<?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[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on his own dunghill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men have a much better time of it than women: for one thing they marry later, for another thing they die earlier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14949]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be fairies at the bottom of the garden. There is no evidence for it, but you can't prove that there aren't any, so shouldn't we be agnostic with respect to fairies?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United States has practiced nuclear blackmail formany decades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The United States has practiced nuclear blackmail formany decades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5320]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the youth who sees a great opportunity hidden in just these simple services, who sees a very uncommon situation, a humble position, who gets on in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As well as providing a more appropriate and reliable service than the loco-hauled trains that have recently worked the route, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33840]]></link><description><![CDATA[As well as providing a more appropriate and reliable service than the loco-hauled trains that have recently worked the route, [the trains] will benefit from a refurbishment over the next 12 months to increase the number of seats and provide a more comfortable environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40922]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61307]]></link><description><![CDATA["How does the Water Come down at Lodore?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55188]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a divorce and a legal separation is that a legal separation gives a husband time to hide his money]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4412]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4053]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49880]]></link><description><![CDATA[The itch of disputing is the scab of the Church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9571]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any so-called material thing that you want is merely a symbol: you want it not for itself, but because it will content your spirit for the moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when you stick on conversation's burs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10094]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when you stick on conversation's burs, Don't strew your pathway with those dreadful urs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the Spirit that denies. [Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the Spirit that denies. [Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56867]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica. We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33166]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica. We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A grisly meteor on his face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A grisly meteor on his face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17123]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12533]]></link><description><![CDATA[What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1417]]></link><description><![CDATA[How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, it's not many people from there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, it's not many people from there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38392]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy has increased by a remarkable 30 years. Yet according to the CDC report quoted by Abramson,] 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health. ... These include improvements such as sanitation, clean food and water, decent housing, good nutrition, higher standards of living, and widespread vaccinations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm approaching this like this is my Finals, really. We got three more games; if he puts me out there, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28779]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm approaching this like this is my Finals, really. We got three more games; if he puts me out there, I'm going to be ready. I'm looking real forward to these games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43355]]></link><description><![CDATA[If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, then both are useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The store jelly doesn't compare. It's fun to give something you couldn't find in a store. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The store jelly doesn't compare. It's fun to give something you couldn't find in a store.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century    In questions of this sort there are two things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century    In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture doth admit of diverse interpretations, that no one cling to any particular exposition with such pertinacity that, if what he supposed to be the teaching of Scripture should afterward turn out to be clearly false, he should nevertheless still presume to put it forward, lest thereby the sacred Scriptures should be exposed to the derision of unbelievers and the way of salvation should be closed to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animis opibusque parati [Prepared in mind and resources] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animis opibusque parati [Prepared in mind and resources]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),  Long be thine import from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imperial Waltz! imported from the Rhine (Famed for the growth of pedigrees and wine),  Long be thine import from all duty free,   And hock itself be less esteem'd than thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66525]]></link><description><![CDATA[I looked up my family tree and found three dogs using it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very important for us as a team to have this long week of games on the road because when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30489]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very important for us as a team to have this long week of games on the road because when the tournament comes, this will be great preparation for it. We need to learn how to play injured and tired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a really high price and everyone's blown away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a really high price and everyone's blown away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Desire is the essence of a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Desire is the essence of a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love.There is only a scarcity of resolve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21606]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love.There is only a scarcity of resolve to make it happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21606</guid></item></channel></rss>