<?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[Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Kerke the narre, from God more farre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8687]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Kerke the narre, from God more farre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12884]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make your dreams come true, the first thing you have to do is wake up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within reach of every hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dress, habits, manners, provincialism, routine and narrowness, he acquired that charming insolence, that irritating completeness, that sophisticated crassness, that overbalanced poise that makes the Manhattan gentleman so delightfully small in his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime and punishment grow out of one stem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime and punishment grow out of one stem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is Venus personified. Her hair is naturally beautiful without artificial enhancement, and her sophisticated air tells us she has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32071]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is Venus personified. Her hair is naturally beautiful without artificial enhancement, and her sophisticated air tells us she has the queen gene. Gentlemen, start your engines; she's high-maintenance. She puts in the time to be gorgeous every day and is accustomed to lots of adoration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39154]]></link><description><![CDATA[When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50018]]></link><description><![CDATA[To whirle the eyes too much shewes a Kites braine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65750]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31377]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our suppliers have access to what's moving and what our customers are doing, this is to their advantage. They can anticipate demand a lot better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51794]]></link><description><![CDATA[From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody sees when you are lying in your bedand I want to crawl in with youbut I cry instead ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody sees when you are lying in your bedand I want to crawl in with youbut I cry instead]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the force that ignites the spirit and binds teams together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54404]]></link><description><![CDATA[What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. [Lat., Quod tantis Romana manus contexuit annis  Proditur unus iners angusto tempore vertit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, the beggar's virtue, shall find no harbor here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17636]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, I say that justice is truth in action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, I say that justice is truth in action]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[University Police Officer Mark Allen said it was a typical football weekend.] It doesn't appear there were any serious injuries, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41740]]></link><description><![CDATA[[University Police Officer Mark Allen said it was a typical football weekend.] It doesn't appear there were any serious injuries, ... Everything went smoothly for a Penn State football weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If things on earth may be to heaven resembled, It must be love, pure, constant, undissembled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25623]]></link><description><![CDATA[If things on earth may be to heaven resembled, It must be love, pure, constant, undissembled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Software companies have sold off aggressively but some information technology managers have indicated a willingness to spend in that area. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Software companies have sold off aggressively but some information technology managers have indicated a willingness to spend in that area.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.  [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first king was a successful soldier; He who serves well his country has no need of ancestors.  [Fr., Le premier qui fut roi, fut un soldat heureux;   Qui sert bien son pays, n'a pas besoin d'aleux.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9054]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they spoke they would discover that their souls had only separated by phantoms and delusions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't;  Thrice I guessed wrong,   And I kept my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't;  Thrice I guessed wrong,   And I kept my credit on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57321]]></link><description><![CDATA[It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rough Johnson, the great moralist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rough Johnson, the great moralist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to the house where there is no chiding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to the house where there is no chiding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason, some come to learn and others come to teach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every person that comes into our life comes for a reason, some come to learn and others come to teach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia proseminat usus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56751]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As sure as ever God puts his children in the furnace, he will be in the furnace with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6980]]></link><description><![CDATA[As sure as ever God puts his children in the furnace, he will be in the furnace with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystical union, on the one hand. The resurrection of the body, on the other. I can't reach the ghost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6704]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystical union, on the one hand. The resurrection of the body, on the other. I can't reach the ghost of an image, a formula, or even a feeling, that combines them. But the reality, we are given to understand, does. Reality is the iconoclast once more. Heaven will solve our problems--but not, I think, by showing us subtle reconciliations between all our apparently contradictory notions. The notions will all be knocked from under our feet. We shall see that there never was any problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's just too much. It's pollution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music can save people, but it can't in the commercial way it's being used. It's just too much. It's pollution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to protect Iraq and the world against terrorists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37412]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to protect Iraq and the world against terrorists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that sow in tears shall reap joy. [Psalms 126:5]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1377]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that sow in tears shall reap joy. [Psalms 126:5].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such understanding is required for researchers to develop new and much-needed approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, such as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such understanding is required for researchers to develop new and much-needed approaches to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases, such as diabetes, bipolar disorder, cancer and many others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is thy gold; worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murther in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17800]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is thy gold; worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murther in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell:.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56825]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is against the grain of modern education to teach children to program. What fun is there in making plans, acquiring discipline in organizing thoughts, devoting attention to detail, and learning to be self-critical?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Church is not a tribe for the improvement in holiness of people who think it would be pleasant to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7857]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Church is not a tribe for the improvement in holiness of people who think it would be pleasant to be holy, a means to the integration of character for those who cannot bear their conflicts. It is a statement of the divine intention for humanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7857</guid></item></channel></rss>