<?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[Programming today is a race between software engineers stirring to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers stirring to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sermons remain one of the last forms of public discourse where it is culturally forbidden to talk back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that know one another salute a farre off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49966]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that know one another salute a farre off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold that buys health can never be ill spent, Nor hours laid out in harmless merriment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still don't know much about directing a movie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still don't know much about directing a movie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain  Shrunk in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52929]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew it would rain, for the poplars showed The white of their leaves, the amber grain  Shrunk in the wind,--and the lightning now   Is tangled in tremulous skeins of rain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only one of many who should be arrested. The investigation must be conducted openly for people to have confidence that powerful figures will not be protected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real valuable thing is intuition. -Albert Einstein. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real valuable thing is intuition. -Albert Einstein.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew I could play, ... I knew I was going to be fine. I just kept my head up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37273]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew I could play, ... I knew I was going to be fine. I just kept my head up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All reformers are bachelors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53203]]></link><description><![CDATA[All reformers are bachelors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18908]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We used to see a very large growth in our ground business, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38471]]></link><description><![CDATA[We used to see a very large growth in our ground business,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home,  And call the cattle home,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54323]]></link><description><![CDATA["O Mary, go and call the cattle home, And call the cattle home,  And call the cattle home,   Across the sands o' Dee;"    The western wind was wild and dank wi' foam     And all alone went she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53060]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't know life, how can we know death? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64231]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't know life, how can we know death?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Montana. It's everything Colorado thinks it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Montana. It's everything Colorado thinks it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2513]]></link><description><![CDATA[When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[sex is simple, love stings afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55259]]></link><description><![CDATA[sex is simple, love stings afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is fit for wise men, but flourishes chiefly among fools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62124]]></link><description><![CDATA[And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame; And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame;  But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,   Shall draw the Thing as he sees It, for the God of Things as They Are!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attributus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attributus est error:  Sed non videmus, manticae quid in tergo est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25141]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do sing because I must, And pipe but as the linnets sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26520]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691  If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker; lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God: for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine June 15, 1996 Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Jesus remains unshaken as the practical man; and we stand exposed as the fools, the blunderers, the unpractical visionaries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56675]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's a will, there's a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's a will, there's a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49384]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that passeth a winters day escapes an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17393]]></link><description><![CDATA[All German cities are blind, Nurnberg alone sees with one eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau. -- Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can dream it, you can do it.It's kind of fun to do the impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66409]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can dream it, you can do it.It's kind of fun to do the impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All concord's born of contraries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60428]]></link><description><![CDATA[All concord's born of contraries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably dominated for 70 minutes out of 90 tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably dominated for 70 minutes out of 90 tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Menendez has a fund raiser, and basically everyone donates to him. It's the way of business in Hudson County. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Menendez has a fund raiser, and basically everyone donates to him. It's the way of business in Hudson County.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A road to a friend's house is never long. -Danish proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16907]]></link><description><![CDATA[A road to a friend's house is never long. -Danish proverb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every madman thinks all other men mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every madman thinks all other men mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tombs are the clothes of the dead; a grave is but a plain suit; a rich monument is an embroidered one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go. [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rivers are roads that move and carry us whither we wish to go. [Fr., Les rivieres sont des chemins qui marchant et qui portent ou l'on veut aller.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics are no substitute for judgment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics are no substitute for judgment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's actually quite high. I do think people in small town Iowa love to talk about their town. On phone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39924]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's actually quite high. I do think people in small town Iowa love to talk about their town. On phone interviews, we could get through a survey in 20 minutes - [Yet] it [often] takes about an hour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39924</guid></item></channel></rss>