<?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[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are unwilling to take positions. There is concern about the Australian dollar because of its connection to rates, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41923]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are unwilling to take positions. There is concern about the Australian dollar because of its connection to rates, but also because everybody gets nervous around such volatility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27483]]></link><description><![CDATA[War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42857]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mob is the scum that rises upmost when the nation boils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49371]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that knowes nothing, doubts nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach thy tongue to say I do not know and thou shalt progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not commenting on the rumors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34170]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not commenting on the rumors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get blows and return them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50380]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get blows and return them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34248]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2408]]></link><description><![CDATA[When asked what State he hails from, Our sole reply shall be,  He comes from Appomattox   And its famous apple tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is the passion for sweetness and light, and (what is more) the passion for making them prevail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, n. -- A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger assists hands however weak. [Lat., Quamlibet infirmas adjuvat ira manus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scientist who lives laborious days in the disinterested pursuit of truth, the artist who will starve in a garret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scientist who lives laborious days in the disinterested pursuit of truth, the artist who will starve in a garret if only he may express the beauty he has seen, the martyr who will obey God in the scorn of consequence, are all religious men or, at least, are men who illustrate that principle which lies behind religion. Truth, Beauty, Goodness -- these are sacred, the object of man's true love and reverence. He to whom nothing is sacred, all questions are open, and the distinction between right and wrong is blurred, is an enslaved, not an emancipated, spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an important event because it's part of the ongoing initiative to clean up Marshalltown and present a better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39817]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an important event because it's part of the ongoing initiative to clean up Marshalltown and present a better image and appearance. Our community betterment task force has done a great job over the last eight months of starting these initiatives and really making a difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people have greatness thrust upon them. Very few have excellence thrust upon them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There must be more to life than having everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26502]]></link><description><![CDATA[There must be more to life than having everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May be he is not well. Infirmity doth neglect all office  Whereto our health is bound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18928]]></link><description><![CDATA[May be he is not well. Infirmity doth neglect all office  Whereto our health is bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to give Midland a lot of credit. They were prepared for all our sets and they came ready ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41690]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to give Midland a lot of credit. They were prepared for all our sets and they came ready to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lovely was the death Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lovely was the death Of Him whose life was Love! Holy with power,  He on the thought-benighted Skeptic beamed   Manifest Godhead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the first time we've seen this many houses in the million-dollar range on the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31231]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the first time we've seen this many houses in the million-dollar range on the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1693]]></link><description><![CDATA[African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35747]]></link><description><![CDATA[The business and industry environment during the quarter was generally favorable. Our sales results reflected stable trends across our product lines and a modest ramp in demand for fluid handling equipment through the quarter and into December.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12993]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before  I turn away--it is the hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knock unbidden once at every gate-- If sleeping, wake--if feasting, rise before  I turn away--it is the hour of fate,   And they who follow me reach every state    Mortals desire, and conquer every foe     Save death, but those who doubt of hesitate,      Condemned to failure, penury and woe,       Seek me in vain and uselessly implore,        I answer not, and I return no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22429]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your self-worth goes up, your net worth goes up with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The investments we're making, and the way we're executing our growth strategies, continue to pay off. In 1998 we invested ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The investments we're making, and the way we're executing our growth strategies, continue to pay off. In 1998 we invested a record $7 billion in our businesses, and we continue to generate powerful revenue growth from sources such as data, wireless, Internet, enhanced calling features, and digital television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several historians have said there has not been one acquittal since the Bolshevik Revolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We started with a treatment that we worked up and developed a story that we liked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29221]]></link><description><![CDATA[We started with a treatment that we worked up and developed a story that we liked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know any parents that look into the eyes of a newborn baby and say, How can we screw this kid up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,  And a bird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58515]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,  And a bird in the solitude singing,   Which speaks to my spirit of thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a thorn to remove a thorn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a thorn to remove a thorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe. By faith we are convinced that our impressions of things without are not dreams or delusions, but, for us, true representations of our environment. By faith we are convinced that the signs of permanence, order, progress, which we observe in nature are true. By faith we are convinced that fellowship is possible with our fellow man and with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59820]]></link><description><![CDATA[...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now in California we gain 40,000 new acres of desert every year, with all the building and the people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now in California we gain 40,000 new acres of desert every year, with all the building and the people coming in... housing going up like crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34235</guid></item></channel></rss>