<?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[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year I was diagnosed with osteoporosis. I was over 50, Caucasian, thin, small-framed, and I have it in my genetic history. It was almost a slam-dunk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear Everything and judge for yourself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear Everything and judge for yourself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get enthusiasm from one core group of people, they go out and drum up support and enthusiasm in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35039]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get enthusiasm from one core group of people, they go out and drum up support and enthusiasm in the community and you get the ball rolling and it's infectious, that's how people make things happen,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness hates the timid! So does science! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness hates the timid! So does science!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14410]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger,' and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility is the price of freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39652]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our worldwide share is high, we have to spur technological innovations from the viewpoint of usability. I think it's our company's duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45497]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9512]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature, trying to know what's going on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the gods are dead except the god of war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53582]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the gods are dead except the god of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big things have small beginnings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big things have small beginnings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Critics are usually kinder to cheaper movies than to those they perceive to be big Hollywood releases. They cut you a lot more slack if you spend less money, which makes no sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is not so common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is not so common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51576]]></link><description><![CDATA[A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23777]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to be kind to another, without helping himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16843]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavour Fellowship, 1951   How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859   To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859   To excuse what can really produce good excuses is not Christian charity; it is only fairness. To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you. This is hard. It is perhaps not so hard to forgive a single injury. But to forgive the incessant provocations of daily life -- to keep on forgiving the bossy mother-in-law, the bullying husband, the nagging wife, the selfish daughter, the deceitful son -- how can we do it? Only, I think, by remembering where we stand, by meaning our words when we say in our prayers each night, "Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us." We are offered forgiveness on no other terms. To refuse it means to refuse God's mercy for ourselves. There is no hint of exceptions and God means what He says.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very hard for adults to change their personality, and Harvard needs a personality who can get all the faculty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30742]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very hard for adults to change their personality, and Harvard needs a personality who can get all the faculty and schools to work together for the good of the university.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33031]]></link><description><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Punctuality is the politeness of kings ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Punctuality is the politeness of kings]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are playing possibly the best, if not the best, team we've seen all year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36192]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are playing possibly the best, if not the best, team we've seen all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surgery is the red flower that blooms among the leaves and thorns that are the rest of medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unix gives you just enough rope to hang yourself -- and then a couple of more feet, just to be sure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33814]]></link><description><![CDATA[To their credit they never quit. It was one of those frustrating nights where we kept shooting ourselves in the foot but kept fighting. We didn't lose because of a lack of effort. We lost because of a lack of execution at critical times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48714]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll make the fur Fly 'bout the ears of the old cur.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College is like a fountain of knowledge - and the students are there to drink ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8949]]></link><description><![CDATA[College is like a fountain of knowledge - and the students are there to drink]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What doth gravity out of his bed at midnight? -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55865]]></link><description><![CDATA[What doth gravity out of his bed at midnight? -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58787]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking;  But there is something when man's eye appears   Wet, still more disagreeable and striking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes thou shalt be forsaken of God, sometimes thou shalt be troubled by thy neighbors; and what is more, oftentimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes thou shalt be forsaken of God, sometimes thou shalt be troubled by thy neighbors; and what is more, oftentimes thou shalt be wearisome even to thyself. Neither canst thou be delivered or eased by any remedy or comfort; but so long as it pleaseth God, thou oughtest to bear it. For God will have thee learn to suffer tribulation without comfort, and that thou subject thyself wholly to Him, and by tribulation become more humble. No man hath so cordial a feeling of the Passion of Christ, as he that hath suffered the like himself. The Cross therefore is always ready, and everywhere waits for thee. Thou canst not escape it, whithersoever thou runnest; for wheresoever thou goest, thou carriest thyself with thee, and shalt ever find thyself. Both above and below, without and within, which way so ever thou dost turn thee, everywhere thou shalt find the Cross; and everywhere of necessity thou must hold fast patience, if thou wilt have inward peace, and enjoy an everlasting crown.  ...Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ June 8, 1996 Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711  The charm of the words of great men, those grand sayings which are recognized as true as soon as heard, is this, that you recognize them as wisdom which has passed across your own mind. You feel that they are your own thoughts come back to you, else you would not at once admit them. "All of that has floated across me before, only I could not say it, and did not feel confident enough to assert it: or had not conviction enough to put it into words." Yes, God spoke to you what He did to them: only, they believed it, said it, trusted the Word within them; and you did not. Be sure that often when you say, "It is only my own poor thought, and I am alone," the real correcting thought is this: "Alone, but the Father is with me, and therefore I can live that lonely conviction.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10323]]></link><description><![CDATA[True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is now incompetent. His condition has worsened to the point where we cannot proceed without him regaining his competence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39132]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is now incompetent. His condition has worsened to the point where we cannot proceed without him regaining his competence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It happens, ... It's happened a couple of times to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It happens, ... It's happened a couple of times to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Air doesn't conduct electricity as well. When it happens, it's called a lightning bolt and you don't need special receptors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Air doesn't conduct electricity as well. When it happens, it's called a lightning bolt and you don't need special receptors to sense it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19596]]></link><description><![CDATA[I married a German. Every night I dress up as Poland and he invades me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19596</guid></item></channel></rss>