<?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[Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You can have a free society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't stable. Stability is unnatural. The only stable society is the police state. You can have a free society or you can have a stable society. You can't have both. Take your choice. As for me, I'll choose a free, organic society over a rigid, artificial society any day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ship of heaven guides itself and will not accept a wooden rudder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought;  Souls to souls can never teach   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought;  Souls to souls can never teach   What unto themselves was taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be retaught when the students become teachers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you\'re selling, storage or networking or security, you\'re going head to head with the incumbent players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you\'re selling, storage or networking or security, you\'re going head to head with the incumbent players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damage similar to that caused by Ivan will push oil prices above $75. It took more than six months to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damage similar to that caused by Ivan will push oil prices above $75. It took more than six months to restore production after Hurricane Ivan. Crude oil prices increased by more than $10 within a month.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of humor has other things to do than to make itself conspicuous in the act of laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64865]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could there be any question of acquiring or possessing, when the one thing needful for a man is to become - to be at last, and to die in the fullness of his being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die freeis an obligation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22336]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be born free is an accident; To live free a responsibility; To die freeis an obligation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown   Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace through strength – neutrinos through solid matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who asks questions, cannot avoid the answers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! darkness bends down like a mother of grief On the limitless plain, and the fall of her hair  It has mantled a world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill; Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56168]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill; Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them   Unhappy folks on shore, now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[absolute disaster ... I'm hopeful that it will represent the low point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35679]]></link><description><![CDATA[absolute disaster ... I'm hopeful that it will represent the low point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; Theless he spoke the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise old owl lived in an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; Theless he spoke the more he heard: Why can't we all be like that bird.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1146]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In today's competitive marketplace, you can't afford to be humble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33331]]></link><description><![CDATA[In today's competitive marketplace, you can't afford to be humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But she is vanish'd to her shady home Under the deep, inscrutable; and there  Weeps in a midnight made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18591]]></link><description><![CDATA[But she is vanish'd to her shady home Under the deep, inscrutable; and there  Weeps in a midnight made of her own hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12927]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is the right to do as the law permits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is the right to do as the law permits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me another horse: bind up my wounds. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me another horse: bind up my wounds. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4010]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as we were done with it, we were beyond it. We've been dying to write this record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40115]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as we were done with it, we were beyond it. We've been dying to write this record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43107]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something more horrible than hoodlums, churls and vipers, and that is knaves with moral justification for their cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never tried to be uber-sexy, ... I want to age gracefully. At 48 now, I've finally lost my baby fat. I want to look nice and feel attractive. ... I grew my hair out and got it lightened for the simple reason that I'm pretty gray, and this means I don't have to go to the hairdresser as often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are dying from overthinking. We are slowly killing ourselves by thinking about everything. Think. Think. Think. You can never trust the human mind anyway. It's a death trap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only mediocrity of enjoyment is allowed to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks to everyone. ... Otherwise it wouldn't work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence isn't always evil. What's evil is the infatuation with violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3362]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17998]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just tried to talk to her and get her to settle down after that first big jump, because she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just tried to talk to her and get her to settle down after that first big jump, because she was jumping all over the place in celebration afterwards. It's like hitting a home run in baseball. The next time at bat, you swing so hard you can't even see the ball. I wanted her to stay focused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24559]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The Master said, "Is not Reciprocity such a word? What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23082]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop your bucket where you are;  And while the ship right onward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not for fresher founts afar, Just drop your bucket where you are;  And while the ship right onward leaps,   Uplift it from the exhaustless deeps.    Parch not your life with dry despair;     The stream of hope flow everywhere--      So under every sky and star,       Just drop your bucket where you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agribusiness professionals are concerned that there's been a decline in the number of farmers who make purchases based on their long-standing relationships with businesses. Our study shows they are correct and provides insight into how today's farmer makes those decisions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we're trying to do is take a good product and invest in that product, and that product becomes a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35019]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we're trying to do is take a good product and invest in that product, and that product becomes a company and that company hires people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46716]]></link><description><![CDATA[I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love, And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution  Told his soft Tale, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62015]]></link><description><![CDATA[So mourn'd the dame of Ephesus her Love, And thus the Soldier arm'd with Resolution  Told his soft Tale, and was a thriving Wooer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64410]]></link><description><![CDATA[A holy day, after all, is a day for considering everything you otherwise think too little about.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64410</guid></item></channel></rss>