<?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[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25778]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we discovered that we had only five minutes left to say all that we wanted to say, every telephone booth would be occupied by people calling other people to stammer that they loved them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31709]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was lucky with my tire choices, but this afternoon I made a couple of mistakes. I'm trying to play it safe. Second is good, but I'm sure the others will be pushing hard tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can write good songs. I can sing 'em, and I mean it, I mean it deeply, and I pour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21385]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can write good songs. I can sing 'em, and I mean it, I mean it deeply, and I pour everything into that. Other than that, I suck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18715]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist. Victor Hugo -Diogenes Laertius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11891]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never have a revolution in order to establish a democracy. You must have a democracy in order to have a revolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advanced data services activity in the U.K. is following the classic pattern of adoption -- first gaining traction within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advanced data services activity in the U.K. is following the classic pattern of adoption -- first gaining traction within the technologically savviest group and then spreading across the rest of the majority. Time plays a critical factor, as the services with an established utility from an extended period on the market are first to gain the most from the mainstream audience, who demand products and services that are relatively glitch-free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24535]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see  How he persists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59440]]></link><description><![CDATA[How oft my guardian angel gently cried, "Soul, from thy casement look, and thou shalt see  How he persists to knock and wait for thee!"   And, O! how often to that voice of sorrow,    "To-morrow we will open," I replied,     And when the morrow came I answered still, "To-morrow."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing], ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28942]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nearly 100% of the ministry's procurement budget that has gone [missing],]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I lost three top guys, ... because I let them walk out of here. They just took my offer and shopped it around. It wasn't going to happen again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country ;turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most widespread misunderstanding of economics is that it applies solely to financial transactions. Frequently this leads to statements that "there are noneconomic values" to consider. There are, of course, noneconomic values. Indeed, there are only noneconomic values. Economics is not a value itself but merely a method of trading off one value against another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1368]]></link><description><![CDATA[I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun,  It gives a light to every age,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54906]]></link><description><![CDATA[A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic like the sun,  It gives a light to every age,   It gives, but borrows none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63723]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had more opportunities. Maybe it could have been like 63-55. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30589]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had more opportunities. Maybe it could have been like 63-55.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, If you want to rise to the top of the tree,  If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now landsmen all, whoever you may be, If you want to rise to the top of the tree,  If your soul isn't fettered to an office stool,   Be careful to be guided by this golden rule--    Stick close to your desks and never go to sea,     And you all may be Rulers of the Queen's Navee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The commonest form, one of the most often neglected, and the safest opportunity for the average man to seize, is hard work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64256]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you took acting away from me, I'd stop breathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be pointless. We have only three trains (between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.), and they arrive roughly every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41657]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be pointless. We have only three trains (between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.), and they arrive roughly every 30 minutes. If PATH ran every six minutes, nobody from Metro-North would be getting on them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29274]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think any of the firefighters keep this job just for the pay. They take pride in being firefighters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One night, at the latter end of April 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4629]]></link><description><![CDATA[One night, at the latter end of April 1665, the family of a citizen of London carrying on an extensive business as a grocer in Wood Street, Cheapside, were assembled, according to custom, at prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52119]]></link><description><![CDATA[All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;  Her eyebrow's shape was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;  Her eyebrow's shape was like the aerial bow,   Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth,    Mounting, at times, to a transparent glow,     As if her veins ran lightning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would have hoped for there to be a willingness to calm things down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19480]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6356]]></link><description><![CDATA[To perpetuate the clerical role of answer man, the layman when inside the church building must act as if he has only half a brain, while outside, in the world, he is expected to be an ambassador for Christ, a lay transmitter of faith. Outside, he is to be informed and vocal; inside, he must appear ignorant and mute as a sheep. Christians have within them many questions -- questions that are at once elementary and profound, questions that would ripple the water were they raised. However, because a Christian is supposed to have "answers", life's important questions are not discussed outside the church building; and, because the pastor is the educated, spiritual authority, they are not discussed inside either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,  This is my own, my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said,  This is my own, my native land!   Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,    As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,     From wandering on a foreign strand!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them hate, so long as they fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65997]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For no one cares for matrimonial cooings, There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48735]]></link><description><![CDATA[For no one cares for matrimonial cooings, There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have now come to the point when the clarity has to be sought from Yugoslavia, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have now come to the point when the clarity has to be sought from Yugoslavia,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60720]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets thinks, with her timid blue eye, To pass for a blossom enchantingly shy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Take courage, soul! Hold not thy strength in vain!  With faith o'ercome the steeps   Thy God hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14965]]></link><description><![CDATA["Take courage, soul! Hold not thy strength in vain!  With faith o'ercome the steeps   Thy God hath set for thee.    Beyond the Alpine summits of great pain     Lieth thine Italy."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27999]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take her, fair son, and from her blood raise up Issue to me, that the contending kingdoms  Of France ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take her, fair son, and from her blood raise up Issue to me, that the contending kingdoms  Of France and England, whose very shores look pale   With envy of each other's happiness,    May cease their hatred, and this dear conjunction     Plant neighborhood and Christian-like accord      In their sweet bosoms, that never war advance       His bleeding sword 'twixt England and fair France.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a decision whose time has come. Bimonthly bills have gotten high, especially in the winter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32817]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a decision whose time has come. Bimonthly bills have gotten high, especially in the winter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a bunch of coffee cups out, and coffee made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41001]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a bunch of coffee cups out, and coffee made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16130]]></link><description><![CDATA[If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16130</guid></item></channel></rss>