<?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[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam ponimus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65670]]></link><description><![CDATA[My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65670</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[The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'how' thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile 'ifs'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34039]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forecasts for the second-half of the year for the most part seem to support a recovery, but to some extent, that's already priced into the market, so you're not seeing that much stock reaction. There's not a lot of conviction and some people will take profits. But I think there will continue to be a moderately upwards bias for the remainder of the year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As far as the team goes, other than Riley, we left some strokes out on the course today. We'll get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30426]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the team goes, other than Riley, we left some strokes out on the course today. We'll get back after it, starting in Pierre on Monday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2267]]></link><description><![CDATA[People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[life is the most common disease transmissible through sex ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66830]]></link><description><![CDATA[life is the most common disease transmissible through sex]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Greek word euphuia, a finely tempered nature, gives exactly the notion of perfection as culture brings us to perceive it; a harmonious perfection, a perfection in which the characters of beauty and intelligence are both present, which unites "the two noblest of things"--as Swift . . . most happily calls them in his Battle of the Books, "the two noblest of things, sweetness and light."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17260]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34272]]></link><description><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  Consider that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752  Consider that it is not failing in this or that attempt to come to Christ, but a giving-over of your endeavors, that will be your ruin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do the thing you fear to do and keep on doing it... that is the quickest and surest way ever yet discovered to conquer fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thee too, my Paridel! she mark'd thee there, Stretch'd on the rack of a too easy chair,  And heard thy everlasting yarn confess   The Pains and Penalties of Idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63907]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/978]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage.Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage.Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're out of their minds. Who do they think they are? This is totally inappropriate. What they've done highlights the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30299]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're out of their minds. Who do they think they are? This is totally inappropriate. What they've done highlights the fact they're an organization that has absolutely no credibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30299</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[If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/596]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go, and do thou likewise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us to live up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole Hollywood spin machine works together to create images that are impossible for any of us to live up to. They purposefully set us up to admire and even covet something we can never have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It fits us therefore ripely Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It fits us therefore ripely Our chariots and our horsemen be in readiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23941]]></link><description><![CDATA[With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red,  A woman sat in unwomanly rags,   Plying her needle and thread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is no substitute for justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is no substitute for justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31474]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a sense of self-doubt in India, within itself. People were not exactly as confident as you see them now. But that did not turn out to be true. Indians have come through unscathed, and they're able to protect their turf ... So now there's the sense that we want to learn from them, rather than that they'll wipe us out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not science fiction. The fact is that the world will exist in 100 years, 300 years and one thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32981]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not science fiction. The fact is that the world will exist in 100 years, 300 years and one thousand years from now...This makes good sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is entitled to the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1023]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is entitled to the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One is not born a woman, one becomes one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61930]]></link><description><![CDATA[One is not born a woman, one becomes one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prince Edward all in gold, as he great Jove had been, The Mountfords all in plumes, like estridges were seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For light I go directly to the Source of light, not to any of thereflections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise and don't drink too much. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to a long life is to stay busy, get plenty of exercise and don't drink too much. Then again, don't drink too little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewherenearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewherenearby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism and communism stand at opposite poles. Their essential difference is this: The communist, seeing the rich man and his ;fine home, says: "No man should have so much." The capitalist, seeing the same thing, says: "All men should have as much.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30461]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down for the most part, and he got away with mistakes when they were up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We’re busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1682]]></link><description><![CDATA[We’re busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we really need to do is a better job at making our Democracy work right here at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11591</guid></item></channel></rss>