<?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[What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61807]]></link><description><![CDATA[What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club, and we are looking forward to the next three years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philippe has been a consistent performer for our hockey club, and we are looking forward to the next three years with our organization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42764]]></link><description><![CDATA[But O yet more miserable! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never get enough of what you don't want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21616]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never get enough of what you don't want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2436]]></link><description><![CDATA[American consumers have no problem with carcinogens, but they will not purchase any product, including floor wax, that has fat in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a blessing and love is a gift. Do not let it go easily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a blessing and love is a gift. Do not let it go easily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of ease is a difficult pursuit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22347]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We came out kind of slow. We kept our composure, and we stayed in the game with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41870]]></link><description><![CDATA[We came out kind of slow. We kept our composure, and we stayed in the game with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all in this together, by ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60157]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all in this together, by ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers. [Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers. [Lat., Vitiant artus aegrae contagia mentis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A high hope for a low heaven. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55472]]></link><description><![CDATA[A high hope for a low heaven. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19054]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't enough for your heart to break because everybody's heart is broken now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some women blush when they are kissed, some call for the police, some swear, some bite. But the worst are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some women blush when they are kissed, some call for the police, some swear, some bite. But the worst are those who laugh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people think Great God will come from the sky,Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody feel high.But if you know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people think Great God will come from the sky,Take away ev'rything, and make ev'rybody feel high.But if you know what life is worth, you would look for yours on earth,And now you see the light, you stand up for right, yah.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10482]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctor is to be feared more than the disease ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12614]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctor is to be feared more than the disease]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25199]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Applause that comes thundering with such force you might think the audience merely suffers the music as an excuse for its ovations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on God and the human condition:  That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on God and the human condition:  That Jones shall worship the "god within him" turns out ultimately to mean that Jones shall worship Jones. Let Jones worship the sun or moon -- anything rather than the Inner Light; let Jones worship cats or crocodiles, if he can find any in his street, but not the god within. Christianity came into the world firstly in order to assert with violence that a man had not only to look inwards, but to look outwards, to behold with astonishment and enthusiasm a divine company and a divine captain. The only fun of being a Christian was that a man was not left alone with the Inner Light, but definitely recognized an outer light, fair as the sun, clear as the moon, terrible as an army with banners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We felt we could still be true to the open-source roots and at the same time go to a business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We felt we could still be true to the open-source roots and at the same time go to a business model that was proven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And wiped our eyes Of drops that sacred pity hath engender'd. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55656]]></link><description><![CDATA[And wiped our eyes Of drops that sacred pity hath engender'd. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jump is so frightening between where I am and where I want to be...because of all I may become I will close my eyes and leap!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engines for growth are not only early-stage life science and information technology, but additions and expansion, taking existing companies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engines for growth are not only early-stage life science and information technology, but additions and expansion, taking existing companies to a hundred employees and more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44280]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the most argumentative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47587]]></link><description><![CDATA[People unfit for freedom - who cannot do much with it - are hungry for power. The desire for freedom is an attribute of a "have" type of self. It says: leave me alone and I shall grow, learn, and realize my capacities. The desire for power is basically an attribute of a "have not" type of self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical. Our society is very reactive rather than proactive, and it bothers me that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we've gotten way too lackadaisical. Our society is very reactive rather than proactive, and it bothers me that the huge changes right after September 11, like the National Guard at the airport, have been cut back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60726]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The computer is a moron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The computer is a moron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64162]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ladder of success is best climbed by stepping on the rungs of opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is inside art as its content, not outside as its model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50154]]></link><description><![CDATA[A name, it has more than nominal worth, And belongs to good or bad luck at birth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20474]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pleasant illusion is better than a harsh reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2439]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan;  The tender for another's pain,   Th' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58198]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan;  The tender for another's pain,   Th' unfeeling for his own.    Yet ah! why should they know their fate,     Since sorrow never comes too late,      And happiness too swiftly flies?       Thought would destroy their paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, knowing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent knows what we are talking about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what has worked with what sounded good. In area after area- crime, education, housing, race relations- the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the worst form of violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We send our thoughts and prayers to the family. We ask people for their own safety to stay away from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38194]]></link><description><![CDATA[We send our thoughts and prayers to the family. We ask people for their own safety to stay away from railroad tracks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know that it is good to work. Work with love, and think of liking it when you do it. It is easy and interesting. It is a privilege. There is nothing hard about it but your anxious vanity and fear of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60396</guid></item></channel></rss>