<?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 human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6119]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13719]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the only rating that should matter to her because people are voting with their money, by betting that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39077]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the only rating that should matter to her because people are voting with their money, by betting that the peso will continue to climb because she would pursue her economic reforms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46985]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal misbehaviors using guns as a medical problem! Beam me up, Scotty. Ain't no intelligent life down here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever complains about a speech being too short! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27841]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever complains about a speech being too short!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if it's hatred. I know it's a sickness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38912]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if it's hatred. I know it's a sickness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62628]]></link><description><![CDATA[But zeal moved thee; To please thy gods thou didst it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26334]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  It is further objected that he hath left to us no example ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  It is further objected that he hath left to us no example of that which by many is esteemed the only religious state of life, viz. perfect retirement from the world, for the more devout serving of God and freeing us from the temptations of the world -- such as is that of monks and hermits. This perhaps may seem to some a great oversight and omission. But our Lord in great wisdom thought fit to give us a pattern of a quite different sort of life, which was, not to fly the conversation of men and to live in a monastery or a wilderness, but to do good among men, to live in the world with great freedom and with great innocence. He did indeed sometimes retire himself for the more free and private exercise of devotion, as we ought to do; but he passed his life chiefly in the conversation of men, that they might have all the benefit that was possible of his instruction and example We read that "he was carried into the wilderness to be tempted," but not that he lived there to avoid temptation. He hath given us an example of denying the world without leaving it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41810]]></link><description><![CDATA[A watch is the most important piece of jewelry you can wear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the heart of this all is Andy - was Andy. That's what she loved, helping people one at a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33952]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the heart of this all is Andy - was Andy. That's what she loved, helping people one at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33388]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's up to Gary. He's not some spectacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66433]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? [Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? [Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae  Tempora di superi?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are digging our graves with our teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22100]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are digging our graves with our teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we played bad. They just hit the ball (well).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair ruins some, presumption many.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37702]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are probably extreme cases. More often, structures are calibrated so that assets pay down while a derivative amortizes. Most investors, who do not want their returns squeezed, would insist that the original transactions are modified to contain risks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  They only renounce the world as they ought, who live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  They only renounce the world as they ought, who live in the midst of it without worldly tempers, who comply with their share in the offices of human life without complying with the spirit that reigneth in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consolidation is not a goal in itself and must bring an advantage for investors, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consolidation is not a goal in itself and must bring an advantage for investors,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36755]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to be capable of facing such a number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29091]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to be capable of facing such a number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is my best quality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is my best quality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25914]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action is the foundational key to all success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action is the foundational key to all success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44941]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men do not, in fine, admire or love the same thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   To worship effectively is to enable men to become free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155   To worship effectively is to enable men to become free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings with joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that knowes what may bee gained in a day never steales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50259]]></link><description><![CDATA[How to conduct yourself properly before your superiors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great numbers of Canadians... are determined to join us whenever we appear in the Country with any force to support ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great numbers of Canadians... are determined to join us whenever we appear in the Country with any force to support them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43951]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted they travel about as far as we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that a vessel was willing to come in here in advance of that September 30th date, I think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that a vessel was willing to come in here in advance of that September 30th date, I think is a tremendous tribute to the faith that our customers, our users, and our service providers have in South Mississippi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57547]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12685]]></link><description><![CDATA[No animal should ever jump up on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56313]]></link><description><![CDATA[What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Persons that are well affected to religion, that receive instructions of piety ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6945]]></link><description><![CDATA[THE PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE  Persons that are well affected to religion, that receive instructions of piety with pleasure and satisfaction, often wonder how it comes to pass that they make no greater progress in that religion which they so much admire. Now the reason of it is this: it is because religion lives only in their head, but something else has possession of their heart; and therefore they continue from year to year mere admirers and praisers of piety, without ever coming up to the reality and perfection of its precepts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6945</guid></item></channel></rss>