<?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[Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the best pilots have need of mariners, besides sails, anchor and other tackle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, the economy ails from important secular imbalances; there's a lot to be concerned about. But the cyclical forces indicate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, the economy ails from important secular imbalances; there's a lot to be concerned about. But the cyclical forces indicate that, at least over the coming quarters, visibility is high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(We) just had to come together as a team and focus to pick up the intensity, on defense especially. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41037]]></link><description><![CDATA[(We) just had to come together as a team and focus to pick up the intensity, on defense especially. You know, we created some turnovers. We changed the tempo of the game in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there is some sibling competition there or not, but it is good to have them both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there is some sibling competition there or not, but it is good to have them both scoring goals. They can be a pretty powerful one-two punch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasteful "brain drain" in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasteful "brain drain" in America today is the drain in the kitchen sink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn,  A breath may burst his bubble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn,  A breath may burst his bubble shares,   And soft, white hands could hardly earn    A living that would serve his turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born for success, he seemed With grace to win, with heart to hold,  With shining gifts that took all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born for success, he seemed With grace to win, with heart to hold,  With shining gifts that took all eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27409]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54616]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good things must come to an end, but all bad things can continue forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18250]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another'sstate of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard features every bungler can command: To draw true beauty shows a master's hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard features every bungler can command: To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8235]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51151]]></link><description><![CDATA[He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greed is all right, by the way I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're using the Internet today, you're using open source software; you're using Linux. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40465]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're using the Internet today, you're using open source software; you're using Linux.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Businesses are successful because someone makes the sacrifices others are unwilling to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none,  Than with a tenderness like mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45352]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none,  Than with a tenderness like mine   And sensibilities so fine!    Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell     Forever in my native shell,      Ordained to move when others please,       Not for my own content or ease;        But toss'd and buffeted about,         Now in the water and now out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54162]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12767]]></link><description><![CDATA[There lives more faith in honest doubt, Believe me, than in half the creeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14138]]></link><description><![CDATA[More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice consists of doing no one injury, decency in giving no one offense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26597]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26597</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 you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11421]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't know how to live, why wonder about death?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the promise of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the promise of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51964]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Implicit in the activist conception of government is the assumption that you can take the good things in a complex system for granted, and just improve the things that are not so good. What is lacking in this conception is any sense that a society, an institution, or even a single human being, is an intricate system of fragile inter-relationships, whose complexities are little understood and easily destabilized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62291]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a cure for worrying, work is better than whiskey.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1024]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't apologize for it not being pretty, and we don't apologize for keeping it close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On a good bargaine thinke twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49681]]></link><description><![CDATA[On a good bargaine thinke twice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you're seeing is a glut of gently used vehicles, and that's putting pressure on all vehicle prices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38033]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you're seeing is a glut of gently used vehicles, and that's putting pressure on all vehicle prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12027]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is ample precedent for the Security Council to take up the human rights and political situation in a country ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30402]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is ample precedent for the Security Council to take up the human rights and political situation in a country with as horrific a record as Burma, especially when suffering spills across borders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5822]]></link><description><![CDATA[So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33314]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't value what you have, you're sure to lose it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33314</guid></item></channel></rss>