<?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[Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given that some social processes must convey inherent constraints, the choice is among various mixtures of persuasion, force, and cultural inducement. The less of one, the more of the others. The degree of freedom that is possible is therefore tied to the extent to which people respond to persuasion or inducement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This center is dedicated to long-term research, looking at future innovations and concepts that will be commercially available five to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40531]]></link><description><![CDATA[This center is dedicated to long-term research, looking at future innovations and concepts that will be commercially available five to 10 years down the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The East bow'd low before the blast, In patient, deep disdain.  She let the legions thunder past,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The East bow'd low before the blast, In patient, deep disdain.  She let the legions thunder past,   And plunged in thought again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting is like champagne. It goes to the heads of cowards as quickly as of heroes. Any fool can be brave on a battlefield when it's be brave or else be killed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil's in the moon for mischief; they Who call'd her chaste, methinks, began too soon  Their nomenclature; there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43066]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil's in the moon for mischief; they Who call'd her chaste, methinks, began too soon  Their nomenclature; there is not a day,   The longest, not the twenty-first of June,    Sees half the business in a wicked way,     On which three single hours of moonshine smile--      And then she looks so modest all the while!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,  Though baffled oft is ever won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16668]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son,  Though baffled oft is ever won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just about all I can take of myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2253]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just about all I can take of myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Dwarfe on a Gyants shoulder sees further of the two. [A dwarf on a giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37</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['My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45840]]></link><description><![CDATA['My country, right or wrong,' is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, 'My mother, drunk or sober.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families with babies and families without babies are sorry for each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gather the flowers, but spare the buds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adventure upon all the tickets in the lottery, and you lose for certain; and the greater the number of your tickets the nearer your approach to this certainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are no women there are no good manners ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are no women there are no good manners]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is like love, impatient both of delays and rivals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our league lost a lot of players. Vail Mountain will be the strong team, but the other four teams lost a lot of players and are all young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   In the long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   In the long run, the answer to all those who object to the doctrine of hell is... a question: "What are you asking God to do?" To wipe out their past sins and, at all costs, to give them a fresh start, smoothing every difficulty and offering every miraculous help? But He has done so, on Calvary. To forgive them? They will not be forgiven. To leave them alone? Alas, I am afraid that that is what He does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25191]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen. -Oliver Wendell Holmes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9371]]></link><description><![CDATA[One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the Social Democrats that did not want German reunification. It was the Christian Democrats who supported German reunification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33694]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the Social Democrats that did not want German reunification. It was the Christian Democrats who supported German reunification.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the valor of the brave]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can run one business well, you can run any business well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15987]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever--  The union of hearts--the union ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of lakes--the union of lands-- The union of States none can sever--  The union of hearts--the union of hands--   And the flag of our Union for ever!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30178]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to be second behind New York. Frankly, we lost a lot of our place in the theater scene, and we see 'Lord of the Rings' as a way to bring that back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While UGA and Georgia State want to do this, Georgia Tech does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33084]]></link><description><![CDATA[While UGA and Georgia State want to do this, Georgia Tech does not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This $10,000 check means a great deal to the Boys and Girls Club in George County. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37770]]></link><description><![CDATA[This $10,000 check means a great deal to the Boys and Girls Club in George County.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of promises were made last year. And in terms of public awareness, we've already won. Now we have to shift the focus to the money, and how the money is used.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hotel business is on fire. I mean, you look at every major city, and the Four Seasons continues to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37306]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hotel business is on fire. I mean, you look at every major city, and the Four Seasons continues to widen its gap over Ritz-Carlton and other premium brands that are out there. But the reality is, you know, the stock is trading at a huge valuation multiple, over 20 times cash flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18731]]></link><description><![CDATA['Will you retire?''When they put me in the grave, I want to have a pen in my hand.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17203]]></link><description><![CDATA[If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44995]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53140]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn't be could reserach, now would it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You either move toward something you love or away from somethingyou fear. The first expands. The second constricts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22099]]></link><description><![CDATA[You either move toward something you love or away from somethingyou fear. The first expands. The second constricts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires of the crowd and their unreasonable notions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52465]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good part of sagacity to have known the foolish desires of the crowd and their unreasonable notions. [Lat., Bona prudentiae pars est nosse stultas vulgi cupiditates, et absurdas opiniones.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4458]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65375]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have told me they don't think a fat penguin really embodies the grace of Linux, which just tells me they have never seen an angry penguin charging at them in excess of 100mph. They'd be a lot more careful about what they say if they had.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's life, there's hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's life, there's hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66580]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is what leadership is all about: staking your ground ahead of where opinion is and convincing people, not simply following the popular opinion of the moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58491</guid></item></channel></rss>