<?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[I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35578]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to sit down with this guy and ask him why he did it. It might have to do with him being a veterinarian and not a physician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47806]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: . . . . So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decrees was given at Shushan the palace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that there are any short cuts to doing a good job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56765]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every social wrong there must be a remedy. But the remedy can be nothing less than the abolition of the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never utter these words: 'I do not know this, therefore it is false.' One must study to know; know to understand; understand to judge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   O God, Who hast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   O God, Who hast ordained that whatever is to be desired, should be sought by labor, and Who, by Thy blessing, bringest honest labor to good effect; look with mercy upon my studies and endeavors. Grant me, O Lord, to design only what is lawful and right, and afford me calmness of mind, and steadiness of purpose, that I may so do Thy will in this short life, as to obtain happiness in the world to come, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was poise and not being tough enough yet as a young team to handle a lead on the road. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was poise and not being tough enough yet as a young team to handle a lead on the road. We had people trying to do too much, taking shots too quickly. ... Basketball is a game of runs and we've got to work to shorten the opponent's runs from five minutes to two minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12782]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5871]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first day in Chicago, September 4, 1983. I set foot in this city, and just walking down the street, it was like roots, like the motherland. I knew I belonged here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43989]]></link><description><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,   Survey our empire, and behold our home!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52099]]></link><description><![CDATA[As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape. - Aphorisms and Reflections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31296]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a game we knew would be a dogfight. We knew Marquette was a big, physical team that liked to play a tough, physical game and the officials let us play that way tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a pretty clean game against a veteran, skilled team that's been at this a lot longer than we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40094]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a pretty clean game against a veteran, skilled team that's been at this a lot longer than we have. You can draw a lot of positives from that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46929]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The favor of princes does not preclude the existence of merit, and yet does not prove that it exists. [Fr., La faveur des princes n'exclut pas le merite, et ne le suppose pas aussi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe our disposition program is tracking well as we have a number of properties under contract or letter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34058]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe our disposition program is tracking well as we have a number of properties under contract or letter of intent to sell at this time. The proceeds from these sales will provide us the opportunity to recycle capital and lessen our need to raise new equity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I marched the lobby, twirled my stick, . . . .  The girls all cried, "He's quite the kick." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16421]]></link><description><![CDATA[I marched the lobby, twirled my stick, . . . .  The girls all cried, "He's quite the kick."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks to me to be narrow and pedantic to apply the ordinary ideas of criminal justice to this great public contest. I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made  With the poor crooked scythe and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sceptre and crown must tumble down And in the dust be equal made  With the poor crooked scythe and spade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolves are a high-profile species and the fact of the matter is the (Fish and Wildlife) Service has a hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wolves are a high-profile species and the fact of the matter is the (Fish and Wildlife) Service has a hard time getting anything off the endangered species list. We do think it's time for a creative approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more vulgar than haste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more vulgar than haste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inebriate of air am I, And debauchee of dew,  Reeling, through endless summer days,   From inns of molten blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11464]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I think more about death than some other people, it is probably because I love life more than they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope costs nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope costs nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the finish by loading honors on your head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kings play the fool, and the people suffer for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61367]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ask for lively epigrams, and propose lifeless subjects. What can I do, Caecilianus? You expect Hyblaen or Hymethian honey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14075]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ask for lively epigrams, and propose lifeless subjects. What can I do, Caecilianus? You expect Hyblaen or Hymethian honey to be produced, and yet offer the Attic bee nothing but Corsican thyme?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38419]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded there is among the mass of our people a fund of wisdom, integrity, and humanity which will preserve their happiness in a tolerable measure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21148]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have all the light we need, we just need to put it in practice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12524]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A snapper-up of unconsidered trifles. -The Winter's Tale. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60677]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people say there is too much violence in [my books], what they are saying is there is too much reality in life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy he With such a mother! faith in womankind  Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy he With such a mother! faith in womankind  Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high   Comes easy to him, and though he trip and fall,    He shall not blind his soul with clay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45215]]></link><description><![CDATA[So of cheerfulness, or a good temper, the more it is spent, the more of it remains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to get a job as someone who names kitchen appliances. Toaster, refrigerator, blender.... all you do is say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24377]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to get a job as someone who names kitchen appliances. Toaster, refrigerator, blender.... all you do is say what the shit does, and add "er". I wanna work for the Kitchen Appliance Naming Institute. Hey, what does that do? It keeps shit fresh. Well, that's a fresher....I'm going on break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am so in love with my brother right now! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4952]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am so in love with my brother right now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're throwing harder and harder at younger ages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37039]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're throwing harder and harder at younger ages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32119]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32119</guid></item></channel></rss>