<?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[The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The iron tongue of midnight hath told twelve. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving 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/65904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13401]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Self-Educated are marked by stubborn peculiarities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47611]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every tyrant's heart there springs in the end this poison, that he cannot trust a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was very popular last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33524]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was very popular last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. -Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56083]]></link><description><![CDATA[A name unmusical to the Volscians' ears, And harsh in sound to thine. -Coriolanus. Act iv. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of bankrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is the timid sign of courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is the timid sign of courage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13583]]></link><description><![CDATA[A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell, where his influence stops. -Henry B. Adams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor comes from self-confidence. There's an aggressive element to wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into a second life and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best biographies leave their readers with a sense of having all but entered into a second life and of having come to know another human being in some ways better than he knew himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's on the horizon. We can do the job as long as the funding stays consistent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's on the horizon. We can do the job as long as the funding stays consistent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know why he chose to post that. There was sufficient food and water in that hospital for at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know why he chose to post that. There was sufficient food and water in that hospital for at least another four days when we evacuated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39261]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've ... always thought he could be a big comedy star. The nice thing about 'Virgin' is that it shows the studios that if the premise is a strong one, you can take a chance on a new actor in the lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The far-off interest of tears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The far-off interest of tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want him to think hitting is OK. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want him to think hitting is OK.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54782]]></link><description><![CDATA[My feeling is religious insofar as I am imbued with the consciousness of the insufficiency of the human mind to understand more deeply the harmony of the Universe which we try to formulate as "laws of nature]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16027]]></link><description><![CDATA[O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and wewho fail to prevent them must share ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and wewho fail to prevent them must share in the guilt for the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know that I'd really want to do this full time, ... I enjoy my family and cutting the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38828]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know that I'd really want to do this full time, ... I enjoy my family and cutting the grass at home. There's more in life than golf. I enjoy the game but I don't know if I could do it every day. If I go practice, I practice for an hour. The guys out here practice for six hours. I couldn't do that. I've never had the length, I'm not that strong of a guy. I hit it 250, 260, I hit it very straight and I'm not a bad putter. You have to do this all the time to get the nerves. I don't know if I have the nerves for the next three days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suffer and expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suffer and expect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On offense, it's important for us to have good cuts and a lot of movement off the ball. Once we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39640]]></link><description><![CDATA[On offense, it's important for us to have good cuts and a lot of movement off the ball. Once we catch the ball, we have to be very strong with it. Quick guys usually have quick hands and step in the passing lanes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65476]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never had the dollars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never had the dollars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3388]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little more enlightened, religion would perish]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are immobile and voiceless,and cannot ask for the mercy of water,those trapped caged house plants.In the winter they feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27374]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are immobile and voiceless,and cannot ask for the mercy of water,those trapped caged house plants.In the winter they feel no breezenor are they touched by a hand which frees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5542]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more dangerous than an idea, when a man has only one idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly, if it be wrong leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate to see things done by halves. If it be right, do it boldly, if it be wrong leave it undone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   I find more marks of authenticity in the Bible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   I find more marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diego: I'm... sorry I set you up. Sid: Ah, you know me, I'm too lazy to hold a grudge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37560]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's traditional for an heiress to be raised in a sheltered way. No one thinks that's true of me, but it actually was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils;  In every dimpled drop I see   Wild flowers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52938]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not raining to me, It's raining daffodils;  In every dimpled drop I see   Wild flowers on distant hills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Titles distinguish the mediocre, embarrass the superior, and are disgraced by the inferior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811]]></link><description><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why care for grammar as long as we are good? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why care for grammar as long as we are good?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18135</guid></item></channel></rss>