<?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[Great albatross!--the meanest birds Spring up and flit away,  While thou must toil to gain a flight,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great albatross!--the meanest birds Spring up and flit away,  While thou must toil to gain a flight,   And spread those pinions grey;    But when they once are fairly poised,     Far o'er each chirping thing      Thou sailest wide to other lands,       E'en sleeping on the wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  [John Bunyan] had to live through that obscure night -- "wide, vast, and lonely" -- which fell upon St. John of the Cross before; like him, he knew that grace would enter "the dark caverns where the senses live". In the meantime, Bunyan tossed to and fro, as it were between heaven and hell. It has been said that he paints too dark a picture of his moral condition when a young man, that he exaggerates his wickedness at this period, and afterwards wrestles with phantoms of his vivid imagination. But spiritual sins, though not so obvious as those that are sensual, may be just as real; and Bunyan's intensity of feeling and expression arose from the intensity of his spiritual nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our graphs are based on starting with chaos meaning we have a blast of news, and we say to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our graphs are based on starting with chaos meaning we have a blast of news, and we say to our algorithms, find some order in this. We're creating these from scratch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15771]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, hard work represents the supreme luxury of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A willing heart adds feather to the heel And makes the clown a winged Mercury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61588]]></link><description><![CDATA[A willing heart adds feather to the heel And makes the clown a winged Mercury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think complexity is mostly sort of crummy stuff that is there because it's too expensive to change the interface.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasn't Sheik Osama bin Laden told you that you will not dream of security before there is security in Palestine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasn't Sheik Osama bin Laden told you that you will not dream of security before there is security in Palestine and before all the infidel armies withdraw from the land of Muhammed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stocks, which have risen too fast to high levels that can't be justified, had to come down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stocks, which have risen too fast to high levels that can't be justified, had to come down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/674]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64605]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I want to crawl out of my skin, especially when people start questioning me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48363]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings, goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury, and make sharper the contest between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -David ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -David Starr Jordan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater education than one that is self-driven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66234]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater education than one that is self-driven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32012]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't take a well-tanned person seriously]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60333]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . one of the goals of life is to try and be in touch with one's most personal themes -- the values, ideas, styles, colors that are the touchstones of one's own individual life, its real texture and substance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in your imagination can you revise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in your imagination can you revise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better three hours too soon than a minute too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60580]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the victors belong the spoils. (The spoils to the victors.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;  For all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;  For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man   Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bust patents for a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36013]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bust patents for a living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I speak two languages, Body and English. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17059]]></link><description><![CDATA[I speak two languages, Body and English.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46494]]></link><description><![CDATA[To ridicule philosophy is truly philosophical. [Fr., Se moquer de la philosophie c'est vraiment philosophe.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Branding New York City is too broad an image these days. It's no longer as powerful on the macro level. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Branding New York City is too broad an image these days. It's no longer as powerful on the macro level. The trick is to find the brands that are unique, but not so niche and so in-the-know that only 12 people who live in the neighborhood will get it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings  Of kings makes peasants,   And of peasants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15391]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings  Of kings makes peasants,   And of peasants kings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impartial observers from other planets would consider ours an utterly bizarre enclave if it were populated by birds, defined as flying animals, that nevertheless rarely or never actually flew. They would also be perplexed if they encountered in our seas, lakes, rivers, and ponds, creatures defined as swimmers that never did any swimming. But they would be even more surprised to encounter a species defined as a thinking animal if, in fact, the creature very rarely indulged in actual thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3781]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I weren't earning $3 million a year to dunk a basketball, most people on the street would run in the other direction if they saw me coming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60905]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prudent question is one half of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52749]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prudent question is one half of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be as a tower firmly set; Shakes not its top for any blast that blows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64763]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener, n]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eighty percent of success is showing up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally. He provided comic relief but was also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37079]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a very sad time and a big loss for me personally. He provided comic relief but was also a real person doing things that were very important to the show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63741]]></link><description><![CDATA[People intoxicate themselves with work so they won't see how they really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas, by what trivial causes is greatness overthrown!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48790]]></link><description><![CDATA[And whispering, "I will ne'er consent," consented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is forever poised between a cliché and an indiscretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20759]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is forever poised between a cliché and an indiscretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48667]]></link><description><![CDATA[As dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to this folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been a vegetarian for years and years. I'm not judgemental about others who aren't, I just feel I cannot eat or wear living creatures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60451</guid></item></channel></rss>