<?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[Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am very excited for Josh and the opportunity that he has earned. He has worked very hard of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33943]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am very excited for Josh and the opportunity that he has earned. He has worked very hard of the past four years and been an invaluable ember of our team. He will have a degree from a great university and a chance at a professional career in soccer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had the feeling she was taking a doctor-patient confidentiality role. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36167]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had the feeling she was taking a doctor-patient confidentiality role.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die! -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under which king, Bezonian? speak, or die! -King Henry IV. Part II. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12544]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to make someone fall in love with you is about as pointless as trying to control who you fall in love with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civium in moribus rei publicae salus [The welfare of the state (depends upon) the morals of its citizens] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civium in moribus rei publicae salus [The welfare of the state (depends upon) the morals of its citizens]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66731]]></link><description><![CDATA[And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the affinity which links and draws together the elements of the world... Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58139]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turning these jests out of service, let us talk in good earnest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274   The end of all my labors has come. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274   The end of all my labors has come. All that I have written appears to me as much straw after the things that have been revealed to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers, I suppose, were children once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man-- Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!  Born the free heir of nature's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man-- Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!  Born the free heir of nature's wide domain,   To art's strict limits bounds his narrow'd reign;    Resigns his native rights for meaner things,     For Faith and Fetters, Laws and Priests and Kings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In excessive altercation, truth is lost. [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9974]]></link><description><![CDATA[In excessive altercation, truth is lost. [Lat., Nimium altercando veritas amittitur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who riseth from a feast With that keen appetite that he sits down?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any good practical philosophy must start out with the recognition of our having a body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15988]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who is 25 or 30 years old has physical scars from all sorts of things, from tuberculosis to polio. It's the same with the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Markets were primed for worrying about risk - equities, bonds and currencies too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Markets were primed for worrying about risk - equities, bonds and currencies too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43512]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Come to me, darling; I'm lonely without thee; Daytime and nighttime I'm dreaming about thee." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12860]]></link><description><![CDATA["Come to me, darling; I'm lonely without thee; Daytime and nighttime I'm dreaming about thee."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never tell what the future has in store for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66833]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never tell what the future has in store for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had 50 firefighters on the ground and 17 fire trucks. We fought the fire for five hours. The third ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33810]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had 50 firefighters on the ground and 17 fire trucks. We fought the fire for five hours. The third floor suffered extensive fire damage and is a total loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the timeout we talked about that we had fouls to burn -- 'Be very aggressive on every pass, get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28192]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the timeout we talked about that we had fouls to burn -- 'Be very aggressive on every pass, get after your man,' and that's what happened. We were able to knock the ball loose and go down and score.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is a higher revelation than philosophy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hung on the shower that fronts the golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes!  In hues ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hung on the shower that fronts the golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes!  In hues of ancient promise there imprest;   Frail in its date, eternal in its guise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces. How is it that you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23509]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces. How is it that you have sent me only a thousand? "You said nothing," you tell me; "and this cause was lost through you." You ought to give me so much the more, Sextus, as I had to blush for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinema, radio, television, magazines are a school of inattention: people look without seeing, listen in without hearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65693]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59966]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twixt kings and tyrans there's this difference known: Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their owne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[BellSouth is delivering solid revenue growth and strong earnings growth. BellSouth's earnings for the quarter reflect the value of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34074]]></link><description><![CDATA[BellSouth is delivering solid revenue growth and strong earnings growth. BellSouth's earnings for the quarter reflect the value of our asset mix as the industry continues to undergo a transition to new services and new competition emerges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44002]]></link><description><![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and sink all   The shipping there.    --But how is't done?     --I'll show you, sir.      It is automa, runs under water       With a snug nose, and has a nimble tail        Made like an auger, with which tail she wriggles         Betwixt the costs of a ship and sinks it straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34644]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you to recant your statement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, while the honour thou hast got Is spick and span new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, while the honour thou hast got Is spick and span new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5240]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are convinced that the all-new Volvo S80 will be a very strong contender that will win over many new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are convinced that the all-new Volvo S80 will be a very strong contender that will win over many new customers. We expect 70 percent of the average volume of 50 000 cars a year to be purchased by customers who do not drive a Volvo today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;  No general object of desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Countless the various species of mankind, Countless the shades which sep'rate mind from mind;  No general object of desire is known,   Each has his will, and each pursues his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities -- that's huge progress. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42524]]></link><description><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities -- that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2205]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have truly lived are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2205</guid></item></channel></rss>