<?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[We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23215]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people think we're completely mad!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fidelity is seven-tenths of business success]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seem to write an opera about every 20 years; if you live long enough you can write four operas. I finished my third in 1970.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9499]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not always possible to know what one has learned, or when the dawning will arrive. You will continue to shift, sift, to shake out and to double back. The synthesis that finally occurs can be in the most unexpected place and the most unexpected time. My charge ... is to be alert to the dawnings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those that are evil have not only the good against them, but also the bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation is like sin; every government denounces it and every government practices it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23039]]></link><description><![CDATA[There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin, The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill;  For his country he sigh'd, when at twilight repairing.   To wander along by the wind-beaten hill.    But the day star attracted his eyes' sad devotion,     For it rose o'er his own native isle of the ocean,      Where once in the fire of his youthful emotion       He sang the bold anthem of Erin-go-bragh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.) [Lat., Ne laterum laves.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.) [Lat., Ne laterum laves.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Necessity never made a good bargain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Necessity never made a good bargain]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I made a decision to bring our troops home a few days early in order to spare the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I made a decision to bring our troops home a few days early in order to spare the life of Angelo. I do not regret the decision. Every life is important. Angelo's was spared and we rejoice. We're all rewarded for it, particularly his loving family and friends,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kingdom of the Golden Dragon]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fire is the most tolerable third party ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fire is the most tolerable third party]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American is the crucible of God. It is the melting pot where all the races are fusing and reforming . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45832]]></link><description><![CDATA[American is the crucible of God. It is the melting pot where all the races are fusing and reforming . . . these are the fires of God you've come to. . . . Into the crucible with you all. God is making the American.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;  His hook was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16107]]></link><description><![CDATA[For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke;  His hook was such as heads the end of pole   To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole;    This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,--     And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It shouldn't take more than 18 months to sell off the condos. We don't kick tenants out. We let them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31126]]></link><description><![CDATA[It shouldn't take more than 18 months to sell off the condos. We don't kick tenants out. We let them stay until their lease expires. We try our hardest not to upset people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59086]]></link><description><![CDATA[For centuries, theologians have been explaining the unknowable in terms of the-not-worth-knowing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a lot at stake in this game. We know that Missouri State will come in here and play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37181]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a lot at stake in this game. We know that Missouri State will come in here and play their best game of the year. We beat them on their home floor the first time in a really close game so we know they'll want to get us back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong as are corporate profits. I was bearish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31965]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stocks are only getting cheaper and cheaper, and the U.S. economy is strong as are corporate profits. I was bearish on U.S. equities earlier this year but have now turned positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."  But grant me still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57172]]></link><description><![CDATA[I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."  But grant me still a friend in my retreat,   Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assumptions based on faith are apparently an ever-present component in any system of belief -- whether these assumptions include the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assumptions based on faith are apparently an ever-present component in any system of belief -- whether these assumptions include the existence of a personal God, or whether they begin with non-rational directionally-emergent forces governed by statistical probabilities. Our argument does not claim that evidences are so clear that faith is not needed. We do intend to imply, however, that the choice of a set of assumptions is a moral choice. Adherence to an epistemology is not something which merely "happens to" a person, but instead it reflects a component of his moral development. In some sense he is, in my judgment, morally responsible for adopting an epistemology even though it can be neither proved nor disproved to the satisfaction of those who oppose it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big institutions are holding back their own capital. They're looking for an upside catalyst for stock prices. Any activity on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big institutions are holding back their own capital. They're looking for an upside catalyst for stock prices. Any activity on the mergers and acquisition, buy-back or dividend fronts, mixed with good news out of energy or the Fed, would be a catalyst to bring the big institutions back into stock market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43922]]></link><description><![CDATA[For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persons of mean understandings, not so inquisitive, nor so well instructed, are made good Christians, and by reverence and obedience, implicity believe, and abide by their belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36332]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most cases, we're talking about sleeping in an armchair for the night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No barber shaves so close but another finds worke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49647]]></link><description><![CDATA[No barber shaves so close but another finds worke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40591]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are average athletes, then there are above-average athletes. He has started for four years - ever since he was a freshman - and he has taken a beating. But this year, he's giving one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a lot of good candidates, including some from the mainland that we did long-distance calls with. We had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a lot of good candidates, including some from the mainland that we did long-distance calls with. We had a few people in-house who are very good with a lot of experience. Dan kind of tied the whole package together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think I'd be better off dead. No, wait, not me, you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human history attests That happiness for man,--the hungry sinner!--  Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13178]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human history attests That happiness for man,--the hungry sinner!--  Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discouragement is the opposite of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discouragement is the opposite of courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Carril, raise again thy voice! let me hear the song of Selma, which was sung in my halls of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56464]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Carril, raise again thy voice! let me hear the song of Selma, which was sung in my halls of joy, when Fingal, king of shields, was there, and glowed at the deeds of his fathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide,  Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?   All wickedness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61338]]></link><description><![CDATA[If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide,  Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?   All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore,    With God or man will gain thee no remission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fiction pleased; our generous train complies, Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise.  The work she plyed, but, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fiction pleased; our generous train complies, Nor fraud mistrusts in virtue's fair disguise.  The work she plyed, but, studious of delay,   Each following night reversed the toils of day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diamonds cut diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diamonds cut diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/358]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel that the greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7716]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dislike the frequent use of the word virtue, instead of righteousness, in the pulpit; in prayer or preaching before a Christian community, it sounds too much like pagan philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the FedEx guy showed up with the medal, I was so excited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35435]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the FedEx guy showed up with the medal, I was so excited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to feel proud of your teammates for coming back and playing. At Iowa we just gave up. Tonight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37105]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to feel proud of your teammates for coming back and playing. At Iowa we just gave up. Tonight, we didn't give up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   That fear which keeps from sin and excites the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   That fear which keeps from sin and excites the soul to cleave more firmly to God, be the object of it what it will, is no servile fear, but a holy fear and due reverence unto God and His word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;  Stella's wit is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four;  Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face,   She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24427]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16927]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to him   As if it never made a dam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18888</guid></item></channel></rss>