<?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[Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50863]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who bravely endures evils, in time reaps the reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend should bear a friend's infirmities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51291]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend should bear a friend's infirmities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that heweth over high, Some chip falleth in his eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48599]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that heweth over high, Some chip falleth in his eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66081]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24545]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man in this world without learning is as a beast of the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simplewe couldn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22468]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simplewe couldn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real problem, then, is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of action today to ensure our strength tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eyes are the mirror of the soul ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14809]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eyes are the mirror of the soul]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58454]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan murmurs sweet strains with a flattering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections of pleasure and sympathy.   - Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30570]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying our dues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37922]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were about 10 points they scored in a row because we weren't where we needed to be defensively. Consequently, you get fouled calls that way, and it's pretty easy to score when you're standing there at the free throw line with nobody guarding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, definitely. That team, like this one, was a lot of interchangeable parts, getting up and down the floor, playing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, definitely. That team, like this one, was a lot of interchangeable parts, getting up and down the floor, playing tenacious defense, predicated on great guard play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66197]]></link><description><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the family's knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28221]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are too many people in the world who are claiming they are defending the president without the family's knowledge and we don't know who authorized them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48225]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is glorified institutionalized street crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begone about your business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begone about your business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which, if it were available in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which, if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For smiles from reason flow To brute deny'd, and are of love the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56682]]></link><description><![CDATA[For smiles from reason flow To brute deny'd, and are of love the food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is not to give the other person peace. Forgiveness is for you. Take that opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That daffed the world aside, And bid it pass. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55888]]></link><description><![CDATA[That daffed the world aside, And bid it pass. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24806]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many plays-certainly mine-are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Africa is destined to anarchy. It is turning into 36 Haitis, with 36 Duvaliers, full of Cadillacs, beggars and snarling dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. •Hyman Rickover   A prisoner of war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war. •Hyman Rickover   A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him. •Sir Winston Churchill  The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25845]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dreams and in love there are no impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Sick LionA lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sick LionA lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, resolved to do so by artifice. He returned to his den, and lying down there, pretended to be sick, taking care that his sickness should be publicly known. The beasts expressed their sorrow, and came one by one to his den, where the Lion devoured them. After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting himself to the Lion, stood on the outside of the cave, at a respectful distance, and asked him how he was. I am very middling, replied the Lion, but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me. No, thank you, said the Fox. I notice that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any returning. He is wise who is warned by the misfortunes of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have all the faith in the world in Steve Wynn, ... But a possible downside is the sky-high expectations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have all the faith in the world in Steve Wynn, ... But a possible downside is the sky-high expectations that the company has to live up to. I'd be interested if the stock pulls back and will watch it closely over the next few quarters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mythology: the body of a primitive people's beliefs, concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deitits and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19388</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[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, and Patience, and death with repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cynicism is intellectual treason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynicism is intellectual treason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capital of the orator is in the bank of the highest sentimentalities and the purest enthusiasms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Strickland) has more money than the other candidates. He's an excellent campaigner. Barring any unexpected event, he'll be impossible to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32213]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Strickland) has more money than the other candidates. He's an excellent campaigner. Barring any unexpected event, he'll be impossible to catch. I think Ted can win in November.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32213</guid></item></channel></rss>