<?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[Ovid's a rake, as half his verses show him, Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,  Catullus scarcely has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ovid's a rake, as half his verses show him, Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,  Catullus scarcely has a decent poem,   I don't think Sappho's Ode a good example,    Although Longinus tells us there is no hymn     Where the sublime soars forth on wings more ample;      But Virgil's songs are pure, except that horrid one       Being with "Formosum Pastor Corydon."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8818]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be as good as our fathers we must be better, imitation is not discipleship]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foot feels the foot when it feels the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love means never having to say you're sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love means never having to say you're sorry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45976]]></link><description><![CDATA[We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning makes an experience more positive. We played with some positive energy today, and with some intensity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning makes an experience more positive. We played with some positive energy today, and with some intensity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not going to see a (buying and selling) frenzy. For the time being it should ... give investors some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34229]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not going to see a (buying and selling) frenzy. For the time being it should ... give investors some comfort there is some value out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miracles happen to those who believe in them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miracles happen to those who believe in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus esto,  Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a way for families to spend time together doing something creative. And when it's done, everybody will have created a memory they can take home with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30089]]></link><description><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to get out of it as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's unbelievable. We're just in shock, as much shock as we were in with Gary Walberg. No one expected this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's unbelievable. We're just in shock, as much shock as we were in with Gary Walberg. No one expected this to happen. It's just nine months after Gary's passing. (Loudon) had big plans for the department, shared his vision with us. It's been a while since we had a full complement of officers. It's unfortunate. He was a real nice guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ACC, Pac-10, whoever it is, we go into the games expecting to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35380]]></link><description><![CDATA[ACC, Pac-10, whoever it is, we go into the games expecting to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11190]]></link><description><![CDATA[We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future. It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cisco has an excellent track record of meeting analysts' expectations and the probability of them missing the estimate is low.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64191]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to hear it said, "That is he." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50826]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a pleasant thing to be pointed at with the finger, and to hear it said, "That is he."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until the study is complete and presented to NASA and DOD senior officials in October, it is premature to comment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until the study is complete and presented to NASA and DOD senior officials in October, it is premature to comment on specifics and possible recommendations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinderor control the firm resolve of a determined ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21971]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinderor control the firm resolve of a determined soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only for the phony is commercialism-the bending of creativity to common utility-a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only for the phony is commercialism-the bending of creativity to common utility-a naughty word. To the truly creative, it is a bridge to the great audience, a means of sharing rather than debasing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32216]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't wait, ... I'm just hoping that they'll see I'm not making this up. People need to be held accountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on remedies, not faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Focus on remedies, not faults.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18539]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have said that NeXT is 5 to 7 years ahead of the competition... Candidly, we made the same assessment. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35759]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have said that NeXT is 5 to 7 years ahead of the competition... Candidly, we made the same assessment. That's why I made the acquisition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53992]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19]]></link><description><![CDATA[We rate ability in men by what they finish, not by what they attempt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[accomplishments, and at the same time, none of the competitors is stronger than him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28530]]></link><description><![CDATA[accomplishments, and at the same time, none of the competitors is stronger than him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the light and comfort of the outward world keeps even the worst men from any constant strong sensibility of that wrathful, fiery, dark and self-tormenting nature that is the very essence of every fallen unregenerate soul, yet every man in the world has more or less frequent and strong intimations given him that so it is with him in the inmost ground of his soul. How many inventions are some people forced to have recourse to in order to keep off a certain inward uneasiness, which they are afraid of and know not whence it comes? Alas, it is because there is a fallen spirit, a dark, aching fire, within them, which has never had its proper relief and is trying to discover itself and calling out for help at every cessation of worldly joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27123]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body, Jenny's like to cry;  For she hes weet her petticoats   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jenny, she's aw weet, peer body, Jenny's like to cry;  For she hes weet her petticoats   In gangin' thro' the rye,    Peer body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62100]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis toil's reward, that sweetens industry, As love inspires with strength the enraptur'd thrush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Middle Market M&A group has been critical to Piper over the last 15 years, and Glenn is a very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Middle Market M&A group has been critical to Piper over the last 15 years, and Glenn is a very integral part of that group.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[EEYORE: I'm not saying there won't be an Accident now, mind you. They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/311]]></link><description><![CDATA[EEYORE: I'm not saying there won't be an Accident now, mind you. They're funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you're having them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've directed traditional operas and it's been wonderful. But despite all the work they require, operettas are just plain fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've directed traditional operas and it's been wonderful. But despite all the work they require, operettas are just plain fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6007]]></link><description><![CDATA[But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tavern owners and, by extension, the beer truck companies (we do sell some trucks to people who deliver beer) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tavern owners and, by extension, the beer truck companies (we do sell some trucks to people who deliver beer) have not pulled any business from GM over our support of MADD.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28672</guid></item></channel></rss>