<?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[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debate is the death of conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debate is the death of conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without haste, but without rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without haste, but without rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. -King Richard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm off from an anointed king. -King Richard II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55820</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[It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, but the underlying strength of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34711]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be all the disappointments that attract everyone's attention. They will get the headlines, but the underlying strength of the market will continue through this quarter easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good boss makes his men realize they have more ability than they think they have so that they consistently do better work than they thought they could]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work divided is in that manner shortened. [Lat., Divisum sic breve fiet opus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work divided is in that manner shortened. [Lat., Divisum sic breve fiet opus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're often so blind. Our demand for the credentialed so colors our perception of believeability, that we wouldn't recognize God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46084]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're often so blind. Our demand for the credentialed so colors our perception of believeability, that we wouldn't recognize God if he appeared within us. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm tired of love, I'm still more tired of rhyme, but money gives me pleasure all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43018]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm tired of love, I'm still more tired of rhyme, but money gives me pleasure all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41321]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... Three of the prayer leaders were martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[will be in very good shape to try this case again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41218]]></link><description><![CDATA[will be in very good shape to try this case again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day  With many sighs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day  With many sighs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52887]]></link><description><![CDATA[I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high stakes will be missed by people if they don't master and connect information.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather: injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forewards. -Soren Kierkegaard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1674]]></link><description><![CDATA[When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a system that is broken, ... Men, women and children are getting hurt with that current law, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31194]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a system that is broken, ... Men, women and children are getting hurt with that current law, with revolving door marriages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much easier is it to be generous than just. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17267]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much easier is it to be generous than just.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll see small businesses growing around all of this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42436]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll see small businesses growing around all of this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We changed (defenses) and when we get out of pressure we look terrible, but I thought we did a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38604]]></link><description><![CDATA[We changed (defenses) and when we get out of pressure we look terrible, but I thought we did a good job against a pretty good team in terms of scrambling. I was very disappointed in our intensity in the first half. I thought we played a real poor first half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illegitimis non carborundum."Lat., "Don't let the bastards grind you down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illegitimis non carborundum."Lat., "Don't let the bastards grind you down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gambling undermines the moral fiber of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11688]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit is, as it were, a second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit is, as it were, a second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo quasi altera natura effici.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My main concern now is that most people who fish with 'crabs' will not take the time to tell a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30190]]></link><description><![CDATA[My main concern now is that most people who fish with 'crabs' will not take the time to tell a rusty from natives. Several states have gone as far as to make it illegal to use any crayfish as fishing bait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you cannot win, make the one ahead of you break the record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where thegoalposts are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22190]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in football, you won't go far unless you know where thegoalposts are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBC is so deep and they can beat you in so many ways. When we were able to kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37299]]></link><description><![CDATA[CBC is so deep and they can beat you in so many ways. When we were able to kind of control their guards, they killed us inside. They just wore us out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God helps him who strives hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19159]]></link><description><![CDATA[God helps him who strives hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter what we do until we accept ourselves. Once we accept ourselves, it doesn't matter what we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899]]></link><description><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and of noon!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Icky icky icky icky fKANG zoop-boing n zowzyin...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they move is marked by violence and destruction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58227]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a choice. Live or die. Every breath is a choice. Every minute is a choice. To be or not to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the worse! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50729]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the worse!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62039]]></link><description><![CDATA[How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19707]]></link><description><![CDATA[The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36279]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no trouble publishing in Soviet astrophysical journals, but my work is unacceptable to the American astrophysical journals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball. Emo Phillips  If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you it's quite conscious. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambiguity is the devil's volleyball. Emo Phillips  If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you it's quite conscious. •Kingman Brewster, Jr.   I fear explanations explanatory of things explained. •Abraham Lincoln   Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. •Gilda Radner   Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Vin Diesel] is the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I've ever had. The most attractive thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29694]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Vin Diesel] is the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I've ever had. The most attractive thing about Vin is his brain. That's his most attractive muscle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29694</guid></item></channel></rss>