<?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[I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38823]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't see it go in because of the mound in front of the green, ... I knew it was going to be close.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big question is what will happen over the next few years, ... Wages and costs are going up in China. The economy is already past its peak. This is no longer the easy money you had in 2002 and 2003.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47274]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, creativity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31346]]></link><description><![CDATA[A city is the pulsating product of the human hand and mind, reflecting man's history, his struggle for freedom, creativity, genius-and his selfishness and errors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it doesn't happen, we'll simply have to interrupt the talks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33693]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it doesn't happen, we'll simply have to interrupt the talks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion consists of a set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52189]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not understand the capricious lewdness of the sleeping mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody will always break your records. It is how you live that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2311]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not fear failure. I only fear the "slowing up" of the engine inside of me which is pounding, saying, "Keep going, someone must be on top, why not you?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61925]]></link><description><![CDATA[But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betrayal is the only truth that sticks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betrayal is the only truth that sticks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6135]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pilot of the Galilean Lake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been said that we need just three things in life: Something to do, Something to look forward to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25973]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been said that we need just three things in life: Something to do, Something to look forward to And someone to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ever play one position, you are more comfortable with either one that you play. I have to wait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ever play one position, you are more comfortable with either one that you play. I have to wait and see what the situation is. You have to be prepared for anything. You just accept what comes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud to pay taxes in the United States; the only thing is, I could be just as proud for half the money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They will swear black is white. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50521]]></link><description><![CDATA[They will swear black is white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50367]]></link><description><![CDATA[(They are unknown) because they had no bard to sing their praises.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well. [Lat., Parvus pumilio, licet in monte constiterit; colossus magnitudinem suam servabit, etiam si steterit in puteo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an attempt to mitigate, and litigate the problem, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37769]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an attempt to mitigate, and litigate the problem,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44630]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we do at such times, I turned on my automatic pilot and went through the motions of normalcy on the outside, so that I could concentrate all my powers on surviving the near-mortal wound inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality confronts man with a great many "musts," but all of them are conditional; the formula of realistic necessity is: "You must, if " and the "if" stands for man's choice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5881]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no absurdity so obvious that it cannot be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to impose it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46051]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people bother you in any way, it is because their souls are trying to get your divine attention and your blessing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth you'd probably be able to get a lot of free games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many who are living far below their possibilities becausethey are continually handing over their individualities to others. Do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21542]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many who are living far below their possibilities becausethey are continually handing over their individualities to others. Do youwant to be a power in the world? Then be yourself. Be true to the highestwithin your soul and then allow yourself to be governed by no customs orconventionalities or arbitrary man-made rules that are not founded onprinciple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mel Karmazin is meretricious.His Viacom is avariciousHis CBS is quite litigiousHis public nudity isplanned and vicious.His Likud Party isvengeful, vicious.It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mel Karmazin is meretricious.His Viacom is avariciousHis CBS is quite litigiousHis public nudity isplanned and vicious.His Likud Party isvengeful, vicious.It's time to exorcise thelegionswhich have entered Karmazinthrough spirit lesions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30314]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of that stuff about James Bond, that's Hollywood. You don't want anyone standing out in the intelligence business. You want someone nondescript. The ideal spy is 5-foot-6 and kind of dumpy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in common among people who love each other is the ideal of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is annoying to be honest to no purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64572]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60948]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no better exercise for your heart, Than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The carrot being held out is, 'If you really help us.' It all depends on his level of cooperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38284]]></link><description><![CDATA[The carrot being held out is, 'If you really help us.' It all depends on his level of cooperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62861]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like how things are, change it!  You're not a tree.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom has furnished the only basis which ethics have ever had, and there is no conceivable human action which custom has not at one time justified and at another condemned]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17913]]></link><description><![CDATA[There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3966]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the guy I looked up to, that I wanted to be like, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30254]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the guy I looked up to, that I wanted to be like,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,  The bird of dawning singeth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,  The bird of dawning singeth all night long,   And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad,    The nights are wholesome, then no planets strike,     No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm.      So hallowed and so gracious is that time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44252]]></link><description><![CDATA[SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[China's rapid economic g rowth has resulted in tremendous progress in reducing poverty and improving the lives of people gradually, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41090]]></link><description><![CDATA[China's rapid economic g rowth has resulted in tremendous progress in reducing poverty and improving the lives of people gradually,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47720</guid></item></channel></rss>