<?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[Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophers, as things now stand, are all too fond of offering criticism from on high instead of studying and understanding things from within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones,  Forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones,  Forget not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore doth heaven divide The state of man in divers functions,  Setting endeavor in continual motion;   To which is fixed as an aim or butt    Obedience; for so work the honeybees,     Creatures that by a rule in nature teach      The act of order to a peopled kingdom.       They have a king, and officers of sorts,        Where some like magistrates correct at home,         Others like merchants venture trade abroad,          Others like soldiers armed in their stings           Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds,            Which pillage they with merry march bring home             To the tent-royal of their emperor,              Who, busied in his majesties, surveys               The singing masons building roofs of gold,                The civil citizens kneading up the honey,                 The poor mechanic porters crowding in                  Their heavy burdens at his narrow gate,                   The sad-eyed justice with his surly hum                    Delivering o'er to executors pale                     The lazy yawning drone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So as you can see it has constantly evolved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40578]]></link><description><![CDATA[So as you can see it has constantly evolved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18500]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the body of one guilty deed a thousand ghostly fears and haunting thoughts proceed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul;  That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19956]]></link><description><![CDATA[For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in then, in us a Reasoning Soul;  That kindred feelings might our state improve,   And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems small, ... but Latinos and Hispanics are concentrated in some very important states: California, New York, Florida and Texas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence!   - Horace Smith and James Smith, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence!   - Horace Smith and James Smith,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53083]]></link><description><![CDATA["I can't" isn't a reason to give up, it's a reason to try harder]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deo et Patriae [For God and country] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deo et Patriae [For God and country]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always turn to the sports page first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks;  And when she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks;  And when she winds them round a young man's neck,   She will not ever set him free again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17732]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some it makes men, some it makes slaves, some free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19446]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talked for a few more minutes and then the president turned to the vice president and said he'd just narrowed the candidates to one. And my 31-year naval career flew out the window.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality means doing it right when no one is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy anymore. The first page sells that book. The last page sells your next book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22864]]></link><description><![CDATA[In great matters men show themselves as they wish to be seen; in small matters, as they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18474]]></link><description><![CDATA[How glowing guilt exalts the keen delight!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18539]]></link><description><![CDATA[In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no grief like the grief that does not speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44640]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it seems like I've been lost in 'lets remember', If it seems I'm gettin' older and missin' my younger days, well you shoulda known me much better, cause the past is something that never got in my way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then on the grounde Togyder rounde  With manye a sadde stroke,   They roll and rumble,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then on the grounde Togyder rounde  With manye a sadde stroke,   They roll and rumble,    They turne and tumble,     As pigges do in a poke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are the cause of women not loving one another. [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are the cause of women not loving one another. [Fr., Les hommes sont la cause que les femmes ne s'aiment point.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a lot of work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29053]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a lot of work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12059]]></link><description><![CDATA[My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I choose dialogue, the other party should define the goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42612]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I choose dialogue, the other party should define the goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than War.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trinity College Dublin needed a high performance, scalable, yet affordable solution to accelerate important research and scientific discoveries. We are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trinity College Dublin needed a high performance, scalable, yet affordable solution to accelerate important research and scientific discoveries. We are very pleased that the college selected Voltaire and IBM to meet these requirements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52927]]></link><description><![CDATA[A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's world, and you men can have it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27033]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's world, and you men can have it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Physical infidelity is the signal, the notice given, that all fidelities are undermined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25461]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs.The chicken is involved; the pig is committed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs.The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And however are Dennises take offence, A double meaning shows double sense;  And if proverbs tell truth,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23232]]></link><description><![CDATA[And however are Dennises take offence, A double meaning shows double sense;  And if proverbs tell truth,   A double tooth    Is wisdom's adopted dwelling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try your skill in gilt first, and then in gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In light of the lower results anticipated for the December quarter, we now expect revenue for fiscal 2001 to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35144]]></link><description><![CDATA[In light of the lower results anticipated for the December quarter, we now expect revenue for fiscal 2001 to be in the $6 billion to $6.5 billion range,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome theobstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome theobstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more thanthe intelligence quotient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15880]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're not a white male, consider sales seriously. Most employers, regardless of how sexist or racist they may be, will pay for any sales they can get. And they care little for the color or gender of the person who brings that business to the firm. Most will be glad to get the business even if it comes from a green, bisexual Martian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44175]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. - The Silence of the Sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50371</guid></item></channel></rss>