<?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[The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6059]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9728]]></link><description><![CDATA["ase by case, we find that conformity is the easy way, and the path to privilege and prestige; dissidence carries personal costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9315]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Joy to the world! the Lord is come!  Let earth receive her King; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr Joy to the world! the Lord is come!  Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare him room,  And heav'n and nature sing. Joy to the earth! the Savior reigns!  Let men their songs employ, While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,  Repeat the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow,  Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make his blessings flow  Far as the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace,  And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness,  And wonders of his love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53201]]></link><description><![CDATA[All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was warmer diving into the pool in Abu Dhabi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was warmer diving into the pool in Abu Dhabi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39566]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we do see the benefits of RFID to managing inventory for retailers, we think the item-level tagging poses a serious issue for consumer privacy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity is the soul of lingerie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity is the soul of lingerie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19074]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever reach heaven I expect to find three wonders there: first, to meet some I had not thought to see there; second, to miss some I had expected to see there; and third, the greatest wonder of all, to find myself there]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[States are great engines moving slowly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17976]]></link><description><![CDATA[States are great engines moving slowly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very happy with the girls -they kept on the attack, ... We lost the third game, and in Game 4, freshman Balee Cox served four consecutive points. That shifted the momentum, gave us back the lead and we finished it out from there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11532]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice au mensonge.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61595]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be a pattern to others, and then all will go well; for as a whole city is affected by the licentious passions and vices of great men, so it is likewise reformed by their moderation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can rat, but it takes a certain amount of ingenuity to re-rat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25874]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For brevity is very good, Where we are, or are not understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57344]]></link><description><![CDATA[For brevity is very good, Where we are, or are not understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue, I grant you, is an empty boast; But shall the dignity of vice be lost?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just try explaining the value of statistical summaries to the widow of the man who drowned crossing a stream with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just try explaining the value of statistical summaries to the widow of the man who drowned crossing a stream with an average depth of four feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64694]]></link><description><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20726]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the Cat that walks by himself, and all places are alike to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm spiritually close to you and pray for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm spiritually close to you and pray for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rascally yea-forsooth knave. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rascally yea-forsooth knave. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll not listen to reason. . . . Reason always means what someone else has got to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown  And glittering eyes that showed their right  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12801]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there my little doves did sit With feathers softly brown  And glittering eyes that showed their right   To general Nature's deep delight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men plant an opinion they seem to erradicate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not divided been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16764]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas sung, how they were lovely in their lives, And in their deaths had not divided been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you move publicly, sometimes privately. Sometimes quietly, sometimes at the top of your voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46814]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings, but whose lips are so strangely formed that when the sighs and the cries escape them, they sound like beautiful music... and then people crowd about the poet and say to him: "Sing for us soon again;" that is as much as to say, "May new sufferings torment your soul.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24292]]></link><description><![CDATA[An appeal is when ye ask wan court to show its contempt for another court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To simplify complications is the first essential of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/996]]></link><description><![CDATA[To simplify complications is the first essential of success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw the bags and I said to myself that somebody is dumping trash here. Then I saw what was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw the bags and I said to myself that somebody is dumping trash here. Then I saw what was inside. I saw the deer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of hopes and cares, of apprehensions and of disquietude, regard every day that dawns upon you as if it was to be your last; then super-added hours, to the enjoyment of which you had not looked forward, will prove an acceptable boon. -Horace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some authors should be paid by the quantity NOT written.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12388]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those who have thoroughly learned the immense importance of plan in life, and the tragic brevity of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24862</guid></item></channel></rss>