<?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[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12203]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What ugly sights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Lord! methought, what pain it was to drown! What dreadful noise of waters in mine ears! What ugly sights of death within mine eyes! Methought I saw a thousand fearful wrecks, Ten thousand men that fishes gnawed upon, Wedges of gold, great anchors, heaps of pearl, Inestimable stones, unvalued jewels, All scattered in the bottom of the sea: Some lay in dead men's skulls; and in those holes Where eyes did once inhabit, there were crept, As 't were in scorn of eyes, reflecting gems. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but the brave deserve the fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48948]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but the brave deserve the fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Macys.com`s web designers and marketing managers also pay particular attention to using text and images that emphasize the latest colors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39903]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Macys.com`s web designers and marketing managers also pay particular attention to using text and images that emphasize the latest colors and fashions--and to portraying shoppers in an elegant or appropriate environment that emphasizes their lifestyle.] We create a voice for the brand, ... We take an educational approach that keeps shoppers aware of current trends and how they can create the latest `must have` looks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65645]]></link><description><![CDATA[People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they’re not on your road doesn’t mean they’ve gotten lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34165]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have in place a process through which we are carefully reviewing a range of options to increase the value of our company, including those proposed by Mr. Icahn and his group. Investors should rest assured that this evaluation is being done in a prudent and deliberate manner with an eye toward creating sustainable value for all of our shareholders and as always we will keep our shareholders informed regarding our initiatives and direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that it saw as priorities 10 years ago, they may still be priorities, but they aren't necessarily the only priorities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's were the fun is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16067]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sly old fish, too cunning for the hook.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take care in your minutes, and the hours will take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul's own doing. •Marie Carmichael Stopes  Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's clear that there is a power struggle over who will control the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's clear that there is a power struggle over who will control the market.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58011]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you tell folks you're a college student, folks are so impressed. You can be a student in anything and not have to know anything. Just say toxicology or marine biokinesis, and the person you're talking to will change the subject to himself. If this doesn't work, mention the neural synapses of embryonic pigeons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stranger, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world  Is full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stranger, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world  Is full of guilt and misery, and hast seen   Enough of all its sorrows, crimes and cares,    To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood     And view the haunts of Nature. The calm shade      Shall bring a kindred calm, and the sweet breeze       That makes the green leaves dance, shall waft a balm        To thy sick heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now we’re apart and you’re just some stranger who knows all my secrets and all my family members and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65764]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now we’re apart and you’re just some stranger who knows all my secrets and all my family members and all my quirks and flaws and it doesn’t make sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the consolidation at retail, manufacturers are looking at how they can have more control over their business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42480]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the consolidation at retail, manufacturers are looking at how they can have more control over their business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33787]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a rare exception of mainstream sports that have a fatality rate. That's motor sports and rodeo, ... football, baseball, basketball, hockey, you make a mistake and you give up a run or some points. In these two sports, if you make a mistake, it could cost you your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15386]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum  Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43123]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I have absolutely no sympathy with is the legislator, the man who seeks, for his own profit, to exploit the weaknesses of those who are unable to help themselves and then to fasten some moral superscription upon it. This I loathe so much that I cannot conceivably explain how much it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recompiling doesn't matter...it's Solaris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Recompiling doesn't matter...it's Solaris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She has been a pretty strong presence at the company for a long time, and was obviously a big driver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33981]]></link><description><![CDATA[She has been a pretty strong presence at the company for a long time, and was obviously a big driver in the launch of Weekend Edition. The fact that she's leaving by mutual agreement indicates that the board is becoming more active, and is willing to make tougher decisions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you get caught up in defending him, pick your poison. There are more players on that team than just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36193]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you get caught up in defending him, pick your poison. There are more players on that team than just Sean Morris.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Into a mouth shut flies flie not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Into a mouth shut flies flie not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16184]]></link><description><![CDATA[What really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said to the sky-poised Lark: "Hark--hark!  Thy note is more loud and free   Because there lies safe for thee    A little nest on the ground."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is self-inflicted. Genius is self-bestowed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11611]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does not take much strength to do things, but it requires great strength to decide on what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of imagination all compact.  One sees more devils than vast hell can hold;   That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic,    Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt.     The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,      Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;       And as imagination bodies forth        The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen         Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing          A local habitation and a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The latest chip helps us go after the Web and application tier in the data center, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The latest chip helps us go after the Web and application tier in the data center,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of calling shapes, and beck'ning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'menGang aft agley. - "To A Mouse". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best-laid schemes o' mice an 'menGang aft agley. - "To A Mouse".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The process of evolution may be described as differentiation of structure and integration of function. The more differentiated and specialized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The process of evolution may be described as differentiation of structure and integration of function. The more differentiated and specialized the parts, the more elaborate co-ordination is needed to create a well-balanced whole. The ultimate criterion of the value of a functional whole is the degree of its internal harmony or integratedness, whether the "functional whole" is a biological species or a civilization or an individual. A whole is defined by the pattern of relations between its parts, not by the sum of its parts; and a civilization is not defined by the sum of its science, technology, art and social organization, but by the total pattern which they form, and the degree of harmonious integration in that pattern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men are more dependent on fools than fools on wise men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31340]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule of thumb, we give 10 days for them to move out if they are found to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35040]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule of thumb, we give 10 days for them to move out if they are found to be in possession of drugs. This is a government-funded complex and we have to follow the guidelines regarding drug offenses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step isacceptance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step toward change is awareness. The second step isacceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about the terror in Iraq,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art;  Under lowly eaves   Lives the happy heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The message from the hedge-leaves, Heed it, whoso thou art;  Under lowly eaves   Lives the happy heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to have more enthusiasm to bring graft cases out into the open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479</guid></item></channel></rss>