<?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[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have been pretty fortunate...we do quite a bit of training on driving and how you should be driving and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33776]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been pretty fortunate...we do quite a bit of training on driving and how you should be driving and things like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60868]]></link><description><![CDATA[The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may seem absurd to some that all desires by which man is by nature affected are so completely condemned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may seem absurd to some that all desires by which man is by nature affected are so completely condemned -- although they have been bestowed by God himself, the author of nature. To this I reply that we do not condemn those inclinations which God so engraved upon the character of man at his first creation, that they were eradicable only with humanity itself; but only those bold and unbridled impulses which contend against God's control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/373]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no great achievement that is not the result of patient working and waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the most emotionally eloquent performances of the year. It shows how Hollywood has just scratched the surface ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33122]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the most emotionally eloquent performances of the year. It shows how Hollywood has just scratched the surface of her talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breaking his oath and resolution, like A twist of rotten silk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48685]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy can be real only if people look upon their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52765]]></link><description><![CDATA[... I believe the best test of a model is how well can the modeler answer the questions what do you know now that you did not know before and how can you find out if it is true?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51562]]></link><description><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, misery makes sport to mock itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42772]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, misery makes sport to mock itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and show'd how fields were won.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our commander said the Viet Cong are farmers by day.. guerillas by night. Look for those who are tired. So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our commander said the Viet Cong are farmers by day.. guerillas by night. Look for those who are tired. So anyone who yawned was getting popped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51259]]></link><description><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54733]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803]]></link><description><![CDATA[An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62307]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one for t'other. Save me and I'll give you a taper or go on a pilgrimage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specter of war, at least until the 19th of April, seems to have gone away. Until then, the cease-fire is bound to hold. But while smiling at each other, both sides will continue making preparations for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. . -Hubert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. . -Hubert Humphrey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs to protect these collections not just in New Orleans but all along the Gulf Coast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor and serve you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42061</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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/229]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like air; very high up, it is sublimated--too low down, a perfect choke-damp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46622]]></link><description><![CDATA[More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38794]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I decided that I would be one of the biggest new names; and I actually had some little fancy business cards printed up to announce it, "Count Basie. Beware, the Count is Here."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Two DogsA man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Two DogsA man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taught to watch the house. When he returned home after a good day's sport, he always gave the Housedog a large share of his spoil. The Hound, feeling much aggrieved at this, reproached his companion, saying, It is very hard to have all this labor, while you, who do not assist in the chase, luxuriate on the fruits of my exertions. The Housedog replied, Do not blame me, my friend, but find fault with the master, who has not taught me to labor, but to depend for subsistence on the labor of others. Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst men often give the best advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New York Taxi Rules:1. Driver speaks no English.2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal.3. Driver ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44425]]></link><description><![CDATA[New York Taxi Rules:1. Driver speaks no English.2. Driver just got here two days ago from someplace like Segal.3. Driver hates you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing's more dull and negligent Than an old, lazy government,  That knows no interest of state,   But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing's more dull and negligent Than an old, lazy government,  That knows no interest of state,   But such as serves a present strait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't play that convincingly, but they were there when it counted. By comparison, we looked inexperienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40186]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't play that convincingly, but they were there when it counted. By comparison, we looked inexperienced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34409]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to the dark place where it leads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more products expected this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40134]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more products expected this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm concerned about the vast number of new deals that are on the table right now when you consider the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm concerned about the vast number of new deals that are on the table right now when you consider the rapidly changing debt market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to the town of New Haven, The home of the truth and the light,  Where God speaks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to the town of New Haven, The home of the truth and the light,  Where God speaks to Jones,   In the very same tones,    That he uses with Hadley and Dwight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a great release for us. It is really a break from [our] norm, and will gauge what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42559]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a great release for us. It is really a break from [our] norm, and will gauge what we do with this genre. Initial numbers out the door have been very positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19035]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishment - there are consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9844]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there are neither rewards nor punishment - there are consequences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day you waste is one you can never make up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day you waste is one you can never make up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been chasing the Bulldogs all year long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30880]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been chasing the Bulldogs all year long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is desperately bas luck for a player who was in form. I feel he would have made the England ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30671]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is desperately bas luck for a player who was in form. I feel he would have made the England twenty-two, if not the starting XV.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to put a ding in the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to put a ding in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's soul is pierced as it were with holes, and as his longings flow through each they are transmuted into something specific.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52290</guid></item></channel></rss>