<?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[Illusion is the first of the pleasures ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illusion is the first of the pleasures]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on creating a name that would appeal to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25152]]></link><description><![CDATA[No. That's it. The cool name, that is. We worked very hard on creating a name that would appeal to the majority of people, and it certainly paid off: thousands of people are using linux just to be able to say "OS/2? Hah. I've got Linux. What a cool name". 386BSD made the mistake of putting a lot of numbers and weird abbreviations into the name, and is scaring away a lot of people just because it sounds too technical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9963]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when two dogs are fighting in the streets, When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:  With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,   And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;  For he, by geometric scale,   Could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24528]]></link><description><![CDATA[In mathematics he was greater Than Tycho Brahe, or Erra Pater;  For he, by geometric scale,   Could take the size of pots of ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science, as in common life, we frequently see that a novelty in system, or in practice, cannot be duly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science, as in common life, we frequently see that a novelty in system, or in practice, cannot be duly appreciated till time has sobered the enthusiasm of its advocates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undeclared: The Complete Series ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Undeclared: The Complete Series]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature always tends to act in the simplest way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature always tends to act in the simplest way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54125]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts bring sad thoughts to the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot wish for that we know not. [Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61793]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot wish for that we know not. [Fr., On ne peut desirer ce qu'on ne connait pas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world itself is too small for the covetous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51199]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world itself is too small for the covetous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were coming off our moratorium, and we had a few shots that just didn't fall for us. We didn't play particularly well early in the game, but we were able to come back and play stronger in the third and fourth quarter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone should keep a mental wastepaper basket, and the older he grows, the more things will he promptly consign to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first in glory, as the first in place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first in glory, as the first in place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you can become you are already. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21928]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you can become you are already.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere. It's a result of something... hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These products are not just engineered to outwit the competition, but more so to reflect the diversity of the American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38483]]></link><description><![CDATA[These products are not just engineered to outwit the competition, but more so to reflect the diversity of the American consumer we know so well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60388]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are grades of vanity, there are only grades of ability in concealing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62512]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,  Ingratitude, more strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20899]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,  Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arms,   Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart;    And in his mantle muffling up his face,     Even at the base of Pompey's statue      (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5621]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doingresearch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life really does begin at forty. Up until then, you are just doingresearch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9087]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe in Communism any more than you do but there is nothing wrong with the Communists in this country; several of the best friends I have got are Communists]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43669]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Eskimos had 52 names for snow because it was important to them; there ought to be as many for love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason for the postponement is to re-examine the issue to explore all the options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason for the postponement is to re-examine the issue to explore all the options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose. [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose. [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j'ai vecu pres d'elle.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51363]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/401]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acquaintance is a degree of friendship called slight when its object is poor and obscure, and intimate when he is rich and famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to talk with people who care about things that matter thatwill make a life-changing difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22432]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to talk with people who care about things that matter thatwill make a life-changing difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew! Now, infidel, I have you on the hip. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55610]]></link><description><![CDATA[A second Daniel, a Daniel, Jew! Now, infidel, I have you on the hip. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told her after the race if the male jockeys ever give her a roasting again she can truthfully say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told her after the race if the male jockeys ever give her a roasting again she can truthfully say she can beat them with a leg in the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is clear that the revenue environment is stronger than anticipated and consensus upgrades are likely today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31740]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is clear that the revenue environment is stronger than anticipated and consensus upgrades are likely today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2528]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34216]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could call 'show biz,' filmmaking, the original arena for outsourcing because ever since I've been making movies, Hollywood has been threatened with outsourcing, be it Italy, be it Australia, New Zealand and, certainly, Canada,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit. [Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit. [Fr., Le merite des hommes a sa saison aussi bien que les fruits.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22854]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'd be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24563]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not 'why.' It's 'What do we do now; How do we get through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33209]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not 'why.' It's 'What do we do now; How do we get through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60184</guid></item></channel></rss>