<?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[FORTRAN --'the infantile disorder'--, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9523]]></link><description><![CDATA[FORTRAN --'the infantile disorder'--, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use.PL/I --'the fatal disease'-- belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence.APL is a mistake, carried through to perfection. It is the language of the future for the programming techniques of the past: it creates a new generation of coding bums.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let there be spaces in your togetherness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let there be spaces in your togetherness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[aren't critical to the strategy of the infrastructure we are building throughout North America. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37781]]></link><description><![CDATA[aren't critical to the strategy of the infrastructure we are building throughout North America.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a fool knows you can't touch the stars, but it won't keep the wise from trying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6556]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your ease when you are far from Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25219]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be or not to be that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing, end them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9473]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life. - Inaugural Address.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the nuclear option. Actually, the nuclear option would be shutting down the plant. This is the neutron bomb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30162]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the nuclear option. Actually, the nuclear option would be shutting down the plant. This is the neutron bomb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60931]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the safeguard of the strongest that he lives under a government which is obliged to respect the voice of the weakest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hence the fool's paradise, the statesman's scheme, The air-built castle, and the golden dream,  The maid's romantic wish, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hence the fool's paradise, the statesman's scheme, The air-built castle, and the golden dream,  The maid's romantic wish, the chemist's flame,   And poet's vision of eternal fame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we put all this on the menu, it would look like all the other places where you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33302]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we put all this on the menu, it would look like all the other places where you have to squint to read it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The party that would play games with out stability and progress does not deserve to govern Spain, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39084]]></link><description><![CDATA[The party that would play games with out stability and progress does not deserve to govern Spain,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glutton: one who digs his grave with his teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move and trees to speak; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will have blood, they say: blood will have blood. Stones have been known to move and trees to speak;  Augures and understood relations have   By maggot-pies and choughs and rooks brought forth    The secret'st man of blood. What is the night?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60420]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16805]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three great friends: an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44647]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain, and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5473]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must learn to love the fool in me the one who feels too much, talks too much, takes too many chances, wins sometimes and loses often, lacks self-control, loves and hates, hurts and gets hurt, promises and breaks promises, laughs and cries]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said I'm so proud of my daughter, and I love you and dad so much. That was the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39305]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said I'm so proud of my daughter, and I love you and dad so much. That was the last conversation I had. I didn't get to hold him in my arms before he left. It just hurts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be deceived?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new offering is a result of increasing demand for lower numerical ratios. With our new 2.50 axle ratio, customers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30442]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new offering is a result of increasing demand for lower numerical ratios. With our new 2.50 axle ratio, customers can now travel at a cruising speed without sacrificing their fuel mileage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back at home, everybody always thought that David was going to be big time. When he was in Minnesota, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back at home, everybody always thought that David was going to be big time. When he was in Minnesota, a lot of people thought that he was going to be a productive hitter there. But he's moved on to a bigger market and he's done what he's done, and he deserves everything that he's getting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17200]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they him spy, As wild geese that the creeping fowler eye,  Or russet-pated choughs, many in sort,   Rising and cawing at the gun's report,    Sever themselves and madly sweep the sky;     So at his sight away his fellows fly,      And at our stamp here o'er and o'er one falls;       He murder cries and help from Athens calls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-violence is the article of faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Non-violence is the article of faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riches are first to be sought for; after wealth, virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ascension  If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ascension  If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning -- just as, if there were no light in the universe, and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know that it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the truth in action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the truth in action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel the coast is getting something rammed down the throat by the rest of the state and in particular ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel the coast is getting something rammed down the throat by the rest of the state and in particular by Haley Barbour who used to be a lobbyist for the petroleum industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51583]]></link><description><![CDATA[All delay is irksome, but it teaches us wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Them Book the Four Seasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Them Book the Four Seasons,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the streets, on the roads, and in the markets, instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously arranged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28181]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two types of people in the world, and I'm one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to the edgeHe said. They said: We are afraid.Come to the edgeHe said. They came.He pushed them, andthey flew... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to the edgeHe said. They said: We are afraid.Come to the edgeHe said. They came.He pushed them, andthey flew...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57900]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8787]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union... Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity,  To catch the sunbeams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60003]]></link><description><![CDATA[See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity,  To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator;   Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the final form of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the final form of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836   You have your season, and you have but your season; neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836   You have your season, and you have but your season; neither can you lie down in peace, until you have some persuasion that your work as well as your life is at an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15550</guid></item></channel></rss>