<?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[when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12264]]></link><description><![CDATA[when all this started, I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live-or at least try to live-the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all make mistakes but one has to move on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37717]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all make mistakes but one has to move on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53851]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42689]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17731]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52652]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes are an extreme example).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the next two days he will be visited by his family including his grandchildren and daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29830]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the next two days he will be visited by his family including his grandchildren and daughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26793]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quenched in the chaste beams of the wat'ry moon,  And the imperial vot'ress passed on,   In maiden meditation, fancy-free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love him who tells you your faults in private. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love him who tells you your faults in private.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can change anything you want. You just can't change everything youwant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21444]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can change anything you want. You just can't change everything youwant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary person but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't wish to imply that there aren't good things about you or that you're not an extraordinary person but I'd rather let other people enjoy the surprise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the people who are thousands of miles away from you, can make you feel better than people right beside you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22828]]></link><description><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier!   Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque dandis quam accipiundis beneficiis amicitias parabant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16645]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is fraud to accept what you cannot repay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48901]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to hold the asse by the bridle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49563]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18481]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who flees from trial confesses his guilt. [Lat., Fatetur facinus is qui judicum fugit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless  Are scattered at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless  Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat is a school in which truth always grows strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3806]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be beautiful than to be good, but it is better to be good than to be ugly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38826]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my brother and myself, some kind of business. He'd asked the owners of this course to call him if it ever came up for sale, and one day, they called. I had a scholarship offer to Ohio State and my dad said, 'Son, what do you want to do, cut grass or go to school?' I said, what do you want me to do, Dad? He said, 'Well, I can't afford any help.' I said, 'No problem, Dad, I'll help you cut grass.' Looking back, I think I made the right decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52788]]></link><description><![CDATA[To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is free who does not lord over himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1299]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is free who does not lord over himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54000]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a high-heel fetish. I love really beautiful women's shoes. To me, it's not weird. I can take it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a high-heel fetish. I love really beautiful women's shoes. To me, it's not weird. I can take it all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Which is the best government? That which teaches us to govern ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time takes the ugliness and horror out of death and turns it into beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15196]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had thought about it, I wouldn't have done the experiment. The literature was full of examples that said you can't do this. -- Spencer Silver on the work that led to the unique adhesives for 3-M Post-It Notepads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6242]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you face the perils of weariness, carelessness, and confusion, don't pray for an easier life. Pray instead to be a stronger man or woman of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48243]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47480]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wage a war for a purely moral reason is as absurd as to ravish a woman for a purely moral reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had solid, broad-based and, in many businesses, accelerating revenue growth, with revenue in businesses other than home mortgage up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had solid, broad-based and, in many businesses, accelerating revenue growth, with revenue in businesses other than home mortgage up a combined 17 per cent from a year ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8705]]></link><description><![CDATA[By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are dancing on a volcano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are dancing on a volcano.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turay had the big shot and it was nice to get the early lead. That was big because we didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turay had the big shot and it was nice to get the early lead. That was big because we didn't know whether this would be a five-inning game or not (because of the weather).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62549]]></link><description><![CDATA[For age is opportunity no less than youth itself, though in another dress, and as the evening twilight fades away, the sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons,  The length of breeches and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15340]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as the French we conquer'd once, Now give us laws for pantaloons,  The length of breeches and the gathers   Port-cannons, periwigs, and feathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4288]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045</guid></item></channel></rss>