<?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 put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64926]]></link><description><![CDATA[I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love askes faith, and faith firmenesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If practice makes perfect, and no one's perfect, then why practice?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use your weaknesses; aspire to the strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since there's no help, come let us kiss and part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27158]]></link><description><![CDATA[He followed in his father's footsteps, but his gait was somewhat erratic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! the girl I adore by another embraced? What! the balm of her breath shall another man taste?  What! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11031]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! the girl I adore by another embraced? What! the balm of her breath shall another man taste?  What! pressed in the dance by another's man's knee?   What! panting recline on another than me?    Sir, she's yours; you have pressed from the grape its fine blue,     From the rosebud you've shaken the tremulous dew;      What you've touched you may take. Pretty waltzer--adieu!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use what talent you possess-the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17972]]></link><description><![CDATA[The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tragedy for the people of Nepal that full-scale armed conflict may now resume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior natures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes foreducation is not education at all but ritual. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22477]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes foreducation is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we arebeing educated when we know it least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. -Much Ado ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the perfectest herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49412]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47575]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of the future causes us to lean against and cling to the present, while faith in the future renders us receptive to change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The war is just there to get Dad off stage, ... 'Little Women' is not about war, it's not about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41680]]></link><description><![CDATA[The war is just there to get Dad off stage, ... 'Little Women' is not about war, it's not about poverty, it's not about a woman struggling to become a writer in a world dominated by men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has been some disappointment over hedge-fund performance in general, but investors are still after that upside potential - a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40728]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has been some disappointment over hedge-fund performance in general, but investors are still after that upside potential - a star manager to hit a home run for them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good pay-master starts not at assurances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49030]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good pay-master starts not at assurances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a great institution, but who wants to live in an institution?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2456]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard being a leader for so long, being a focal point for so long, and then it kind of abruptly stops. It's nice to be back in the mix. It's also nice not to have 'THE PLAYER' pressure on me anymore. It's on other guys this year. It's going to give me an opportunity to go ahead and play and let the other people have that type of attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, thecontinents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, thecontinents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the illusion ofknowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alternate heating sources seems to be a hot item this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alternate heating sources seems to be a hot item this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/94]]></link><description><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/94</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not yet reached a consensus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not yet reached a consensus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11223]]></link><description><![CDATA[We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9120]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Epicurus] says that you should rather have regard to the company with whom you eat and drink, than to what you eat and drink. [Ante, inquit, cicumspiciendum est, cum quibos edas et bibas, quam quid edas et bibas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her family ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leslie has three children, and she takes a lot of pride in that she built her business around her family life. She was able to get her kids off to the school bus and have her business wrapped by the time they came home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our 1999 (U.S.) GDP forecast was cut to 0.7 percent from 1.8 percent,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy spirit, Independence, let me share! Lord of the lion-heart and eagle-eye,  Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare,   Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death does determine life. Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalized by reason. For me death is the maximum of epicness and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. . -Hubert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves. . -Hubert Humphrey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5033]]></link><description><![CDATA[They [corporations] feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can be as agreeable as an uninvited guest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens if a hacker in the U.K. breaks into a system in South Africa, or in the U.S.? ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30315]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens if a hacker in the U.K. breaks into a system in South Africa, or in the U.S.? ... Where did the crime happen? And who has jurisdiction? The police must cooperate across borders, and, frankly, the police are not very good at that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately, and it gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are games in which it is better to lose than win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50893]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are games in which it is better to lose than win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15954]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11355]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was from an old friend who . thought he was dying. Anyway, he said, Life and death issues don't come along that often, thank God, so don't treat everything like it's life or death. Go easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing..for once started upon that journey, the hog never came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shriek was followed by another, louder and yet more agonizing..for once started upon that journey, the hog never came back. One by one the men hooked up the hogs and slit their throats. There was a line of hogs with squeals and lifeblood ebbing away.. until at last each vanished into a huge vat of boiling water (some still alive). The hogs were so innocent. They came so very trustingly. They were so very human in their protests. They had done nothing to deserve it. in the book THE JUNGLE.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23363</guid></item></channel></rss>