<?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[A very valiant trencher-man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55413]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very valiant trencher-man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools give you reasons, wise men never try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli... don't seem quite enough armor for a world beset with splitting the atoms, urban ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thoughts of Plato and Machiavelli... don't seem quite enough armor for a world beset with splitting the atoms, urban guerrillas, nineteen varieties of psychotherapists, amplified guitars, napalm, computers, astronauts, and an atmosphere polluted simultaneously with auto exhaust and TV commercials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31376]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would like to begin to whittle away at lead time. Long lead times just add cost to the entire supply chain. Short lead times reduce cost. It's real simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the first attempt to get some numbers out there to get a feel for how big this thing is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may shelve your Shakespearian plans for the present. I am going to play Peter Pan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8886]]></link><description><![CDATA[A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   Our critical day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life; I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls; but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People may be worshiping in a group of 5000 or 10,000. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33909]]></link><description><![CDATA[People may be worshiping in a group of 5000 or 10,000.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on authenticity:   Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: Where thou shalt not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on authenticity:   Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: Where thou shalt not only hear all thy sinful works, and words, and thoughts repeated, which thou thy self hadst utterly forgot, but thou shalt hear thy good works, thine alms, thy coming to Church, thy hearing of Sermons, given in evidence against thee, because they had hypocrisy mingled in them; yea, thou shalt find even thy repentance to condemn thee, because thou madest that but a door to a relapse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maid of Athens, ere we part, Give, oh, give me back my heart!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indecision and delays are the parents of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, c.326 If we with earnest effort could succeed To make our life one long, connected prayer, As lives of some, perhaps, have been and are; If, never leaving Thee, we have no need Our wandering spirits back again to lead Into Thy presence, but continued there Like angels standing on the highest stair Of the Sapphire Throne: this were to pray indeed!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the first present nature gives to women and the first it takes away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52494]]></link><description><![CDATA[The public is a ferocious beast: one must either chain it up or flee from it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On top of this, it's a good idea to take up references. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36402]]></link><description><![CDATA[On top of this, it's a good idea to take up references.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between the great things we cannot do and the small things we will not do, the danger is that we shall do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is our only moral system. All other systems take advantage of man's rights and liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings:  Live so, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death darkens his eyes, and unplumes his wings, Yet the sweetest song is the last he sings:  Live so, my Love, that when death shall come,   Swan-like and sweet it may waft thee home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some don't.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203  We may look into a church, almost any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203  We may look into a church, almost any church, and discover someone who, though he is offered a gospel of love, must subtly convert it into a gospel of hate before he can receive it. The gospel of love -- with its emphasis upon brotherhood, equality before God, the dignity of every human being, and man's social responsibility toward man -- does not satisfy the lack that he urgently feels. That calls for something altogether different, for an assurance that he is superior, that he is right where others are wrong -- a kind of cosmic teacher's pet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1286]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The converter only needs a power supply and some clocks. Feed it some audio analog and the device will do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30970]]></link><description><![CDATA[The converter only needs a power supply and some clocks. Feed it some audio analog and the device will do the conversion and output digital audio in the form of I2S or left justified depending on the part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20454]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60558]]></link><description><![CDATA[All children are potential victims, dependent upon the world's good will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44152]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just trying to break down those barriers and make sure the program is as good as any other [Scouting] ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just trying to break down those barriers and make sure the program is as good as any other [Scouting] program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,  Become a Christian and thy loving wife! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6172]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,  Become a Christian and thy loving wife!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat should never be a source of courage, but rather a fresh stimulant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep high aspirations, moderate expectations, and small needs]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45092]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sad truth is that opportunity doesn't knock twice. You can put things off until tomorrow but tomorrow may never come. Where will you be a few years down the line. Will it be everything you dreamed of. We seal our fate with the choices we take, but don't give a second thought to the chances we take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54684]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18252]]></link><description><![CDATA[No great deed is done By falterers who ask for certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is more eloquent than words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is more eloquent than words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5935]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[and hit it with a hammer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38708]]></link><description><![CDATA[and hit it with a hammer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy is not itself, that oft looks so; Pardon is still the nurse of second woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45976]]></link><description><![CDATA[We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women prefer emotions to reasoning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women prefer emotions to reasoning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/841]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a Model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was hoping they would respond, unsolicited, in some way, shape or form and that's disappointing. When you sit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was hoping they would respond, unsolicited, in some way, shape or form and that's disappointing. When you sit in a meeting and hear them say what they're going to do and the results are insignificant and you don't hear anything about how are things going or can we do anything differently, it's just very disappointing. They're simply hoping we go away. that's the feeling I get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, we only have half court and now we're going to have full court and like the computer lab ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, we only have half court and now we're going to have full court and like the computer lab that's going to be way better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Severn didn't have the right kind of personality for WWE and I don't think they really had any idea what to do with him. Tank Abbott had an amateur background but made his name in UFC brawling. He never learned to work at all and was a victim of Vince Russo 's wackiness in WCW.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Or my more dear immortal part,  Is not more fondly dear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48702]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Or my more dear immortal part,  Is not more fondly dear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11306</guid></item></channel></rss>