<?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[If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3690]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this phrase of the "balance of power" is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a solid 60 minutes and that's important for us right now. We haven't done that all year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37376]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a solid 60 minutes and that's important for us right now. We haven't done that all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worlds can be found by a child and an adult bending down and looking together under the grass stems or at the skittering crabs in a tidal pool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. When designing a methodology it isundoubtedly far easier to construct a system that discourages individualdifferences, than it is to construct a system that that leverages andencourages them, but that does not mean that a methodology designed foran array of idealized entities will be the most productive, successful,or rewarding one. Choosing a cult methodology to be applied to a professionalclass is often an economic one, treating individuality as undesirable reducesthe professional to the proletariat, seen as less expensive and readilyreplaceable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14396]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a neighboring funeral terrifies sick misers, and fear obliges them to have some regard for themselves; so, the disgrace of others will often deter tender minds from vice. [Lat., Avidos vicinum funus ut aegros  Exanimat, mortisque metu sibi parcere cogit;   Sic teneros animos aliena opprobria saepe    Absterrent vitiis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is our second ceremony by the beach. It's the closest we could get to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40315]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is our second ceremony by the beach. It's the closest we could get to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7368]]></link><description><![CDATA[To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9728]]></link><description><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37143]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Tuesday] is the first day I've actually eaten anything or done anything. I felt pretty good on the ice. I don't have much energy, but hopefully [today] I'll feel better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.Someone to love, something to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21722]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honied tongue hath its poison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honied tongue hath its poison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55868]]></link><description><![CDATA[That reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe the only explanation is that God did something extraordinary for Ryan. Ryan's got such a steadfast spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40802]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe the only explanation is that God did something extraordinary for Ryan. Ryan's got such a steadfast spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best careers advice to give to the young is 'Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calmness is the cradle of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calmness is the cradle of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lacked a bit of freshness to clock a better time. But overall, it's satisfactory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31810]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lacked a bit of freshness to clock a better time. But overall, it's satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband, and I know he can be trusted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17132]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21900]]></link><description><![CDATA[If something is exceptionally well done it has embedded in it's very existence the aim of lifting the common denominator rather than catering to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48493]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28691]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not to say we won't hear an aircraft occasionally, but the national standard for noise compatibility remains on the airport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satellite-delivered HDTV is driving the business for many of our customers, ... We are delighted to again help DIRECTV connect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satellite-delivered HDTV is driving the business for many of our customers, ... We are delighted to again help DIRECTV connect with its customers and expand its services in the United States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your real boss is the one who walks around under your hat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A famous man is Robin Hood The English ballad-singer's joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3703]]></link><description><![CDATA[A famous man is Robin Hood The English ballad-singer's joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is praised by some, blamed by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is praised by some, blamed by others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64841]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She only said, My life is dreary, He cometh not, she said;  She said I am aweary, aweary,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51712]]></link><description><![CDATA[She only said, My life is dreary, He cometh not, she said;  She said I am aweary, aweary,   Oh God, that I were dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen recontre erkennen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God bless us every one, prayed Tiny Tim, Crippled and dwarfed of body yet so tall  Of soul, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4321]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless us every one, prayed Tiny Tim, Crippled and dwarfed of body yet so tall  Of soul, we tiptoe earth to look on him,   High towering over all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21240]]></link><description><![CDATA[And life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be a remarkable thing for all of us. Right now, we feel like we can accomplish a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40550]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be a remarkable thing for all of us. Right now, we feel like we can accomplish a lot of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59258]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny: they have only shifted it to another shoulder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55693]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill-favoured thing, sir, but mine own. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that it's wise for media companies to be interested in electronic gaming. Gaming revenue should continue to grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32401]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that it's wise for media companies to be interested in electronic gaming. Gaming revenue should continue to grow at a faster rate than the overall market so I'd expect more consolidation online.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13369]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21938</guid></item></channel></rss>