<?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[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41684]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the late Classical period and more so in Romantic and Modern opera, the weight settled into the orchestra, with the voices as a free obbligato above it, ... That just drives me crazy. I want the vocal line to be as much the core as the bass line. I want to create the illusion that the voice generates harmony, color, line, everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18735]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think, but whether men do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boy, when you are dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a god dam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you are dead? Nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch youburn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch youburn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child miseducated is a child lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child miseducated is a child lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother;  Wits are gamecocks to one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy's a sharper spur than pay: No author ever spar'd a brother;  Wits are gamecocks to one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this day... the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8059]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this day... the earth sustains on her bosom many monster minds, minds which are not afraid to employ the seed of Deity deposited in human nature as a means of suppressing the name of God. Can anything be more detestable than this madness in man, who, finding God a hundred times both in his body and his soul, makes his excellence in this respect a pretext for denying that there is a God? He will not say that chance has made him different from the brutes; ... but, substituting Nature as the architect of the universe, he suppresses the name of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homesickness is nothing Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Homesickness is nothing Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wife encourages her husband's egoism in order to encourage her own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask ten goths what 'goth' means, and you'll get eleven different answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask ten goths what 'goth' means, and you'll get eleven different answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is great love there are always miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is great love there are always miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worry not about the possible troubles of the future; for if they come, you are but anticipating and adding to their weight; and if they do not come, your worry is useless; and in either case it is weak and in vain, and a distrust of God's providence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/544]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diplomacy is thinking twice before saying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst. [The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wine in the bottell doth not quench thirst. [The wine in the bottle does not quench thirst.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60087]]></link><description><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62478]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a need to find and sing our own song, to stretch our limbs and shake them in a dance so wild that nothing can roost there, that stirs the yearning for solitary voyage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am pretty much a person of my word and I told myself I would get myself out of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31244]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am pretty much a person of my word and I told myself I would get myself out of this and I knew somehow I would.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took 25 years to de-list the peregrine falcon. We are only at nine or 10 years and we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36134]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took 25 years to de-list the peregrine falcon. We are only at nine or 10 years and we have a long way to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love. . -Lao Tzu. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking creates profoundness, kindness in feeling creates love. . -Lao Tzu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fault is as great as hee that is faulty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fault is as great as hee that is faulty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65516]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible to industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is impossible to industry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll drink a cup to Scotland yet, Wi' a' the honours three. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll drink a cup to Scotland yet, Wi' a' the honours three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way  Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way  Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63960]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this point, the compute grid is well understood. But much less time has been devoted to getting data where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38328]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this point, the compute grid is well understood. But much less time has been devoted to getting data where it needs to be, when it needs to be there, as well as to how this process is managed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42317]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the point of view of the playwright, then, the essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of his hero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55090]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man who lives for self alone, Lives for the meanest mortal known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believing in our goals to the point of acting upon them as though they are real already is the ultimate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believing in our goals to the point of acting upon them as though they are real already is the ultimate test of our faith and faithfulness -- and the ultimate trigger for their realization when the time is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The machine unmakes the man. Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is abscent when the act is justified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, the draft is ready, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, the draft is ready,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Him that makes shoes go barefoot himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1364]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth lies within a little and certain compass, but error is immense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instruction does not prevent waste of time or mistakes; and mistakes themselves are often the best teachers of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're paid by companies. Having said that, I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened for consumer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37003]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're paid by companies. Having said that, I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened for consumer affairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31540]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was battling that at-bat. I had two strikes and some runners on base. I was just trying to hit the ball hard somewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31540</guid></item></channel></rss>