<?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[Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19812]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. -Thomas Fuller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But civlyzation doos git forrid Sometimes upon a powder-cart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50583]]></link><description><![CDATA[But civlyzation doos git forrid Sometimes upon a powder-cart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709   When we inculcate that faith ought to be certain and secure, we conceive not of a certainty attended with no doubt, or of a security interrupted by no anxiety; but we rather affirm, that believers have a perpetual conflict with their own diffidence, and are far from placing their consciences in a placid calm never disturbed by any storms. Yet, on the other hand, we deny, however they may be afflicted, that they ever fall and depart from that certain confidence which they have conceived in the divine mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbeing dead isn't being alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbeing dead isn't being alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. When designing a methodology it isundoubtedly far easier to construct a system that discourages individualdifferences, than it is to construct a system that that leverages andencourages them, but that does not mean that a methodology designed foran array of idealized entities will be the most productive, successful,or rewarding one. Choosing a cult methodology to be applied to a professionalclass is often an economic one, treating individuality as undesirable reducesthe professional to the proletariat, seen as less expensive and readilyreplaceable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take away the cause, and the effect ceases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can refute a sneer? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can refute a sneer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he ismaking money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he ismaking money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man, To yield possession to my holy prayers,  And to thy state ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12165]]></link><description><![CDATA[I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man, To yield possession to my holy prayers,  And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight.   I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are lots of people who cannot think seriously without injuring their minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why yes -- a bulletproof vest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why yes -- a bulletproof vest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25700]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to make a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50999]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to make a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it is dark enough, you can see the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11077]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34576]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, Microsoft has behaved like the clear-cutters of the computer software industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We woman have a more subtle instinct about things. What we like is to be a man's last romance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16581]]></link><description><![CDATA[If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display.  And let thy strength be seen:   But O, if Fortune fill thy sail    With more than a propitious gale,     Take half thy canvas in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity requires aloofness to preserve its dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music can change the world because it can change people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music can change the world because it can change people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was better than the last one. He spotted the ball exceptionally well and kept the ball down, throwing all of his pitches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38762]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9670]]></link><description><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20017]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm spiritually close to you and pray for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42343]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm spiritually close to you and pray for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation rarely comes in working hours. It is in their leisure time that men are made or marred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I do, I feel is genius. Whether it is or it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously a direct driver of inflation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not a big birthday guy; I never have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not a big birthday guy; I never have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is a knowledge within the heart, beyond the reach of proof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18692]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is sweetened by risk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is sweetened by risk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher  Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16409]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tread Of coming footsteps cheats the midnight watcher  Who holds her heart and waits to hear them pause,   And hears them never pause, but pass and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blossom of returning light, An April flower of sun and dew;  The earth and sky, the day and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60706]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blossom of returning light, An April flower of sun and dew;  The earth and sky, the day and night   Are melted in her depth of blue!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be an optimist -- at least until they start moving animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresie is the school of pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresie is the school of pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts have power; thoughts are energy. And you can make your world or break it by your own thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59248</guid></item></channel></rss>