called] OPLAN 3600 ... unprecedented cooperation with commercial enterprises and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34312]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The information-warfare strategy will be detailed in a defense plan called] OPLAN 3600 ... unprecedented cooperation with commercial enterprises and other organizations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25664]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,  Self-mettle tires him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is like A full hot horse, who being allowed his way,  Self-mettle tires him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did this after school because we don't want people to talk bad about us. We're here for our education ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38017]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did this after school because we don't want people to talk bad about us. We're here for our education and our future. If we're not going to school, what's the point of all this?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang  Quite out of fashion, like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honor bright; to have done, is to hang  Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail   In monumental mock'ry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal is gossip made tedious by morality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35194]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will therefore have to use what knowledge he can achieve, not to shape the results as the craftsman shapes his handiwork, but rather to cultivate a growth by providing the appropriate environment, in the manner in which the gardener does this for his plants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52144]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger wishes that all mankind had only one neck; love, that it had only one heart; grief, two tear-glands; and pride, two bent knees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rills of pleasure never run sincere, (Earth has no unpolluted spring)  From the cursed soil some dang'rous taint they bear;   So roses grow on thorns, and honey wears a sting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17464]]></link><description><![CDATA[A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17464</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[You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63760]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should hurry up and acquire the cigar habit. It's one of the major happinesses. And so much more lasting than love, so much less costly in emotional wear and tear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10118]]></link><description><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it- walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29010]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my experience, problems most frequently arise from those who report for television, with little field experience in your area but an insatiable appetite for a sound bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variable pay is designed to help employees concentrate on company goals and objectives, while eliminating 'entitlement' issues that often arise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variable pay is designed to help employees concentrate on company goals and objectives, while eliminating 'entitlement' issues that often arise with a holiday bonus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A closed mouth catches no flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12458]]></link><description><![CDATA[A closed mouth catches no flies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [Lat., Principiis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resist beginnings: it is too late to employ medicine when the evil has grown strong by inveterate habit. [Lat., Principiis obsta: sero medicina paratur,  Cum mala per longas convaluere moras.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14107]]></link><description><![CDATA[An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first.  [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou beginnest better than thou endest. The last is inferior to the first.  [Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We view this campaign more as a marathon than we do a sprint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39294]]></link><description><![CDATA[We view this campaign more as a marathon than we do a sprint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  The Gospels do not explain the Resurrection -- the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  The Gospels do not explain the Resurrection -- the Resurrection explains the Gospels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12473]]></link><description><![CDATA[First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14843]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only the women whose eyes have been washed clear with tears who get the broad vision that makes them little sisters to all the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14843</guid></item></channel></rss>