<?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[It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy for men to talk one thing and think another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The readiness to praise others indicates a desire for excellence and perhaps an ability to realize it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's tough [Tiger Woods]. I wish I was that tough when I was his age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's tough [Tiger Woods]. I wish I was that tough when I was his age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have tried at all times to create doubts about the democratic legitimacy of a president who has been elected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30102]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have tried at all times to create doubts about the democratic legitimacy of a president who has been elected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took our time to examine all the alternatives. We tried to make the best deal we could.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. -A Midsummer Night's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55526]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40216]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never participated directly or indirectly in any business related to the United Nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of ourcontrols. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to navigate through life is to give up all of ourcontrols.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant. In an affluent society, the alienated who clamor for power are largely untalented people who cannot make use of the unprecedented opportunities for self-realization, and cannot escape the confrontation with an ineffectual self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not if the dark or bright Shall be by lot;  If that wherein my hopes delight  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24829]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not if the dark or bright Shall be by lot;  If that wherein my hopes delight   Be best or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good reputation is more valuable than money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53898]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good reputation is more valuable than money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[UPS now flies to more points in China than any other US airline, freight or passenger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32891]]></link><description><![CDATA[UPS now flies to more points in China than any other US airline, freight or passenger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!"[Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34744]]></link><description><![CDATA["Waiting, are they? Waiting, are they? Well, goddam 'em, let 'em wait!"[Ethan Allen, to his physician who said "General, I fear the angels are waiting for you", quoted in Saturday Review, April 5, 1958]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11406]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From that high mount of God whence light and shade Spring both, the face of brightest heaven had changed  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59928]]></link><description><![CDATA[From that high mount of God whence light and shade Spring both, the face of brightest heaven had changed  To grateful twilight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Heaven overarches earth and sea,   Earth-sadness and sea-bitterness. Heaven overarches you and me: A little while and we shall be - Please God -- where there is no more sea    Nor barren wilderness. Heaven overarches you and me,   And all earth's gardens and her braves.  Look up with me, until we see  The day break and the shadows flee.  What though to-night wrecks you and me,     If so to-morrow saves?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never known any human being, high or humble, who ever regretted, when nearing life's end, having done kindly deeds. But I have known more than one millionaire who became haunted by the realization that they had led selfish lives. -B. C. Forbes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oil is good in some ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oil is good in some ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That would be an unbelievable, fantastic run for both teams [to win titles], but I think it would be unbelievable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32698]]></link><description><![CDATA[That would be an unbelievable, fantastic run for both teams [to win titles], but I think it would be unbelievable for the fans. They'd go from basketball to hockey, basketball to hockey. They're going to be pretty busy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35056]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial non-U.S. profits have done major transactions compared with companies that have not repatriated assets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27586]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20605]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservation is ethically sound. It is rooted in our love of the land, our respect for the rights of others, our devotion to the rule of law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They keep saying the right person will come along, I think mine got hit by a truck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27045]]></link><description><![CDATA[They keep saying the right person will come along, I think mine got hit by a truck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121]]></link><description><![CDATA[For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric  Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious,   To smatter French is meritorious.   - Samuel Butler (1),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred -- The anger of the weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred -- The anger of the weak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The merit of originality is not novelty, it is sincerity. The believing man is the original man; he believes for himself, not for another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know they have a lot of team speed. Their linebacker (C.J Lee) looks pretty good, and they have some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29487]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know they have a lot of team speed. Their linebacker (C.J Lee) looks pretty good, and they have some other good players. But I know we're ready. More than ready for whatever they bring at us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice, First Law of: The correct advice to give is the advice that is desired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35200]]></link><description><![CDATA[It can hardly be denied that such a demand quite arbitrarily limits the facts which are to be admitted as possible causes of the events which occur in the real world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But since cause and effect is under the personal control of God, He can introduce into the situation other causes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7656]]></link><description><![CDATA[But since cause and effect is under the personal control of God, He can introduce into the situation other causes than the ones which we ourselves can control. When in faith we come to God for cleansing from the mess we have made of things, and when we ask for power to reverse causes we have set in motion, God sends in other causes by His Holy Spirit. It may be by direct intervention, or by a combination of circumstances which He controls. We can, therefore, be delivered from the wrath to come, because God will add other causes than those that we have initiated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History: A distillation of rumor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19348]]></link><description><![CDATA[History: A distillation of rumor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anyone is involved in the trade of selling and buying firearms, they have to obtain a federal firearms license. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29265]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anyone is involved in the trade of selling and buying firearms, they have to obtain a federal firearms license. That is the law of the land today, so to say that there's a loophole is disingenuous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41528]]></link><description><![CDATA[In common with many Christians of the classic type he felt sincerely safer and more at ease when he had given away all he had, like a man passing a ball in a game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who doesn't take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64684]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll get a check, ... But it might be six cents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35066]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll get a check, ... But it might be six cents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One swallowe proveth not that summer is neare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58436]]></link><description><![CDATA[One swallowe proveth not that summer is neare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58436</guid></item></channel></rss>