<?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[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the proposals were for marine liability insurance. Which makes sense. Shoreline Cruises Inc. conducts tour boat operations on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42421]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the proposals were for marine liability insurance. Which makes sense. Shoreline Cruises Inc. conducts tour boat operations on a landlocked lake. There is not a whole lot of on-ground stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56295]]></link><description><![CDATA[In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems almost within reach. A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. De Tocqueville in his researches into the state of society in France before the revolution was struck by the discovery that "in no one of the periods which have followed the Revolution of 1789 has the national prosperity of France augmented more rapidly than it did in the twenty years preceding that event." He is forced to conclude that "the French found their position the more intolerable the better it became.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The Lord afflicts us at times; but it is always a thousand times less than we deserve, and much less than many of our fellow-creatures are suffering around us. Let us therefore pray for grace to be humble, thankful, and patient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always let your flattery be seen through for what really flatters a man is that you think him worth flattering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3364]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met with [Robert Furniss, director of Parking and Transportation] last week...and it's a very complicated issue. From the parking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33087]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met with [Robert Furniss, director of Parking and Transportation] last week...and it's a very complicated issue. From the parking department's perspective there aren't the resources available [to keep the service going off-campus].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the animated avatars come out on the market? Yes. Will people buy them? Yes. They're fun and entertaining. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will the animated avatars come out on the market? Yes. Will people buy them? Yes. They're fun and entertaining. But there's a limit to what consumers will spend -- they're already buying games, ring tones, videos, and music. The average cell-phone bill is already around $50. And consumers have shown [a willingness] to spend an extra 5% to 10% a month for data services. But they're not going to spend an unlimited amount for more and more services.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time not spent on love is wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time not spent on love is wasted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that he may live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They live that they may eat, but he himself [Socrates] eats that he may live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the behavior people take under the pressure of survival, ... This is misconstrued as looting, as thievery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30048]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the behavior people take under the pressure of survival, ... This is misconstrued as looting, as thievery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38553]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have begged. They made it obvious to me that if I wanted to come back and be a good boy... but I'd rather be in Roots than Good Times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963 Thanksgiving (U.S.)   One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963 Thanksgiving (U.S.)   One man may be so placed that his anger sheds the blood of thousands, and another so placed that, however angry he gets, he will only be laughed at. But the little mark on the soul may be much the same in both. Each has done something to himself which, unless he repents, will make it harder for him to keep out of the rage the next time he is tempted, and will make the rage worse when he does fall into it. Each of them, if he seriously turns to God, can have that twist in the central man straightened out again: each is, in the long run, doomed if he will not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fed ought to like it [the producer price report], and personally I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fed ought to like it [the producer price report], and personally I'm breathing a huge sigh of relief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63215]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars,  Dream, and so dream all night ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed by the earnest stars,  Dream, and so dream all night without a stir.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the butsyou use today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21486]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only limits to the possibilities in your life tomorrow are the butsyou use today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only one who can beat me is me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66704]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42828]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only the giving that makes you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only the giving that makes you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is nothing but everyday living seen through a veil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applaud friends, the comedy is over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applaud friends, the comedy is over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226   Where there is fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Francis of Assisi, Friar, Deacon, Founder of the Friars Minor, 1226   Where there is fear of God to keep the house, the enemy can find no way to enter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For man is man, and master of his fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51695]]></link><description><![CDATA[For man is man, and master of his fate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any woman could act like a lady, and this behavior was interpreted as being submissive, demure, inhibited...Being a lady in the Western world was like footbinding in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since twelve honest men have decided the cause, And were judges of fact, tho' not judges of laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19084]]></link><description><![CDATA[In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethics is not definable, is not implementable, because it is not conscious; it involves not only our thinking, but also our feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the French for friends, but not for neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48639]]></link><description><![CDATA[A righteous man regardeth the life of this beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great seal of truth is simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great seal of truth is simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12705]]></link><description><![CDATA[God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moche Crye and no Wull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moche Crye and no Wull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're all so busy these days that it's hard for parents to spend time with their kids. This is a way for families to spend time together doing something creative. And when it's done, everybody will have created a memory they can take home with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No brain is stronger than its weakest think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59216]]></link><description><![CDATA[No brain is stronger than its weakest think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47340</guid></item></channel></rss>