<?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[No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9826]]></link><description><![CDATA[No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is worth living ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a life lived for others is worth living]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43785]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  The reason why we can hope to find God is that He is here, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mark the Evangelist  The reason why we can hope to find God is that He is here, engaged all the time in finding us. Every pulse of love is a tendril that draws us in His direction. Every verification of truth links the finite mind up into a Foundational Mind that undergirds us. Every deed of good will points toward a consummate Goodness which fulfills all our tiny adventures in faith. We can find Him because in Him we live and move and have our being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In doing we learne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49536]]></link><description><![CDATA[In doing we learne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's best friends are his ten fingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4288]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle, and no staffe to spin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49054]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of a great memory without learning hath a rock and a spindle, and no staffe to spin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set a beggar on horse backe, they saie, and hee will neuer alight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15101]]></link><description><![CDATA[After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're here because we want to go to the Orient House. We're here because this is our city. It's an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36238]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're here because we want to go to the Orient House. We're here because this is our city. It's an occupied city, I know. They have arms, they have weapons, they have police, they have mortar guns, but it is Palestinian and it is under occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is a great procuress ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is a great procuress]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63423]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good thing to remember is somebody's got it a lot worse than we do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28959]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply has made back the money it cost him to pursue this means of reaching his audience with his latest work. For authors who don't have the track record, reputation and built-in audience following of a Stephen King, obviously his example is one that doesn't necessarily encourage them to go out and dismiss their publishers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the local level, revenues which exceed the limit will have to be used to reduce local property taxes; at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41995]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the local level, revenues which exceed the limit will have to be used to reduce local property taxes; at the state level, revenues beyond the limit can be used to reduce existing taxes or as cash rebates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The enemy of art is the absence of limitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42677]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't know if this will be the shareholders' choice, or a political choice. For the steel industry, this is Microsoft buying Apple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27029]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4866]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the bottom of a good deal of the bravery that appears in the world there lurks a miserable cowardice. Men will face powder and steel because they cannot face public opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32475]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was one of those things where, if the IT department isn't asking the right questions, then the business side is probably not providing the right answers. Then you've got to back step and redesign things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Professor Goddard does not know the relation between action and reaction and the need to have something better than a vacuum against which to react. He seems to lack the basic knowledge ladled out daily in high schools. -- 1921 New York Times editorial about Robert Goddard's revolutionary rocket work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamonds cut diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diamonds cut diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel comfortable lining him up against anyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34080]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel comfortable lining him up against anyone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding!' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58378]]></link><description><![CDATA['Make a remark,' said the Red Queen; 'it's ridiculous to leave all the conversation to the pudding!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42482]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got mass merchants who are expanding their toy space and using it to drive total store volume. These discounters are not worried about the margins they make on toys. How can you compete against that?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?  Sweet Helen, make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?  Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.--   Her lips suck forth my soul; see, where it flies!--]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They should calculate what their rate would be if adjusted in today's market and compare that with today's fixed-rate market ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35326]]></link><description><![CDATA[They should calculate what their rate would be if adjusted in today's market and compare that with today's fixed-rate market and assess their personal situation. Do they have adequate funds to reduce or pay off their mortgage at the end of the adjustment period?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime and too sleepy to worry at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pump you up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pump you up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms. [Lat., Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62365]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wounded gladiator forswears all fighting, but soon forgetting his former wound resumes his arms. [Lat., Saucius ejurat pugnam gladiator, et idem  Immemor antiqui vulneris arma capit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   The principal part of faith is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   The principal part of faith is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you say, 'Please, give me a reason for this', then you are being impossible and temperamental.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube it would be about the size ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15941]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the gold in the world were melted down into a solid cube it would be about the size of an eight room house. If a man got possession of all that gold -- billions of dollars worth -- he could not buy a friend, character, peace of mind, clear conscience or a sense of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making all future fruits of all the pasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making all future fruits of all the pasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The laughter of adults was always very different from the laughter of children. The former indicated a recognition of the familiar, but in children it came from the shock of the new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13911]]></link><description><![CDATA[In England three are sixty different religions, and only one sauce. [It., Il y en Angleterre soizante sectes religieuses differentes, et une seule sauce.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me live in my house by the side of the road, Where the race of men go by;  They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong,   Wise, foolish,--so am I;    Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,     Or hurl the cynic's ban?      Let me live in my house by the side of the road,       And be a friend to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gain from your opponents without sacrificing your own strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4289</guid></item></channel></rss>