<?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[Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my humble talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not fold, spindle or mutilate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not fold, spindle or mutilate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain him with his lady's fan. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brain him with his lady's fan. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad luck there, Ricky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad luck there, Ricky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit. [Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit. [Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison aussi bien que les fruits.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations . . . can never effect a reform.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our new installation projectors are really bright and feature-rich. Anyone who needs high performance, versatility and rich colors in an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our new installation projectors are really bright and feature-rich. Anyone who needs high performance, versatility and rich colors in an easy-to-use and easy-to-maintain installation projector will find the XD1000U and XD2000U perfect choices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45331]]></link><description><![CDATA[In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evaluation and judgment are responses to what exists, sorting the things that pass before us into categories of good, bad, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evaluation and judgment are responses to what exists, sorting the things that pass before us into categories of good, bad, and indifferent. But a rational life, the life of a valuer, does not consist essentially in reaction. It consists in action. Man does not find his values, like the other animals; he creates them. The primary focus of a valuer is not to take the world as it comes and pass judgment. His primary focus is to identify what might and ought to exist, to uncover potentialities that he can exploit, to find ways of reshaping the world in the image of his values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62614]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is false zeal to keep truth while wounding charity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2320]]></link><description><![CDATA[But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cat will look down to a man. A dog will look up to a man. But a pig will look you straight in the eye and see his equal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48071]]></link><description><![CDATA[And pulpit, drum ecclesiastic, Was beat with fist instead of a stick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since man does not create physical matter, those who handle material objects in the production process are not producers in that sense. Economic benefits result from the transformation of matter in form, location, or availability (intellectually or temporally). It is these transformations that create economic benefits valued by consumers, and whoever arranges such transformations contributes to the value of things, whether his hands actually come into contact with physical objects or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59152]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think and think for months and years. Ninety-nine times, the conclusion is false. The hundredth time I am right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/573]]></link><description><![CDATA[All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been doing that all year. We wanted to get out and spread the floor. We knew they were the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41770]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been doing that all year. We wanted to get out and spread the floor. We knew they were the bigger team. We couldn't just play them in the half court. We wanted to pressure them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the building needs to be used for economic development and I don't think Smoky Mountain Development has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40435]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the building needs to be used for economic development and I don't think Smoky Mountain Development has been able to accomplish that. They need that off their plate. It is in Haywood County so let Haywood County take it and make something out of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have impeached myself by resigning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have impeached myself by resigning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need quiet time to examine our lives openly and honestly. . . spending quiet time alone gives your mind an opportunity to renew itself and create order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55452]]></link><description><![CDATA[For it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51521]]></link><description><![CDATA[O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48272]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't thought about that at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't thought about that at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losse embraceth shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losse embraceth shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem; There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground  but holds some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem; There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground  but holds some joy of silence or of sound,   Some sprite begotten of a summer dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fletcher is accompanying his wife, who is currently unwell, on a flight to South Africa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fletcher is accompanying his wife, who is currently unwell, on a flight to South Africa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He best can paint them who shall feel them most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45428]]></link><description><![CDATA[He best can paint them who shall feel them most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I say, my real interest is in writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37723]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I say, my real interest is in writing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25433]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course  Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51246]]></link><description><![CDATA[To persevere In obstinate condolement is a course  Of impious stubbornness: 'tis unmanly grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was their (the state's) request. That's not something we put on the table. We certainly recognize the value of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32161]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was their (the state's) request. That's not something we put on the table. We certainly recognize the value of that land. It's not our intention to make that part of the transaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15864]]></link><description><![CDATA[A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by panic in the face of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a lot of people score and that's a plus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38279]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a lot of people score and that's a plus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know that because he was on the board so long and nobody challenged him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31862]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know that because he was on the board so long and nobody challenged him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62331]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49399]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49399</guid></item></channel></rss>