<?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[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52062]]></link><description><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very difficult to root out. When summarized in a few neat words or phrases, these gems of wisdom become substitutes for thought, and gradually take on much of the status of revealed truth. Occasionally, some iconoclast sees fit to challenge one of them, and a brief flurry ensues, after which things go on about as before. It is easy to think of plenty of ideas that are passing, if they have not already passed, beyond the stage of effective discussion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hidden knowledge differs little from ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6098]]></link><description><![CDATA[The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think onecustomer at a time and take care of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think onecustomer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61582]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many of our DREAMS at first seem Impossible, then they seem Improbable, and then when we Summon the Will, they soon become Inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am delighted that we have found money for the refurbishment of many of our leisure facilities, including Wyndley Swimming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38470]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am delighted that we have found money for the refurbishment of many of our leisure facilities, including Wyndley Swimming Pool, one of the busiest in the region.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose. [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose. [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j'ai vecu pres d'elle.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is grace under pressure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is grace under pressure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although Constellation's been a good performer every year, it hasn't been off the charts. There haven't been scary triple-digit returns, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although Constellation's been a good performer every year, it hasn't been off the charts. There haven't been scary triple-digit returns,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011]]></link><description><![CDATA[When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step towards philosophy is incredulity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step towards philosophy is incredulity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61537]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wickedness is but little to the wickedness of a woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64486]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have courage for whatever comes in life - everything lies in that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the most brutal thing I have ever seen there was a stream of blood going down the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36949]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the most brutal thing I have ever seen there was a stream of blood going down the street.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last infirmity of noble mind)  To scorn delights, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last infirmity of noble mind)  To scorn delights, and live laborious days;   But the fair guerdon when we hope to find,    And think to burst out into sudden blaze,     Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears,      And slits the thin-spun life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17943]]></link><description><![CDATA[That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15548]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who cannot give anything away cannot feel anything either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40092]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no foods which are completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you make your bed, so you must lie in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47235]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was me being selfish and just going around thinking everything should go my way. I was thinking about transferring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35668]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was me being selfish and just going around thinking everything should go my way. I was thinking about transferring and didn't know where I was going to go, but after I sat back and talked to some people I trusted and loved, I found out that wasn't the right thing to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for anger is delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for anger is delay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is alright to be disappointed, but a winner can never allow himself to be discouraged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57637]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is alright to be disappointed, but a winner can never allow himself to be discouraged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of money grows as money grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of money grows as money grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50450]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who meditates a crime secretly within himself has all the guilt of the act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As winds come whispering lightly from the West, Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61638]]></link><description><![CDATA[As winds come whispering lightly from the West, Kissing, not ruffling, the blue deep's serene.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased to enter into the agreement with Nekoosa Coated Products, a company with a well-earned reputation in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29234]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased to enter into the agreement with Nekoosa Coated Products, a company with a well-earned reputation in the industry. Also, the sale advances Nashua's strategy to exit non-strategic and mature businesses and focus on growth opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As ourselves your empires fall, And every kingdom hath a grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54467]]></link><description><![CDATA[As ourselves your empires fall, And every kingdom hath a grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.   - Charles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20036]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher a man is in grace, the lower he will be in his own esteem.   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45638]]></link><description><![CDATA[From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our special teams tonight were the difference. Five-on-five, I think we were the better team. It's a tough loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our special teams tonight were the difference. Five-on-five, I think we were the better team. It's a tough loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may wear your virtues as a crown, As you walk through life serenely,  And grace your simple rustic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10984]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may wear your virtues as a crown, As you walk through life serenely,  And grace your simple rustic gown   With a beauty more than queenly.    Though only one for you shall care,     One only speak your praises;      And you never wear in your shining hair,       A richer flower than daisies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5334]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are worthy of its affection, a cat will be your friend but never your slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole (global warming) thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole (global warming) thing is created to destroy America's free enterprise system and our economic stability]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round.  Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in Nature's sober found, But an eternal Health goes round.  Fill up the Bowl then, fill it high--   Fill all the Glasses there; for why    Should every Creature Drink but I?     Why, Man of Morals, tell me why?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28752]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memorial Service: Farewell party for someone who already left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be doing as much as we can on a case. Every case should be an investigation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28646]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be doing as much as we can on a case. Every case should be an investigation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief, He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59139]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief, He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing that costs only a dollar is not worth having]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Putting a computer in front of a child and expecting it to teach him is like putting a book under his pillow, only more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9598</guid></item></channel></rss>