<?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[Born To Be Alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born To Be Alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I certainly do get at the end of my rope at times. We all do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24266]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every street has two sides, the shady side and the sunny. When two men shake hands and part, mark which of the two takes the sunny side; he will be the younger man of the two.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from first impressions. If your instincts tell you you're going to have a hard time working with someone, pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rise of every man he loved to trace, Up to the very pod O!  And, in baboons, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14343]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rise of every man he loved to trace, Up to the very pod O!  And, in baboons, our parent race   Was found by old Monboddo.    Their A, B, C, he made them speak,     And learn their qui, quae, quod, O!      Till Hebrew, Latin, Welsh, and Greek       They knew as well's Monboddo!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59136]]></link><description><![CDATA[A plague upon it when thieves cannot be true one to another!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This dynamic week celebrates small business owners' accomplishments, but also encourages these winners to continue their growth. You embody self-reliance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28543]]></link><description><![CDATA[This dynamic week celebrates small business owners' accomplishments, but also encourages these winners to continue their growth. You embody self-reliance, perseverance, hard work and optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thick skin is a gift from God ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40231]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thick skin is a gift from God]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you truly give up trying to be whole throughothers, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21781]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you truly give up trying to be whole throughothers, you end up receiving what you always wanted from others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40349]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do all the appropriating. They do not do any of it down at the White House. They send a budget up here, and we don't have to pay any attention it to at all. We do what we want to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now no mystery that some quite influential ‘philosophers’ were ‘mentally’ ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to being shot at and missed, nothing is quite as satisfying as an income tax refund.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who ne'er knew salt, or heard the billows roar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52697]]></link><description><![CDATA[A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,  Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;   And this our life, exempt from human haunt,    Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,     Sermons in stones, and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every theory of love, from Plato down teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/885]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out and out, to man or woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else, if they are able-bodied and can work and earn what they need, when there is anything on earth for them to do. This is my principle and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23295]]></link><description><![CDATA[I defended him [John McCain] in those hearings when some stupid-ass right-wing idiot accused him of being the Manchurian Candidate, that somehow the Vietnamese had brainwashed him. This is the most unbelievably callous, degrading, nonsensical piece of crap I've ever heard in my life, coming from some chicken hawk out there, to hurl at somebody who spent as long as he did being tortured and standing up for his country, and caring about it as much as he did. It's incredible that people would behave like that, absolutely stunning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31376]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire supply chain. Short lead times reduce cost. It's real simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11035]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the dancing has begun now, And the dancers whirl round gaily  In the waltz's giddy mazes,   And the ground beneath them trembles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who pleases one against his will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who pleases one against his will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46017]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what made that in glory shine so long But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the economy, stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15979]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the economy, stupid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the fools out of this world and there wouldn't be any fun living in it, or profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can believe anything provided it is incredible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealist: a cynic in the making. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealist: a cynic in the making.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool me no fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool me no fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him. [Lat., Nemini fidas, nisi cum quo prius multos modios salis absumpseris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["And a bird-cage, sir," said Sam. "Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48261]]></link><description><![CDATA["And a bird-cage, sir," said Sam. "Veels vithin veels, a prison in a prison."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally, employees who file complaints of discrimination do so as a last resort.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45939]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28506]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chance of it turning north to Louisiana is getting slimmer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28006]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem is never finished, only abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56066]]></link><description><![CDATA[All lovers swear more performance than they are able, and yet reserve an ability that they never perform; vowing more than the perfection of ten, and discharging less than the tenth part of one. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it and leave it there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62958]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you truly love someone you don't judge them by their past, you accept it and leave it there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really into those shows. But the more I learn in class, the more I'm interested in the real thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37561]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really into those shows. But the more I learn in class, the more I'm interested in the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45829]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,  And it gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58482]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray your Highness mark this curious herb: Touch it but lightly, stroke it softly, Sir,  And it gives forth an odor sweet and rare;   But crush it harshly and you'll make a scent    Most disagreeable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as justice-- in or out of court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23661]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as justice-- in or out of court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23661</guid></item></channel></rss>