<?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[He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55178]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains. [Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55303]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains. [Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Crab and Its MotherA crab said to her son, Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Crab and Its MotherA crab said to her son, Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming to go straight forward. The young Crab replied: Quite true, dear Mother; and if you will show me the straight way, I will promise to walk in it. The Mother tried in vain, and submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of her child. Example is more powerful than precept.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death--the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our parking lot frequently (has) people cross through it. It could be anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our parking lot frequently (has) people cross through it. It could be anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had dinner and went to bed. We were all very worried about Harry. That was the main thing on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39558]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had dinner and went to bed. We were all very worried about Harry. That was the main thing on our mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big sisters are the crab grass in the lawn of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is genuine when two friends can enjoy each others company without speaking a word to one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long-term solution is creating a more market-driven terrorism insurance market in the sale of catastrophe risk bonds with some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long-term solution is creating a more market-driven terrorism insurance market in the sale of catastrophe risk bonds with some presence of the government backing up insurers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Occasionally, the chef gets creative and comes up with a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Occasionally, the chef gets creative and comes up with a new one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on crime. [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment follows close on crime. [Lat., Culpam poena premit comes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our wills are ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our wills are ours, we know not how; Our wills are ours, to make them thine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell, remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farewell, remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66611]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31663]]></link><description><![CDATA[And on the flip side, they know us pretty well. There won't be any big secrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men excuse their faults; good men abandon them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it tastes like a circus peanut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42112]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it tastes like a circus peanut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33608]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see someone on the street, and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4499]]></link><description><![CDATA[My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65586]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two levers for moving men -- interest and fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50248]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wears himself out by his labours, and grows old through his love of possessing wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,  All woe and sorrow; life inflicts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,  All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst   On soul and body,--but we cannot die,    Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--     Lo, all things can be borne!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50985]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that goes softly goes safely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12049]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27378]]></link><description><![CDATA[He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour deguiser sa pensee.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hit a little home for me, actually. Not the stripping, but seeing these people who haven't been handed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hit a little home for me, actually. Not the stripping, but seeing these people who haven't been handed the best card in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; Aterrace nine stories high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21138]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tree that can fill the span of a man's arms grows from a downy tip; Aterrace nine stories high rises from hodfuls of earth; A journey of athousand miles starts from beneath one's feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead. [Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy feeds on the living. It ceases when they are dead. [Lat., Pascitur in vivis livor; post fata quiescit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new LCD projector rounds out the Mitsubishi product line and offers our dealers more choices for their installations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35048]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new LCD projector rounds out the Mitsubishi product line and offers our dealers more choices for their installations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, ... It's a beautiful crazy cleaned-up hand and it's not mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, ... It's a beautiful crazy cleaned-up hand and it's not mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   Thus was the Cross of Christ, in St. Paul's day, the glory of Christians; not as it signified their not being ashamed to own a master that was crucified, but as it signified their glorying in a religion which was nothing else but a doctrine of the Cross that called them to the same suffering spirit, the same sacrifice of themselves, the same renunciation of the world, the same humility and meekness, the same patient bearing of injuries, reproaches and contempts, and the same dying to all the greatness, honours, and happiness of this world, which Christ showed on the Cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm getting faster, ... It felt good out there in Baltimore [he played about half the game Thursday]. The thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm getting faster, ... It felt good out there in Baltimore [he played about half the game Thursday]. The thing I was most impressed with was that I slowed my heart rate down on the field. I was very methodical. I was directing traffic out there, letting people know what we were going to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first hundred years are the hardest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24865]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first hundred years are the hardest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest productive force is human selfishness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest productive force is human selfishness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll have to declare conflicts on county business. But he doesn't have to resign his post on council. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41713]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll have to declare conflicts on county business. But he doesn't have to resign his post on council.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam,  Are little events that have come to pass   Since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam,  Are little events that have come to pass   Since the days of the old regime.    And, spite of Lempriere's dazzling page,     I'd give--though it might seem bold--      A hundred years of the Golden Age       For a year of the Age of Gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3748]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3748</guid></item><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[A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26975]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26975</guid></item></channel></rss>