<?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[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62390]]></link><description><![CDATA[You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39006]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where else are they going to go? This is the place that's open to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where else are they going to go? This is the place that's open to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel personally very compromised. Wouldn't it be wonderful for Merced County to become this one oasis in an overdeveloped ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35833]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel personally very compromised. Wouldn't it be wonderful for Merced County to become this one oasis in an overdeveloped region?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not once or twice in our rough island story, The path of duty was the way to glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep in the chaotic regime, slight changes in structure almost always cause vast changes in behavior. Complex controllable behavior seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep in the chaotic regime, slight changes in structure almost always cause vast changes in behavior. Complex controllable behavior seems precluded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., Justitia nihil exprimit praemii, nihil pretii: per se igitur expetitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60632]]></link><description><![CDATA[This war in Vietnam is, I believe, a war for civilization. Certainly it is not a war of our seeking. It is a war thrust upon us and we cannot yield to tyranny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19927]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical music is the kind we keep thinking will turn into a tune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thee is a skeleton on every house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thee is a skeleton on every house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothe with life the weak intent, let me be the thing I meant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14019]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am Envy. I cannot read and therefore wish all books burned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19478]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I court not the votes of the fickle mob. [Lat., Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I court not the votes of the fickle mob. [Lat., Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bring your own boots, work gloves and dress for cold weather. It is going to get dirty out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bring your own boots, work gloves and dress for cold weather. It is going to get dirty out there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think occasionally of the suffering of which you spare yourself the sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52883]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes questions are more important than answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes questions are more important than answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though old and wise, yet still advise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though old and wise, yet still advise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyson Foods is currently experiencing extremely difficult industry dynamics in two of its largest businesses, poultry and beef. This has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyson Foods is currently experiencing extremely difficult industry dynamics in two of its largest businesses, poultry and beef. This has severely pressured sales and profit margins and has caused Tyson Foods' credit ratings to deteriorate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59969]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been pushing instant messaging because it allows instant communication between people who are not necessarily available by other means, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39034]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been pushing instant messaging because it allows instant communication between people who are not necessarily available by other means,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,  This many summers in a sea of glory, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,  This many summers in a sea of glory,   But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride    At length broke under me, and now has left me,     Weary and old with service, to the mercy      Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A traveler to distant places should make no enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59578]]></link><description><![CDATA[A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best mirrour is an old friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49800]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best mirrour is an old friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to persevere is often the difference between failure and success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45847]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a young girl, the owner's daughter, doing what family wants her to do, and an immigrant trying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29720]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a young girl, the owner's daughter, doing what family wants her to do, and an immigrant trying to save up to bring the rest of his family over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness within darkness. The gateway to all understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can play with anybody in the country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29184]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can play with anybody in the country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The four seniors really organized things. I've seen it occasionally, but usually not everybody. For all seven of them to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The four seniors really organized things. I've seen it occasionally, but usually not everybody. For all seven of them to show up in great shape, that's a really big plus for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is an expensive luxury in which only men of a certain income can indulge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We honestly did not think the win would come so easily after the way they batted and reached 155 for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41969]]></link><description><![CDATA[We honestly did not think the win would come so easily after the way they batted and reached 155 for two after lunch on the first day. Then, one bad shot changed everything and allowed us to come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19743]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human enough hope to make you happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire of glory is the torch of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real important part of returns isn't taking a number off a W-2 form and putting it in Box No. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real important part of returns isn't taking a number off a W-2 form and putting it in Box No. 1, ... The real value is what's retained within the CPA firm -- the tax planning and the review.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41731</guid></item></channel></rss>