<?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[To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1459]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reach a great height a person needs to have great depth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I invented the cordless extension cord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23016]]></link><description><![CDATA[I invented the cordless extension cord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54834]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mere index hunter, who held the eel of science by the tail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greene wood makes a hott fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greene wood makes a hott fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38760]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it just shows the strength and popularity of the Derby at this point. A few weeks ago our list of horses we thought were possible or probable seemed to be shrinking a bit. But when we got the last round of major preps, the list started growing again -- even though two horses (Brother Derek and Lawyer Ron) you'd regard as the favorites scored emphatic victories.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly 60 percent of those teachers eligible for retirement do not do so because of uncertainty about pensions and health care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11788]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the amount of spin and drift that he gets, plus his accuracy. That's what sets him apart, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42550]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the amount of spin and drift that he gets, plus his accuracy. That's what sets him apart,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She really did her homework on this one and read the analysts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36570]]></link><description><![CDATA[She really did her homework on this one and read the analysts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11445]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like we said yesterday, we'll be happy with top five. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like we said yesterday, we'll be happy with top five.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of posterity is to look after itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sight of a man hath the force of a Lyon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59096]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tone of the market was already negative, and that was reinforced today by the news from Brazil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tone of the market was already negative, and that was reinforced today by the news from Brazil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48610]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man will revel long in the indulgence of crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A full mind is an empty bat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3750]]></link><description><![CDATA[A full mind is an empty bat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890  May I be patient! It is so difficult to make real what one believes, and to make these trials, as they are intended, real blessings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kings of modern thought are dumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kings of modern thought are dumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17647]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, to me, it seems, is a verb, not a noun, proper or improper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3286]]></link><description><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History knows no resting place and no plateaus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19482]]></link><description><![CDATA[History knows no resting place and no plateaus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is neither a formality nor a mode: it is rather a life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58241]]></link><description><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49866]]></link><description><![CDATA[The groundsell speakes not save what it heard at the hinges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one time in your life, train with the will to die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61586]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one time in your life, train with the will to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no question there were challenges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no question there were challenges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad luck there, Ricky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad luck there, Ricky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26332]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pauper traveller will sing before a beggar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60137]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universal subjugator, the commonplace. [Ger., Was uns alle bandigt, das Gemeine.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such understanding is required for researchers to develop new and much-needed approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such understanding is required for researchers to develop new and much-needed approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, such as diabetes, bipolar disorder, cancer and many others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/125]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â he is mentally committed to it. He's doing another movie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29747]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a director who should make 'Silver Surfer' ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â he is mentally committed to it. He's doing another movie now. What's most important to me about this guy, first, is that he's incredible with visuals. But he's also a spiritual guy, a Zen Buddhist. ... Galactus is a force of nature, not a being. That's all I'm saying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24196]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you laugh, be sure to laugh at what people do and not at what people are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm absolutely sure we're having people check it out that never would have gone to a 'Christian' movie. I went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm absolutely sure we're having people check it out that never would have gone to a 'Christian' movie. I went with 30 of my close friends, and we walked away having these amazing spiritual conversations together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65943]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: These see the works of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56164]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters: These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46620</guid></item></channel></rss>