<?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[There was nothing expressed to him that requires him to leave at that time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33912]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was nothing expressed to him that requires him to leave at that time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2798]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is the expanded VAT in place, the government has already raised the VAT rate to 12 percent. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is the expanded VAT in place, the government has already raised the VAT rate to 12 percent. There is obviously lesser political noise now than before, so what else does Moody's want before it changes its outlook?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great thought, the great concern, the great anxiety of men is to restrict, as much as possible, the limits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great thought, the great concern, the great anxiety of men is to restrict, as much as possible, the limits of their own responsibility. - Borsi, A Soldier's Confidences with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3739]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk of the devil, and his horns appear ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk of the devil, and his horns appear]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53225]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19966]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17957]]></link><description><![CDATA[The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden age is before us, not behind us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden age is before us, not behind us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the most unhappy people who most fear change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5540]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the most unhappy people who most fear change.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are right at a major turning point in fashion, ... definitely something to watch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36159]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are right at a major turning point in fashion, ... definitely something to watch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty is not an age for a woman anymore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50963]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too bus to take care of his tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53720]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent its leaking out at a certain point, with the likely result that it will leak out at some other point. Thus by denigrating prevailing beliefs and loyalties, the militant man of words unwittingly creates in the disillusioned masses a hunger for faith. For the majority of people cannot endure the barrenness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves. Thus, in spite of himself, the scoffing man of words becomes the precursor of a new faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13722]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble Drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, Spilt on the ground like water, can never be gathered together]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27509]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis strange the mind, that very fiery particle, Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21051]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a mark of insincerity of purpose to spend one's time in looking for the sacred Emperor in the low-class tea shops]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61300]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor ease nor peace that heart can know, That like the needle true,  Turns at the touch of joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor ease nor peace that heart can know, That like the needle true,  Turns at the touch of joy or woe;   But turning, trembles too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As cold as cucumbers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48515]]></link><description><![CDATA[As cold as cucumbers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13176]]></link><description><![CDATA[That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65882]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56649]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a little bit of hooker in every woman. A little bit of hooker and a little bit of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's shaping up great. We've had great response. It's a beautiful addition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33345]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's shaping up great. We've had great response. It's a beautiful addition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander thanI now am. Just as the sky ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander thanI now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its presentperfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfectand not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and Iam not deficient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence is courage at ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence is courage at ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18303]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greed of gain has no time or limit to its capaciousness. Its one object is to produce and consume. It has pity neither for beautiful nature nor for living human beings. It is ruthlessly ready without a moment's hesitation to crush beauty and life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is more important than knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11863]]></link><description><![CDATA[A perfect democracy is therefore the most shameless thing in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless you have some goals, I don't think there's any way to get above the pack. My vision was always well beyond what I had any reason to expect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some excitement is warranted, but the question is, how much? Either the stock is correct in that the recovery and earnings are going to be faster than analysts like me have predicted, or we're going to see the stock grind lower to a more sensible level in the next few months.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context -- a chair in a room, a room ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context -- a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. - "Time", July 2, 1956.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hopes not for good, feares not evill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49360]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hopes not for good, feares not evill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can fill a whole hand up with Super Bowl rings, and those haven't been seen around here, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38171]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can fill a whole hand up with Super Bowl rings, and those haven't been seen around here,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65509]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11772]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're riding in a time machine way far into the future, don't stick your elbow out the window, or it'll turn into a fossil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though this may be play to you, 'Tis death to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51881]]></link><description><![CDATA[What may be done at any time will be done at no time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61452]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing so comfortable as a small bankroll. A big one is always in danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61452</guid></item></channel></rss>