<?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[No disrespect to Dean, but we're playing to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32768]]></link><description><![CDATA[No disrespect to Dean, but we're playing to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then on! then on! where duty leads, My course be onward still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then on! then on! where duty leads, My course be onward still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old friend is a new house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49128]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old friend is a new house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek peace, and pursue it. Proverbs 34:14 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek peace, and pursue it. Proverbs 34:14]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20746]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most distressing aspect of the world into which you are going is its indifference to the basic issues, which now, as always, are moral issues]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He only does it to annoy you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50448]]></link><description><![CDATA[He only does it to annoy you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5703]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our true nationality is mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our true nationality is mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13459]]></link><description><![CDATA[In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gave it serious consideration; he had a number of conversations with his family. He is not going to run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30037]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gave it serious consideration; he had a number of conversations with his family. He is not going to run for governor next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39652]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's our company's duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's notexcellent, it won't be profitable or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21431]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's notexcellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in businessfor fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What bird so sings, yet does so wail? O, 'tis the ravish'd nightingale--  Jug, jug, jug, jug--tereu, she cries, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44551]]></link><description><![CDATA[What bird so sings, yet does so wail? O, 'tis the ravish'd nightingale--  Jug, jug, jug, jug--tereu, she cries,   And still her woes at midnight rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age considers; youth ventures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age considers; youth ventures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every why hath a wherefore. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16162]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes think that we hate flattery, but we only hate the manner in which it is done. [Fr., On croit quelquefoir hair la flatterie; maid on ne hait que a maniere de flatter.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4903]]></link><description><![CDATA[But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. Stooping by the coffinlid waiting for something to rise as the something's always did. ImagineHis surprise, bellowing above the general noise, "Where is Effie? Shewas dead." Back to God in a tiny voice: "My name's Maybe."The first crumb said. The number two crumb picked up the song."Might, I'm called. I've done no wrong." Cried the third crumb,"I am Should. Here's our little brother Could and my big sisterWould. Don't punish us for we've been good." And the last crumb, withsome shame, whispered unto God, "My name is Must and with the others,we've been Effie, who isn't alive and never was. Cross the threshold haveno dread. Lift the sheet back in this way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fewer words the better prayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fewer words the better prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62855]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past is where you learned the lesson... the future is where u apply the lesson. Don't give up in the middle!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out-because that'swhat's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21607]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out-because that'swhat's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25474]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul, and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the mind is past hope, the heart is past shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of a lecturer--to hand you after an hour's discourse a nugget of pure truth to wrap up between the pages of your notebooks and keep on the mantlepiece forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasts of it, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasts of it, is a devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions--it only guarantees equality of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59035]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can throw away the privilege of acting, but that would be such a shame. The tribe has elected you to tell its story. You are the shaman/healer, that's what the storyteller is, and I think it's important for actors to appreciate that. Too often actors think it's all about them, when in reality it's all about the audience being able to recognize themselves in you. The more you pull away from the public, the less power you have on screen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18824]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 2001, our overseas sales overtook domestic sales. Today, they account for 53 percent of our total. I think this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39654]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 2001, our overseas sales overtook domestic sales. Today, they account for 53 percent of our total. I think this tendency will continue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The guilty catch themselves ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The guilty catch themselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read the past by the light of the present, and the forms vary as the shadows fall, or as the point of vision alters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off to her bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Off to her bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a different format. Classes are open and inviting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32307]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a different format. Classes are open and inviting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66697]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47473]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30974]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a shortage of money -- that's just an excuse. It's just a sloppy system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51727]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have but fed on the roses, and lain in the lilies of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64596]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Models work when they are appropriate for the particular circumstance, but some of the best investment judgments over time have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Models work when they are appropriate for the particular circumstance, but some of the best investment judgments over time have come when people recognized that models derived in other periods were broken or not directly relevant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23029</guid></item></channel></rss>