<?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[There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3030]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves Repose and fatten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born of selflessness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still watching you as well Mr. Whitey! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30137]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still watching you as well Mr. Whitey!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence does not make the heart grow fonder, but it sure heats up the blood]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The collective matrix of a science at a given time is determined by a kind of establishment, which includes universities, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The collective matrix of a science at a given time is determined by a kind of establishment, which includes universities, learned societies, and, more recently, the editorial offices of technical journals. Like other establishments, they are consciously or unconsciously bent on preserving the status quo- partly because unorthodox innovations are a threat to their authority, but also because of the deeper fear that their laboriously erected an intellectual edifice might collapse under the impact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58155]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But he got away. He's a hero. He should be back here with us, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29415]]></link><description><![CDATA[But he got away. He's a hero. He should be back here with us, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will not pull any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29609]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will not pull any punches. He'll express good taste.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39566]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a serious issue for consumer privacy,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11575]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are decent 99 percent of the time, when we could easily be vile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly pride, says the peacock: mistress, that you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly pride, says the peacock: mistress, that you know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I could talk to Annette, but she doesn't even correspond at this point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to do what we always do. We'll play smart on defense. They're a very athletic team, but everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41983]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to do what we always do. We'll play smart on defense. They're a very athletic team, but everyone knows Division 3 North runs through Lynn Tech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29704]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I stayed in Sudan, I could not go to school, because I am not Muslim. If I stayed in the country I could not go to college, because I am a black person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47139]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the peculiarities of the American Revolution was that its leaders pinned their hopes on the organization of decision-making units, the structuring of their incentives, and the counterbalancing of the units against one another, rather than on the more usual (and more exciting) principle of substituting "the good guys" for "the bad guys.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's almost at the top, but not quite. There's room for some growth. He's already had such a tremendous impact, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38624]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's almost at the top, but not quite. There's room for some growth. He's already had such a tremendous impact, but I think he's come close to maxing out the benefit for golf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18890]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wears his faith but as the fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10516]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sara Lee was an exceptional company with compounded earnings-per-share growth exceeding 12% a year for 25 years. But I think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sara Lee was an exceptional company with compounded earnings-per-share growth exceeding 12% a year for 25 years. But I think the clock stopped for Sara Lee in 1995.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to have a situation where Coach Chavis and Coach Slade say I want you to be on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to have a situation where Coach Chavis and Coach Slade say I want you to be on the best receiver and lock him down, stay on him the whole game, don't let him touch the ball, smother him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like everybody points you to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31154]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like everybody points you to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand not upon the order of your going, But go at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet.  Answers sometimes are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet.  Answers sometimes are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who perpetrated such acts intend to sabotage what we are doing and prejudice us,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smaller the mind the greater the conceit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smaller the mind the greater the conceit]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48113]]></link><description><![CDATA[To lay aside all prejudices, is to lay aside all principles. He who is destitute of principles is governed by whims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55552]]></link><description><![CDATA[If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottages princes' palaces. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45492]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46487]]></link><description><![CDATA[O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher-out of virtue and expeller of vices! What could we and every age of men have been without thee? Thou hast produced cities; thou hast called men scattered about into the social enjoyment of life. [Lat., O vitae philosophia dux! O virtutis indagatrix, expultrixque vitiorum! Quid non modo nos, sed omnino vita hominum sine et esse potuisset? Tu urbes peperisti; tu dissipatos homines in societatum vitae convocasti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3996]]></link><description><![CDATA[No scoundrel is so stupid as to not find a reason for his vile conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way ofpeace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21149]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my peace message in one sentence: This is the way ofpeace-overcome evil with good, and falsehood with truth, and hatred withlove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which is not worth speaking they sing. [Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56445]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which is not worth speaking they sing. [Fr., Ce qui ne vaut pas la peine d'etre dit, on le chante.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58905]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds Makes deeds ill done!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50762]]></link><description><![CDATA[That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business was his aversion; Pleasure was his business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let anyone persuade you that anything we do in life less than our own best, is a worthy thing. You must never compromise with your life. We know when we are doing first-rate things. When we satisfy ourselves with second-rate things, it is the beginning of a long, long death. We die from that minute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3614]]></link><description><![CDATA[No animal is so inexhaustable as an excited infant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52927]]></link><description><![CDATA[A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor lies in honest toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor lies in honest toil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57681]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58100]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Croft's "Life of Dr. Young" was spoken of as a good imitation of Dr. Johnson's style, "No, no," said he, "it is not a good imitation of Johnson; it has all his pomp without his force; it has all the nodosities of the oak, without its strength; it has all the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60740</guid></item></channel></rss>