<?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 best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61468]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58658]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some nights the sky wept stars that quickly floated and disappeared into the darkness before our wishes could meet them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have to believe, given the level of discussion I've heard about it, that bankers are certainly out there identifying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35055]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have to believe, given the level of discussion I've heard about it, that bankers are certainly out there identifying companies that are repatriating large sums and doing what they can to get their business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To minimize some of the challenges we try to standardize the process with our pre-departure orientation, binders full of information ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33275]]></link><description><![CDATA[To minimize some of the challenges we try to standardize the process with our pre-departure orientation, binders full of information on housing, registration, financial aid and other Northeastern logistics and contact details.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate, Jesus says ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6763]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate, Jesus says -- not, one assumes, because you have to beat a path to God's door before he'll open it, but because until you beat the path maybe there's no way of getting to your door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boston Globe is just struggling mightily. It's a function of the Boston economy; it's a function of the mergers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe is just struggling mightily. It's a function of the Boston economy; it's a function of the mergers of advertisers like Bank of America and Fleet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36272]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure, nothing is more important to the integrity of the universities than a rigorously enforced divorce from war-oriented research and all connected enterprises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46536]]></link><description><![CDATA[When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will men who would never for a moment encourage their own sons to enter the work of the public schools cease to tell us that education is the greatest and noblest of all human callings? - Craftmanship in Teaching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain;  But the Lord is risen to-day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13146]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the bonds of Death He lay Who for our offence was slain;  But the Lord is risen to-day,   Christ hath brought us life again,    Wherefore let us all rejoice,     Singing loud, with cheerful voice,      Hallelujah!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40680]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, it's very important for the team and the city. We're trying to win championships, and anything that takes away from that concentration (such as contract issues) hurts. I think we can be one of the top three teams in the West. We have a great team and great coach. And we have an asset that a lot of teams don't have with Yao in the middle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody in the newspaper business has raised guidance in a long time. And let's face it, the shorts got squeezed, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53528]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61798]]></link><description><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never practice two vices at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never practice two vices at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the way that physicians mend or end us, Secundum artem: but although we sneer  In health--when ill, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26684]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the way that physicians mend or end us, Secundum artem: but although we sneer  In health--when ill, we call them to attend us,   Without the least propensity to jeer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only shame is to have none ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only shame is to have none]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. . -Buddha.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness, long life, and health, are the common desire of most men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, and who lives our life: and do the greatest things as though they were little and easy, because of His omnipotence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is notone's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is notone's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet onhis ideas, to take a calculated risk-and to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is your man secret? Did you ne'er hear say, Two may keep counsel, putting one away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our land, the first garden of liberty's tree-- It has been, and shall be, the land of the free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lives of Israeli citizens will turn to hell very soon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lives of Israeli citizens will turn to hell very soon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to me that the problem with diaries, and the reason that most of them are so boring, is that every day we vacillate between examining our hangnails and speculating on cosmic order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48054]]></link><description><![CDATA[He prayeth well who loveth well Both man and bird and beast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3044]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did a fantastic job. It was a really good win. We executed and did a lot of good things. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did a fantastic job. It was a really good win. We executed and did a lot of good things. Cloverleaf did well early, but then we did what we needed to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we'll continue to head ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be some volatility to the market, but barring any other major disruptions, I think we'll continue to head lower in prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Rome for everything. [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54403]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Rome for everything. [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20675]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can never hope to be more than he is if he is not first honest about what he isn’t.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64648]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do every day or two something for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66910]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don\'t believe in death, neither in flesh nor in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For us, murder is once for all forbidden... It makes no difference whether one take away the life once born, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6698]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us, murder is once for all forbidden... It makes no difference whether one take away the life once born, or destroy it as it comes to birth. He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65231]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sure way to lose another woman's friendship is to try to improve her flower arrangements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57754]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time you get to your ball, if you don't know what to do with it, try another sport.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57754</guid></item></channel></rss>