<?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[My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log and a student on the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13406]]></link><description><![CDATA[My definition of a University is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log and a student on the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's just another layer of protection for the residents, ... You're preserving property values. You pay into a fund that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's just another layer of protection for the residents, ... You're preserving property values. You pay into a fund that makes everybody's property values higher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind union of the two will preserve an independent reality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can take the boy off the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy. They argue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39274]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can take the boy off the farm, but you can't take the farm out of the boy. They argue about it, saying 'I had to do it last year'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35381]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a big deal. We've got good players behind him and we're ready to go. That's life. It's a window of opportunity for those two kids and they need to jump on it and go get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44250]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2462]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50527]]></link><description><![CDATA[To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am tied to the stake, and I must stand the course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fifteen referees. I want fifteen referees to be at this fight because there ain't no one man who can keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fifteen referees. I want fifteen referees to be at this fight because there ain't no one man who can keep up with the pace I'm gonna set except me. There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people in Barrow thought we would starve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38895]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people in Barrow thought we would starve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy and distortion are passing currents under the name of religion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act even when it has worked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15946]]></link><description><![CDATA[In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.This is known as "bad luck.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3466]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written always from one person to another. When it is aimed at millions it rarely moves anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However, he has at the level of resistance that we need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41162]]></link><description><![CDATA[However, he has at the level of resistance that we need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60335]]></link><description><![CDATA[A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made; they come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revolutions are not made; they come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18297]]></link><description><![CDATA[You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14792]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. -Colette.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I will pretendthat I don't know of your sinsuntil you are ready to confessbut all the timeI'll know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34908]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I will pretendthat I don't know of your sinsuntil you are ready to confessbut all the timeI'll know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22947]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47409]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10822]]></link><description><![CDATA["What sets worlds in motion is the interplay of differences, their attractions and repulsions. Life is plurality, death is uniformity. By suppressing differences and pecularities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death. The ideal of a single civilization for everyone, implicit in the cult of progress and technique, impoverishes and mutilates us. Every view of the world that becomes extinct, every culture that disappears, diminishes a possibility of life"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. 'Hear that?' you say, 'That's dynamite, baby.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/345]]></link><description><![CDATA[She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, she settled for the one unanswerable accusation. "Men!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In his old lunes again. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55371]]></link><description><![CDATA[In his old lunes again. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to get caught up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to get caught up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want the cheese, I just want to get out of the trap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great art of life is sensation, to feel that we exist, even in pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got in late this morning. That wasn't a factor. We just got out here and took things as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got in late this morning. That wasn't a factor. We just got out here and took things as they came.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46772]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46772</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[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very disappointed. I really don't know what happened, ... Basically on the first or second stride I pushed on my leg and collapsed. I just could not get up to speed. It was too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17174]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not a member of any organized party--I am a Democrat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12124]]></link><description><![CDATA[I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52036]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Code of Honor-never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife withmischief as your goal. There are just too many women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21338]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Code of Honor-never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife withmischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world tojustify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's reallyattractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54782]]></link><description><![CDATA[My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24799]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2008</guid></item></channel></rss>