<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coolness and absence of heat and haste indicate fine qualities]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not the absense of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15303]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard  Celestial voices to the midnight air, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62313]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard  Celestial voices to the midnight air,   Sole, or responsive each to other's note,    Singing their great Creator?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51165]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fault of youth that it cannot restrain its own impetuosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46598]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36620]]></link><description><![CDATA[The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is consistent with the small business loan growth we continued to experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long ago, I made up my mind that when things were said involving only me, I would pay no attention to them, except when valid criticism was carried by which I could profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching is the single most important thing we do here at the University. To cultivate knowledge and watch it grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching is the single most important thing we do here at the University. To cultivate knowledge and watch it grow is immensely rewarding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in their 20s have a lot of time to grow their investments and don't need to be too conservative, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39468]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in their 20s have a lot of time to grow their investments and don't need to be too conservative,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14775]]></link><description><![CDATA[An extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Same religion that saves - Damns You ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Same religion that saves - Damns You]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's the smartest basketball player I've certainly seen. He's multi-dimensional. There's not one, two or three, but four things he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31312]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's the smartest basketball player I've certainly seen. He's multi-dimensional. There's not one, two or three, but four things he does really well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take man's most fantastic invention- God. Man invents God in the image of his longings, in the image of what he wants to be, then proceeds to imitate that image, vie with it, and strive to overcome it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32716]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a huge conference game for us. We needed that bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lady doth protest too much, me thinks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lady doth protest too much, me thinks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was a Metro station at City Center, this would be a completely different discussion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36383]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was a Metro station at City Center, this would be a completely different discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20104]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46626]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28861]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a risky team and we were just a little too risky tonight. They seem to just score with their chances. Defensively we weren't where we wanted to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sex: the thing that takes up the least amount of time and causes the most amount of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52822]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was fabulous, but it was a close one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was fabulous, but it was a close one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66706]]></link><description><![CDATA[A home with a loving and loyal husband and wife is the supreme setting in which children can be reared in love and righteousness and in which the spiritual and physical needs of children can be met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more specific you are, the more general it'll be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more specific you are, the more general it'll be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28006]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem is never finished, only abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its failings notwithstanding, there is much to be said in favor of journalism in that by giving us the opinion of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know my Republican friends were glad to see my wife feeding an elephant in India. She gave him sugar and nuts. But of course the elephant wasn't satisfied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8723]]></link><description><![CDATA[To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is here at the door to speak with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51637]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3429]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is commonly said that men are forward to believe whatever is connected with their own interest. This in common cases is true; but it is also true, that when some very great and unexpected good news is brought to us, we find it very difficult to credit it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of quality are not threatened by women of equality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle produce more milk than our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle produce more milk than our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not good fishing before the net. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not good fishing before the net.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the time he arrived at the hospital at 3:30 (Friday), he converted to a normal rhythm, and therefore no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34315]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the time he arrived at the hospital at 3:30 (Friday), he converted to a normal rhythm, and therefore no therapeutic interventions were necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When last the young Orlando parted from you, He left a promise to return again  Within a hour; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15288]]></link><description><![CDATA[When last the young Orlando parted from you, He left a promise to return again  Within a hour; and pacing through the forest,   Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy,    Lo, what befell!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the ladder of success: Some people are at the top of the ladder, someare in the middle, still more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21581]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the ladder of success: Some people are at the top of the ladder, someare in the middle, still more are at the bottom, and a whole lot moredon't even know there is a ladder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would have the kernel must crack the shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50868]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would have the kernel must crack the shell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors!  There is betwixt that smile we would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54508]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors!  There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to,   That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,    More pangs and fears than wars or women have;     And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,      Never to hope again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2741]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all there is something about a wedding-gown prettier than in any other gown in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24314]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful lawsuit is the one worn by the policeman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24314</guid></item></channel></rss>