<?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[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[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meanwhile, there is dancing in yonder green bower, A swarm of young midges, they dance high and low;  'Tis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meanwhile, there is dancing in yonder green bower, A swarm of young midges, they dance high and low;  'Tis a sweet little species that lives but one hour,   And the eldest was born half an hour ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sickness doth infect The very life-blood of our enterprise. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55887]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sickness doth infect The very life-blood of our enterprise. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must chose in life between boredom and suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24963]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hear is to heed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50408]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hear is to heed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord have mercy. In her heart, she loved us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord have mercy. In her heart, she loved us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55280]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a bachelor's baby suffocating under them; / Somebody called him George and that was the end of it: / They hitched him up to the Army.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44980]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a wide-spread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54671]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These $100,000 UPS systems aren't performing as they should, ... The total number of batteries cost probably in the range ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33826]]></link><description><![CDATA[These $100,000 UPS systems aren't performing as they should, ... The total number of batteries cost probably in the range of $7,000]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistling to keep myself from being afraid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whistling to keep myself from being afraid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy lives upon doubts, it becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call;  For what is worth, in anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62323]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call;  For what is worth, in anything,   But so much money as 't will bring?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never intended to do anything with dogs or anything except donkeys, but there was such a big need with the humane society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This change in our name better reflects who we are and where we are going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33004]]></link><description><![CDATA[This change in our name better reflects who we are and where we are going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see, but cannot reach, the height That lies forever in the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The zen of flyfishing is that zen mastersdon't fish.. the Buddha suffocates no creature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/254]]></link><description><![CDATA[The zen of flyfishing is that zen mastersdon't fish.. the Buddha suffocates no creature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2157]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is an infinite sphere whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is like a glass ornament, once it is broken it can rarely be put back together exactly the same way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm personally not against billboards, but I am worried about the looks within the city limits. I see billboards as more of a process of, as you're coming into town, wanting people to stop and service our businesses, buy their gas and stuff like that. Once you come into town and get into high density growth and mini-stores it becomes more of a distraction and a nuisance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is the best possible cure for dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is the best possible cure for dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51547]]></link><description><![CDATA[So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held hostage did not return to school after the attack. Parents and children are fearful and mistrustful about school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to talking to Mike. I'm hoping for a positive outcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to talking to Mike. I'm hoping for a positive outcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, what a world of vile ill-favour'd faults Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year! -The Merry Wives of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55363]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, what a world of vile ill-favour'd faults Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year! -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2377]]></link><description><![CDATA[First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sancho Panza by name is my own self, if I was not changed in my cradle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than others think is practical;...expect more than others think is possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a quintuple bypass in May. It was notMad Cows but sane cows in my arteries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a quintuple bypass in May. It was notMad Cows but sane cows in my arteries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43902]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but only one view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was truly in the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33340]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was truly in the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Focus on remedies, not faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Focus on remedies, not faults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These two hated with a hate Found only on the stage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18842]]></link><description><![CDATA[These two hated with a hate Found only on the stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Dick, Jane, and Spot primers have gone to that bookshelf in the sky. I have, in some ways, a tender feeling toward them, so I think it's for the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31615</guid></item></channel></rss>