<?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[I felt like we tried to give it away. We didn't play our best. I told the girls after the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like we tried to give it away. We didn't play our best. I told the girls after the game that good teams win even when they don't play their best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but there's still some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36837]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are taking some comfort in results and a feeling that the economy is getting better, but there's still some caution. We need to see more evidence of a sustainable recovery. We need companies to start seeing profits more through top-line growth than just cost-cutting measures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media: 99,99% of what happens is not on the news ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Media: 99,99% of what happens is not on the news]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs-- That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,  That meat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20161]]></link><description><![CDATA[They said they were anhungry; sighed forth proverbs-- That hunger broke stone walls, that dogs must eat,  That meat was made for mouths, that the gods sent not   Corn for the rich men only. With these shreds    They vented their complainings, which being answered     And a petition granted them, a strange one,      To break the heart of generosity,       And make bold power look pale, they threw their caps        As they would hang them on the horns o' th' moon,         Shouting their emulation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just pulled up two of my boats out of the water. The gas stations are full. People are filling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just pulled up two of my boats out of the water. The gas stations are full. People are filling their tanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hare and the TortoiseA hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Hare and the TortoiseA hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a race. The Hare, believing her assertion to be simply impossible, assented to the proposal; and they agreed that the Fox should choose the course and fix the goal. On the day appointed for the race the two started together. The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course. The Hare, lying down by the wayside, fell fast asleep. At last waking up, and moving as fast as he could, he saw the Tortoise had reached the goal, and was comfortably dozing after her fatigue. Slow but steady wins the race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much better to do one's own work even if you have to do it imperfectlythan it is to do somebody elses work perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expensive, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28206]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expensive, because you're not creating as many lifetime criminals and you're helping more kids to become successful members of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have granted you much that you asked: and yet you never cease to ask of me. He who refuses nothing, Atticilla, will soon have nothing to refuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Fern is tucked and set, 'Neath coverlet,  Downy and soft and warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every Fern is tucked and set, 'Neath coverlet,  Downy and soft and warm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.   - Gen. Thomas Harrison, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54978]]></link><description><![CDATA[As witnesses that the things were not done in a corner.   - Gen. Thomas Harrison,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31377]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They can anticipate demand a lot better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13479]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be able to be caught up into the world of thought that is being educated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;  And they'll opine they feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is an ague, that forsakes And haunts, by fits, those whom it takes;  And they'll opine they feel the pain   And blows they felt, to-day, again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate can bring two people together...but fate can also pull them apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is the best precept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is the best precept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were to rise early every morning, as an instance of self-denial, as a method of renouncing indulgence, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7180]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were to rise early every morning, as an instance of self-denial, as a method of renouncing indulgence, as a means of redeeming your time, and fitting your spirit for prayer, you would find mighty advantages from it. This method, though it seem such a small circumstance of life, would in all probability be a means of great piety. It would keep it constantly in your head, that softness and idleness were to be avoided, that self-denial was a part of Christianity... It would teach you to exercise power over yourself, and make you able by degrees to renounce other pleasures and tempers that war against the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what we want most for what we want in the moment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerful at morn he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't tell you overall how we stand. Based on the information we receive, we'll build contingency plans off that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38967]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you overall how we stand. Based on the information we receive, we'll build contingency plans off that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47756]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,  Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19966]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14407]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tread in the footsteps of illustrious men . . . in receiving from the people the sacred trust confided to my illustrious predecessor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning . . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will not pull any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29609]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's exceedingly intelligent, very sharp, and he's got a great deal of humanity. I'm sure he will not pull any punches. He'll express good taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What exile from himself can flee? To zones, though more and more remote,  Still, still pursues, where'er I be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59203]]></link><description><![CDATA[What exile from himself can flee? To zones, though more and more remote,  Still, still pursues, where'er I be,   The blight of life--the demon Thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/713]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people are like each other they tend to like each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21400]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are like each other they tend to like each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A harmless necessary cat. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55600]]></link><description><![CDATA[A harmless necessary cat. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in social processes, as in economic processes, it is not only impossible to attain perfection but irrational to seek perfection- or even to seek the "best possible" result in each separate instance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh  That filters through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43436]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rustle of the leaves in summer's hush When wandering breezes touch them, and the sigh  That filters through the forest, or the gush   That swells and sinks amid the branches high,--    'Tis all the music of the wind, and we     Let fancy float on the aeolian breath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new LCD projector rounds out the Mitsubishi product line and offers our dealers more choices for their installations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35048]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new LCD projector rounds out the Mitsubishi product line and offers our dealers more choices for their installations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63618]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54256]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongues, at our peril, risk and hazard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no problem having money in the bank. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no problem having money in the bank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65758]]></link><description><![CDATA[One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27010]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27010</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[Poison is drunk out of gold. [Lat., Venenum in auro bibitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poison is drunk out of gold. [Lat., Venenum in auro bibitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16558]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16311]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16311</guid></item></channel></rss>