<?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're now focusing on our core audience, although friends of Latin music will find it wherever they are, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35224]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're now focusing on our core audience, although friends of Latin music will find it wherever they are,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[cslab9a /u/jcn/src/perl -> man sex No manual entry for sex. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57111]]></link><description><![CDATA[cslab9a /u/jcn/src/perl -> man sex No manual entry for sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was just ashamed and scared and came up with a story. It is wild. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37734]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was just ashamed and scared and came up with a story. It is wild.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent, like beauty, to be pardoned, must be obscure and unostentatious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apes do it. Scorpions do it. Fireflies do it,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make good use of your time, it flies fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make good use of your time, it flies fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1007]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17636]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1248]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Company, villanous company, hath been the spoil of me. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Company, villanous company, hath been the spoil of me. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18112]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ethnic origin and religious beliefs are not so important criteria for the future premier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ethnic origin and religious beliefs are not so important criteria for the future premier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28712]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery will get you everywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery will get you everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24956]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But pleasures are like poppies spread; You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.  Or like the snow falls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46691]]></link><description><![CDATA[But pleasures are like poppies spread; You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.  Or like the snow falls in the river,   A moment white--then melts forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46802]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good poem is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added to it. A good poem helps to change the shape of the universe, helps to extend everyone's knowledge of himself and the world around him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17944]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I asked for was a written and verbal apology from Ms. Gossman, and I didn't get it, ... I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40108]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I asked for was a written and verbal apology from Ms. Gossman, and I didn't get it, ... I have contacted a lawyer, and the housing board is responsible for what she did. You are all three responsible, and you are going to be served. She needs to be taken off the board.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49123]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They simply aren't meeting this week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40521]]></link><description><![CDATA[They simply aren't meeting this week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Sin is not only manifested in certain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Sin is not only manifested in certain acts that are forbidden by divine command. Sin also appears in attitudes and dispositions and feelings. Lust and hate are sins as well as adultery and murder. And, in the traditional Christian view, despair and chronic boredom -- unaccompanied by any vicious act -- are serious sins. They are expressions of man's separation from God, as the ultimate good, meaning, and end of human existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Constant dripping hollows out a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Constant dripping hollows out a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lonely is the person who is no ones number 1 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lonely is the person who is no ones number 1]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24455]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a no-brainer because my father played football, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38883]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a no-brainer because my father played football,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire of glory is the torch of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire of glory is the torch of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41803]]></link><description><![CDATA[You make trade offs: do you want to get everything that's relevant or do you want to miss some things? The feedback I'm hearing from companies is, if you can get them 50 per cent or 80 percent there, that makes a huge impact,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5932]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to remain children all our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really see [today's bad corporate news] as significant fundamental factors, I see it more as an excuse for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really see [today's bad corporate news] as significant fundamental factors, I see it more as an excuse for short-term profit-taking. The correction we've seen is very small relative to the rally we've seen in the last few weeks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The now wherein God made the first man, and the now wherein the last man disappears, and the now I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The now wherein God made the first man, and the now wherein the last man disappears, and the now I am speaking in, all are the same in God, where this is but the now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have to be careful, I've got a gun]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a real tug of war in the yen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a real tug of war in the yen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53862]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and even if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president - I took.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of distinction out of sight, as we keep knives and razors out of the way of children; and if my hearers had not some other means of information, I think they would not know from me that there are such creatures as Arminians and Calvinists in the world. But we [would] talk a good deal about Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7423</guid></item></channel></rss>