<?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[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;  It yearns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10464]]></link><description><![CDATA[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;  It yearns me not if me my garments wear;   Such outward things dwell not in my desires:    But if it be a sin to covet honor,     I am the most offending soul alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58195]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17752]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Unknown Friends are the siblings, God never gave us. -Mencius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretches out the heavens like a curtain:  Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:   Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire:    Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54832]]></link><description><![CDATA[How index-learning turns no student pale, Yet holds the eel of science by the tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4761]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we would have made half of those attempts, we would have won by 10. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38853]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would have made half of those attempts, we would have won by 10.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never allow a person to tell you "no" who doesn't have the power to say "yes." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never allow a person to tell you "no" who doesn't have the power to say "yes."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The condition of perfection is idleness: the aim of perfection is youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one of the top fighters at that gym, but Cliff had the endurance. He had a lot of heart and persevered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin makes its own hell, and goodness its own heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10441]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pets are more sensitive to the needs of humansthan vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing somethingthat isn't there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22414]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing somethingthat isn't there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I dont' know whether they were for television ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39351]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was at a luncheon; and some cameras were trained on us. I dont' know whether they were for television or not. You know how little I know about cameras.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the quarter, we maintained our focus on managing costs, increasing revenue in our growth businesses, and improving customer satisfaction, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42520]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the quarter, we maintained our focus on managing costs, increasing revenue in our growth businesses, and improving customer satisfaction,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to good conduct is never too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to good conduct is never too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to see this issue resolved by the end of the month. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to see this issue resolved by the end of the month.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2657]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to deliberate mortifications -- I take it you do feel satisfied that you accept fully those God sends. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7464]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to deliberate mortifications -- I take it you do feel satisfied that you accept fully those God sends. That being so, you might perhaps do one or two little things, as acts of love, and also as discipline. I suggest by preference the mortification of the tongue -- as being very tiresome and quite harmless to the health. Careful guard on all amusing criticisms of others, on all complaints however casual or trivial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better atthe top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21618]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better atthe top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24664]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let the learning from your own experiences take too long. If you have been doing it wrong for the last ten years, I would suggest that's long enough!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require nor are capable of rational foundation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her,  When from every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44898]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something in October sets the gypsy blood astir: We must rise and follow her,  When from every hill of flame   She calls, and calls each vagabond by name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who hesitates is a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19278]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who hesitates is a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The uglier a man's legs are, the better he plays golf. It's almost a law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41249]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the government wants is to close down civil society in this country. And that means they have to close down us, noncommercial NGOs, which remain the last bastion of the Russian civil society not controlled by the government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46257]]></link><description><![CDATA[To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My Friends the Senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living Yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time cools; time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time cools; time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worldly things were of little meaning. She lived for hamburgers, ice cream, pencil and paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worldly things were of little meaning. She lived for hamburgers, ice cream, pencil and paper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is just a system for getting someone to call you darling after sex]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a very inferior farmer when he first begun . . . and he is now fast rising from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1969]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a very inferior farmer when he first begun . . . and he is now fast rising from affluence to poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18021]]></link><description><![CDATA[For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most important for us is a good spiritual relationship between employees and management. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most important for us is a good spiritual relationship between employees and management.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20048]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or to the moon than it is to penetrate one's own being]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57305</guid></item></channel></rss>