<?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[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10078]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the days dwindle down To a precious few, September, November - And these few precious days I'd spend with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42310]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the days dwindle down To a precious few, September, November - And these few precious days I'd spend with you, These golden days I'd spend with you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears,  With nodding arches, broken temples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54410]]></link><description><![CDATA[See the wild Waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears,  With nodding arches, broken temples spread!   The very Tombs now vanish'd like their dead!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming?  Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight   O'er the ramplarts we watched were so gallantly streaming?    And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,     Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.      Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave       O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the worst feeling in the world to lose at home. We set high goals, and we're no longer in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37398]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the worst feeling in the world to lose at home. We set high goals, and we're no longer in the driver's seat anymore. But we can go out there and perform our best next weekend. It feels terrible, and I hope we don't feel like this again for the rest of the season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law is no explanation of anything; law is simply a generalization, a category of facts. Law is neither a cause, nor a reason, nor a power, nor a coercive force. It is nothing but a general formula, a statistical table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More light! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27980]]></link><description><![CDATA[More light!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public works subcommittee discussed using the sidewalk fund moneys for Echo Lake and connect those pieces of existing sidewalk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public works subcommittee discussed using the sidewalk fund moneys for Echo Lake and connect those pieces of existing sidewalk as best we can, ... We thought we'd put it on the table, to free up Mr. Polletta to put the path around the lake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2119]]></link><description><![CDATA[For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54731]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no satisfaction in any good without a companion. [Lat., Nullius boni sine sociis jucunda possessio est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/306]]></link><description><![CDATA[By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the most exciting match of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42149]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the most exciting match of the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of business out there, but if you haven't got the right (capability) levels in the right places, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42584]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of business out there, but if you haven't got the right (capability) levels in the right places, then you can't take it on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's going to have to eventually. But he's doing awesome, whichever way he goes, he's going to make some noise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28355]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's going to have to eventually. But he's doing awesome, whichever way he goes, he's going to make some noise at state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34212]]></link><description><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read my lips. No new taxes! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read my lips. No new taxes!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,  In books and love the mind one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow,  In books and love the mind one end pursues,   And only change the expiring flames renews.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And sleep in dull cold marble. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56044]]></link><description><![CDATA[And sleep in dull cold marble. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62239]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we suppose a sufficient righteousness and intelligence in men to produce presently, from the tremendous lessons of history, an effective will for a world peace--that is to say, an effective will for a world law under a world government--for in no other fashion is a secure world peace conceivable--in what manner may we expect things to move towards this end? . . . It is an educational task, and its very essence is to bring to the minds of all men everywhere, as a necessary basis for world cooperation, a new telling and interpretation, a common interpretation, of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43090]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ethical person ought to do more than he's required to do and less than he's allowed to do]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a lot of success; I've had failures, so I learn from the failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am really excited about my opportunity here. There's a lot of tradition at Hastings. In the past few years, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36038]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am really excited about my opportunity here. There's a lot of tradition at Hastings. In the past few years, the program hasn't been as successful as it was in the past, so I'm looking forward to moving forward with the kids. We're all working hard for a common goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63877]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which...90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our "pocket of excellence" is that 75% of [American] students have learned to "critique tactfully?" -Barbara J. Alexander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12792]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27710]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52293]]></link><description><![CDATA[The uncompromising attitude is more indicative of an inner uncertainty than a deep conviction. The implacable stand is directed more against the doubt within than the assailant without.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34925]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a result of this, people are calling for one or two more Fed moves. The dollar is going to be a little bid on this one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rob Helb served as an Army Air Corps gunner and lost an arm over the oil fields of Turkey. After crashing, he asked a crew member to retrieve his bloodied and severed arm so he could remove from its wrist the gold watch his father had given him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54062]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an enormous number of managers who have retired on the job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens--and then everybody disagrees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52115]]></link><description><![CDATA[We envy those whose possessions or achievements are a reflection on our own. They are our neighbors and equals. It is they, above all who make plain the nature of our failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235]]></link><description><![CDATA[However great the dish that holds the turbot, the turbot is still greater than the dish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32109]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were beating us to the ball on the floor. We had one rebound in the first quarter, four by halftime and 12 turnovers (by halftime). You can't win ballgames like that. They deserved to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell,  Soft eyes look'd love to eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell,  Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again,   And all went merry as a marriage bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the coming five years, there'll be activity in the luxury world and we'll be there, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30092]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the coming five years, there'll be activity in the luxury world and we'll be there,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So honour peereth in the meanest habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51487]]></link><description><![CDATA[So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No book was ever written down by any but itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53878]]></link><description><![CDATA[No book was ever written down by any but itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's OK. We don't worry about rankings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38922]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's OK. We don't worry about rankings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually, towns act when there's a crisis. And sometimes good planning decisions can arise - there's that hope here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually, towns act when there's a crisis. And sometimes good planning decisions can arise - there's that hope here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34558</guid></item></channel></rss>