<?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[It's getting better every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40723]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's getting better every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tehran is very  expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tehran is very  expensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10503]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many cowards whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins  The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars,   Who inward searched, have livers white as milk!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,   Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tongue is the worst part of a bad servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Times change. The vices of your age are stylish today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweat plus sacrifice equals success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12091]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We kind of panicked a little bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33681]]></link><description><![CDATA[We kind of panicked a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42437]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Yet both parties' campaign strategists believe Latino party affiliations and voting patterns can be changed.] The reason Democrats and Republicans will concentrate on Latinos is that they are in some ways a swing vote, ... Both Bush and Gore can try to make some inroads into the other candidate's Latino base.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.rnRead more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/abraham_lincoln_2.html#0P2cCWMdWjEvdFdb.99rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are used as they use others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are used as they use others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to make sure we send more people to the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35238]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to make sure we send more people to the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water, fire, and souldiers, quickly make roome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62225]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but little in this world which can go wrong because everything is a blessing in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10424]]></link><description><![CDATA[You win some, you lose some, and some get rained out, but you gotta suit up for them all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without speculation there is no good and original observation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without speculation there is no good and original observation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a service, and it saved us time and money. We don't gain (anything). We gained games. The red flag is not with Iowa State. Iowa State just happened to be the only ones mentioned in the article.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a man of the people, so this is a wonderful tribute; he loved America and it's fitting that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38044]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a man of the people, so this is a wonderful tribute; he loved America and it's fitting that the country recognizes him as a national treasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a draft of the proposals in hand which we're going through. A vote this week is possible, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33629]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a draft of the proposals in hand which we're going through. A vote this week is possible, but there are still some areas where we don't have agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The O2 shareholders currently have a clean, simple cash deal on the table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31602]]></link><description><![CDATA[The O2 shareholders currently have a clean, simple cash deal on the table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31602</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[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11069]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we survive danger it steels our courage more than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64552]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child's kiss is magic. Why else would they be so stingy with them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only risk of failure is promotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only risk of failure is promotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28390]]></link><description><![CDATA[First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process. We were made to feel valued.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles, King & Martyr, 1649  The widest thing in the universe is not space, it is the potential capacity of the human heart. Being made in the image of God, it is capable of almost unlimited extension in all directions. Christians should seek for inner enlargement till their outward dimension gives no hint of the vastness within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marxism is the opium of the intellectuals]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. [Lat., Aut ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20916]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has injured thee was either stronger or weaker. If weaker, spare him; if stronger, spare thyself. [Lat., Aut potentior te, aut imbecillior laesit: si imbecillior, barce ille; si potentior, tibi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Firefighters Park, there's a lake people fish at all the time, ... There's disc golf and lake fishing from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31104]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Firefighters Park, there's a lake people fish at all the time, ... There's disc golf and lake fishing from shore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is just like a guy playing an instrument; it's something to look forward to the next day. When I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is just like a guy playing an instrument; it's something to look forward to the next day. When I was painting in Dixon, I was out of the place . . . and I made some money selling paintings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/276]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak)  Bodes me no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52979]]></link><description><![CDATA[That Raven on yon left-hand oak (Curse on his ill-betiding croak)  Bodes me no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Current licensing practices already impose substantial costs and administrative burdens upon these [digital media] companies, and it would be untenable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Current licensing practices already impose substantial costs and administrative burdens upon these [digital media] companies, and it would be untenable and unfair to require them to shoulder additional costs with respect to these buffer copies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - The Importance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - The Importance of Living, 1937.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27683</guid></item></channel></rss>