<?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[No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the sources of our troubles, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57886]]></link><description><![CDATA[No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the sources of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chicken is the Countries, but the Citie eats it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006]]></link><description><![CDATA[To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of our difficulty as seeking Christians stems from our unwillingness to take God as He is and adjust our lives accordingly. We insist upon trying to modify Him and bring Him nearer to our own image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water.  Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music,   That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5408</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[Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches that a strong memory is generally joined to a weak judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motley 's the only wear. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motley 's the only wear. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were it not for imagination, sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; Adversity is the blessing of the New.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39154]]></link><description><![CDATA[When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that lies with the dogs, riseth with fleas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21627]]></link><description><![CDATA[There comes that mysterious meeting in life when someone acknowledges who we are and what we can be, igniting the circuits of our highest potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am convinced that the majority of people would be generous from selfish motives, if they had the opportunity. - My Summer in a Garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57243]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path of sorrow, and that path alone, Leads to the lands where sorrow is unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government didn't present any case, they just wanted it to appear like they did. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42214]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government didn't present any case, they just wanted it to appear like they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52596]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you live in the river you should make friends with the crocodile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reverse side also has a reverse side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reverse side also has a reverse side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3873]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25612]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of evils one should choose the least. [Lat., Ex malis eligere minima oportere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online campaigning is becoming more commonplace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Online campaigning is becoming more commonplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your company is taken over for stock, I would sell unless I had a great reason. I'd ignore what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40725]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your company is taken over for stock, I would sell unless I had a great reason. I'd ignore what the chief executive officer had to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63266]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem a turned it into an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33333]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only got three dogs and two cats from Louisiana. All have been adopted. The first-hand experience we had with these kitties is that they had been in cages for so long, we recommended the foster person to let them run and play. Both of the cats ran for two days straight. They were so active; they were a ball of energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They come to see and be seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50786]]></link><description><![CDATA[They come to see and be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully, in a year, when we come back to Iowa City, it'll be tough to get in the door because people want to come out and hear us. The goal is to keep building, and that takes time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never dreamed I'd be honored for something that I've enjoyed so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know the assets are there. Now it's just a matter of getting the product to the people, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31042]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know the assets are there. Now it's just a matter of getting the product to the people,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896]]></link><description><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's enough maturity in the offerings from Salesforce.com now that it will open up a market opportunity beyond the early ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35289]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's enough maturity in the offerings from Salesforce.com now that it will open up a market opportunity beyond the early adopters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A favorite has no friend! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1304]]></link><description><![CDATA[A favorite has no friend!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1151]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before the reward there must be labor. You plant before you harvest. You sow in tears before you reap joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59768]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13233]]></link><description><![CDATA[See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13233</guid></item></channel></rss>