<?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 good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every tub must stand upon its bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every tub must stand upon its bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make a ragout, first catch your hare. [Fr., Poure faire un civet, prenez un lievre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10130]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make a ragout, first catch your hare. [Fr., Poure faire un civet, prenez un lievre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.  O, that that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay, Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.  O, that that earth which kept the world in awe   Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy. [Lat., Ars prima regni posse te invidiam pati.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60022]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the mind is in a state of uncertainty the smallest impulse directs it to either side. [Lat., Dum in dubio est animus, paulo momento huc illuc impellitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget injuries; never forget kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget injuries; never forget kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go to Jericho. Let them all go to Jericho,  And ne'er be seen againe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to Jericho. Let them all go to Jericho,  And ne'er be seen againe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23952]]></link><description><![CDATA[The workers asked only for bread and a shortening of the long hours of toil. The agitators gave them visions. The police gave them clubs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God the first garden made, and the first city Cain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48926]]></link><description><![CDATA[God the first garden made, and the first city Cain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47792]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52013]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's history being made. More than that, I don't think you can send 140,000 soldiers out there, young guys from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37213]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's history being made. More than that, I don't think you can send 140,000 soldiers out there, young guys from Kansas and Alabama and all over the place, and not take some of the same risks that you're asking them to take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all just monkeys in business suits running around pretending to be executives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19976]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all just monkeys in business suits running around pretending to be executives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60083]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to understand precisely what the state hopes to achieve by promoting the creation and perpetuation of a subclass of illiterates within our boundaries, surely adding to the problems and costs of unemployment, welfare and crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs,   The title is affeered!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5994]]></link><description><![CDATA[things without defense: insects, kittens, small boys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I can raise no money by vile means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64573]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I can raise no money by vile means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel in every smile a chain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel in every smile a chain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That just gives [Jamestown] confidence. That's a big part of what's going on. This team, three games ago, had 20 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32144]]></link><description><![CDATA[That just gives [Jamestown] confidence. That's a big part of what's going on. This team, three games ago, had 20 hits against the University of Mary, so it's capable of doing it. Right now our confidence is just lacking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great fight. It was a hard win for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29052]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great fight. It was a hard win for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64834</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[You tell a tale to a dead man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51763]]></link><description><![CDATA[You tell a tale to a dead man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I applaud (NWA Head Start). They hired somebody bilingual it's a tremendous need in the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31265]]></link><description><![CDATA[I applaud (NWA Head Start). They hired somebody bilingual it's a tremendous need in the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40208]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inquiry committee has ripped away the curtain, and shone a harsh light into the most unsightly corners of the organization,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude is treason to mankind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude is treason to mankind]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of bravery is not cowardice but conformity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body is shaped, disciplined, honored, and in time, trusted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43989]]></link><description><![CDATA[O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free,  Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam,   Survey our empire, and behold our home!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They certainly give very strange names to diseases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43662]]></link><description><![CDATA[They certainly give very strange names to diseases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53623]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow the teachings of the new, he would be insane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Successful villany is called virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Successful villany is called virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really a focal point for us that our scores are going up -- we're closing that gap, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36888]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really a focal point for us that our scores are going up -- we're closing that gap,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose,  Working so grossly in a natural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose,  Working so grossly in a natural cause   That admiration did not whoop at them;    But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in     Wonder to wait on treason and on murder;      And whatsoever cunning fiend it was       That wrought upon thee so preposterously        Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once during Prohibition I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Collective judgement of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Collective judgement of new ideas is so often wrong that it is arguable that progress depends on individuals being free to back their own judgement despite collective disapproval.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an awesome piece of equipment, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33660]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an awesome piece of equipment,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And think of the appeal Christ made to men and women! He had many, but His favourite was to their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7449]]></link><description><![CDATA[And think of the appeal Christ made to men and women! He had many, but His favourite was to their chivalry and valour. Often He underlines the difficulties of discipleship, warns us what it will cost, that it means risk and loss and sacrifice, and pulling hard against fierce currents; and then He turns and looks at us, with that honouring trust of His in us that sets the blood tingling and makes the cheeks flush with pride. That, He says quietly, is why I am so sure that you will come: you are too big to keep out of it! And, indeed, in His own day, it was only daring and adventurous spirits who would risk declaring for Him, as it is only daring and adventurous spirits still who have the pluck to try to follow so original and unpopular a Master in the real living-out of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Appreciate what you have before it becomes what you had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Appreciate what you have before it becomes what you had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63000</guid></item></channel></rss>