<?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[Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, The signet of its all-enslaving power  Upon a shining ore, and called ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, The signet of its all-enslaving power  Upon a shining ore, and called it gold;   Before whose image bow the vulgar great,    The vainly rich, the miserable proud,     The mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings,      And with blind feelings reverence the power       That grinds them to the dust of misery.        But in the temple of their hireling hearts         Gold is a living god, and rules in scorn          All earthly things but virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...we are apt to forget that the vast majority of men and women who fell under the totalitarian spell was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47257]]></link><description><![CDATA[...we are apt to forget that the vast majority of men and women who fell under the totalitarian spell was activated by unselfish motives, ready to accept the role of martyr or executioner, as the cause demanded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19894]]></link><description><![CDATA[It always amazes me to think that every house on every street is full of so many stories; so many triumphs and tragedies, and all we see are yards and driveways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[until the accused are in custody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41097]]></link><description><![CDATA[until the accused are in custody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Struggle is strengthening. Battling with evil gives us the power to battle evil even more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They begin to see the difference between the immediate gratification of working and buying things now versus the delayed gratification ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40804]]></link><description><![CDATA[They begin to see the difference between the immediate gratification of working and buying things now versus the delayed gratification of a better career option and higher salary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44378]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger. He said he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once when I was in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, I met a mysterious old stranger. He said he was about to die and wanted to tell someone about the treasure. I said, "Okay, as long as it's not a long story. Some of us have a plane to catch, you know." He stared telling hes story, about the treasure and his life and all, and I thought: "This story isn't too long." But then, he kept going, and I started thinking, "Uh-oh, this story is getting long." But then the story was over, and I said to myself: "You know, that story wasn't too long after all." I forget what the story was about, but there was a good movie on the plane. It was a little long, though.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without an element of the obscene there can be no true and deep aesthetic or moral conception of life...It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without an element of the obscene there can be no true and deep aesthetic or moral conception of life...It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene they could never have dared to be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/860]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know I have the ability to do so much more than just stand in front of the camera the rest of my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52987]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one man builds palaces, another hovels; one warehouses, another villas; bricks and mortar are mortar and bricks until the architect can make them something else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most countries in the Gulf do not have to be persuaded that a nuclear Iran is a threat to them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most countries in the Gulf do not have to be persuaded that a nuclear Iran is a threat to them. But they ask if the cure is worse than the disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The M-7 is the best performing car that Metro-North has ever had. It survived last winter without a single weather-related ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The M-7 is the best performing car that Metro-North has ever had. It survived last winter without a single weather-related breakdown. It performed in today's storm without incident. The M-7 travels more than 700,000 miles without a breakdown, although the contract specified only 100,000 miles between breakdowns. The M-7 put Metro-North on track for a record on-time performance for 2005 of more than 97 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You always admire what you really don't understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/598]]></link><description><![CDATA[You always admire what you really don't understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44359]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who won't die for something is not fit to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13567]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so stupid as the educated man if you get him off the thing he was educated in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I struggle with keeping a paycheck. I work and then I don't get to bring much home. I always tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I struggle with keeping a paycheck. I work and then I don't get to bring much home. I always tell people it's a good thing I don't have kids yet, or that's where it would all go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time wefall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time wefall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26537]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because his wishes were clear, I think this is a very strong case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because his wishes were clear, I think this is a very strong case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee hath not liv'd, that lives not after death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movin' to Montana soon Gonna be a dental floss tycoon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Movin' to Montana soon Gonna be a dental floss tycoon]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turay had the big shot and it was nice to get the early lead. That was big because we didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turay had the big shot and it was nice to get the early lead. That was big because we didn't know whether this would be a five-inning game or not (because of the weather).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46606]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sword I give to him that shall succeed me in my pilgrimage, and my courage and skill to him that can get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd love to see a place where people could get together with their animals and meet other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd love to see a place where people could get together with their animals and meet other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53022]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm getting jobs because people like me on a show. I'll take it. It's nice to hear that someone like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm getting jobs because people like me on a show. I'll take it. It's nice to hear that someone like a Matt Groening is a fan of the show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly, so you should never miss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time goes by fast, and people go in and out of your life so quickly, so you should never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauty of our project is that we are taking something historical, something that has an emotional attachment to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29270]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauty of our project is that we are taking something historical, something that has an emotional attachment to the community, and giving it rebirth. The sense of neighborhood and community at the Bethlehem Steel site is a good thing. We intend to be good neighbors, and we intend to create economic rejuvenation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare be bold, you're one of those Have took the covenant,  With cavaliers are cavaliers   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare be bold, you're one of those Have took the covenant,  With cavaliers are cavaliers   And with the saints, a saint.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Transcendental moonshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Transcendental moonshine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29900]]></link><description><![CDATA[What drove him to it, who pushed him to it, I don't know, ... I wish I could find out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That will be the third time we'll have bowled each other this week. We're in the same league Monday and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37698]]></link><description><![CDATA[That will be the third time we'll have bowled each other this week. We're in the same league Monday and Wednesday nights and, oddly, our teams were scheduled against each other both nights. He kicked our butts Monday night, so I'll have to try to get him back. But he's a great bowler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43925]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21176]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approachyou than when you approach them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no forgiveness in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63335]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no forgiveness in nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the rich colors and the rich idea. It's a very deep idea. It's how nature connects all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the rich colors and the rich idea. It's a very deep idea. It's how nature connects all of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27545]]></link><description><![CDATA[That cause is strong which has not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have always held students accountable to all state requirements. We believed this would be a consistent message to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39777]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have always held students accountable to all state requirements. We believed this would be a consistent message to the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2035</guid></item></channel></rss>