<?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[In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11569]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cold December fragrant chaplets blow, And heavy harvests nod beneath the snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22150]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. - Benchley -- or Else!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most history is a record of the triumphs, disasters, and follies of top people. The black hole in it is the way of life of mute, inglorious men and women who make no nuisance of themselves in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know Nike wants to actively pursue him and try to get him over to Nike. You know how the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know Nike wants to actively pursue him and try to get him over to Nike. You know how the shoe war situation is. We've been a Nike A.A.U. team for a long time. If somehow within all these parameters we can accommodate him to Nike, that would be great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53761]]></link><description><![CDATA[For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1375]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears can dry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's more paine to doe nothing then something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's more paine to doe nothing then something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. -Tolstoy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40339]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the recovery takes hold, the vulnerability we have surrounding these issues will diminish and they won't be able to impact the overall economy. And then investors will focus on the good news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love him who tells you your faults in private. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love him who tells you your faults in private.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46021]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun: Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, there was one fellow that wanted to give me a good swift kick in the rear end for not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, there was one fellow that wanted to give me a good swift kick in the rear end for not getting our work done,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By hesitation the opportunity is often lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51587]]></link><description><![CDATA[By hesitation the opportunity is often lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The newest books are those that never grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The newest books are those that never grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2205]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3781]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown   Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consumers deserve the option of choosing the combination of services that fits their needs and encouraging greater purchasing flexibility through standalone DSL furthers this goal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21586]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54019]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary goal of a vendor is to make money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64344]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary goal of a vendor is to make money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  To judge aright we must judge as Christ judged. He judged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  To judge aright we must judge as Christ judged. He judged no man; yet if He judged, His judgments were just. He proclaimed none worthless, none hopeless. Yet men were continually being judged by their relations to Him. The result was infallible, because men judged themselves. Those who loved the light came to Him, those who rejected Him showed that they desired to walk in darkness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17227]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want happiness for a lifetime - help the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are always ready to admit a man's ability after he gets there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's Mother Nature. You can't control it. Coming off a win (Friday) night, it would have been nice to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31536]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's Mother Nature. You can't control it. Coming off a win (Friday) night, it would have been nice to go out there and get this game in tonight and have a good series here. It's out of our hands as far as the weather goes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19696]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun, And bleat the one at th' other. What we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20963]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' th' sun, And bleat the one at th' other. What we changed  Was innocence for innocence; we knew not   The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed    That any did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a heart with room for every joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19028]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a heart with room for every joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me play the fool; With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me play the fool; With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality, nothing will do, and with them everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9562]]></link><description><![CDATA[... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's armed without that's innocent within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20958]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's armed without that's innocent within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34946]]></link><description><![CDATA[[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said was an effort] to set the record straight. ... coerced and had been required as a condition for Mr. Libby's continued employment at the White House.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that's long enough!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14614]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29285]]></link><description><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58735]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even in the force and road of casualty. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even in the force and road of casualty. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted--they have torn me--and I bleed!  I should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54040]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted--they have torn me--and I bleed!  I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54040</guid></item></channel></rss>