<?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 best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only gift is a portion of thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only gift is a portion of thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leisure is time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more unpredictable the world is the more we rely on predictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, in general, most people go to the pump and they see what the price is. They don't really understand how much the weather really effects our energy consumption and our energy supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895]]></link><description><![CDATA[A scientist studies what is, an engineer studies what never was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing to move toward correctness. They freeze up if they think you'll pounce on every error. You want your daughters to keep writing, since this is the best way for them to develop strong usage skills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than go through such a pointlessly repetitive exercise, the court ruled that the chief of the Forest Service properly adopted the broad moratorium through an agency-wide rule,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time (the Leaning Tower of Pisa) was 10% built, everyone knew it would be a total disaster. But the investment was so big they felt compelled to go on. Since its completion, it cost a fortune to maintain and is still in danger of collapsing. There are no plans to replace it, since it was never needed in the first place. I expect every installation has its own pet software which is analogous to the above.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48217]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He believed the secrecy stamp was something that was improperly used. And I suspect he would think this was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39969]]></link><description><![CDATA[He believed the secrecy stamp was something that was improperly used. And I suspect he would think this was a continuing abuse of the secrecy stamp to try to remove embarrassing documents from the public eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3846]]></link><description><![CDATA[All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections. [Sp., No todas hermosuras enamoran, que algunas alegran la vista, y no rinden la voluntad.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11638]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66604]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell dwells within myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell dwells within myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is a mother in the home, matters go well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And every dew-drop paints a bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12198]]></link><description><![CDATA[And every dew-drop paints a bow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2046]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't expect to prevent negative feelings altogether. And you can't expect to experience positive feelings all the time. The Law of Emotional Choice directs us to acknowledge our feelings but also to refuse to get stuck in the negative ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're saying Big Tobacco is going to be held to account for their products,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4567</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[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so much better to desire than to have... The moment of desire, when you know something is going to happen - that's the most exalting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One by onein many countriesthey break throughthe ice of fear..cups of crocuses.. stand up in caucuses.. East to Westfrom Africa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60625]]></link><description><![CDATA[One by onein many countriesthey break throughthe ice of fear..cups of crocuses.. stand up in caucuses.. East to Westfrom Africa to the Caucususand statetheir eternalallegianceto the Creator Sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is proof that people are gullible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is proof that people are gullible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53704]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men usually ask for when they pray to God is, that two and two may not make four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us not unman each other; part at once; all farewells should be sudden, when forever ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us not unman each other; part at once; all farewells should be sudden, when forever]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the shoppers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as you're not stupid. In business, it doesn't matter if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14182]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, it doesn't matter if you're wrong, as long as you're not stupid. In business, it doesn't matter if you're stupid, so long as you're not wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fighting Cocks and the EagleTwo game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fighting Cocks and the EagleTwo game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmyard. One at last put the other to flight. The vanquished Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner, while the conqueror, flying up to a high wall, flapped his wings and crowed exultingly with all his might. An Eagle sailing through the air pounced upon him and carried him off in his talons. The vanquished Cock immediately came out of his corner, and ruled henceforth with undisputed mastery. Pride goes before destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finality is not the language of politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finality is not the language of politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ISE could buy some of these traditional floor markets that have decent flow, like the Amex. Or it could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ISE could buy some of these traditional floor markets that have decent flow, like the Amex. Or it could be bought by one of the floor-based markets, or an equity market or a futures market, with a big market cap.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48244]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18687]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32258]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32258</guid></item></channel></rss>