<?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[I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things don't go wrong, they simply happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things don't go wrong, they simply happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66524]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A SOBA is a client/server application done right, ... It is a business application that is centered on Web services ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31351]]></link><description><![CDATA[A SOBA is a client/server application done right, ... It is a business application that is centered on Web services standards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4341]]></link><description><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot,   Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear    Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year,     Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not      Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot       Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer        Right onward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around  Laugh at the jests or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned, Where all the ruddy family around  Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail   Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When religion is in the hands of the mere natural man, he is always the worse for it; it adds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7338]]></link><description><![CDATA[When religion is in the hands of the mere natural man, he is always the worse for it; it adds a bad heat to his own dark fire and helps to inflame his four elements of selfishness, envy, pride, and wrath. And hence it is that worse passions, or a worse degree of them are to be found in persons of great religious zeal than in others that made no pretenses to it. History also furnishes us with instances of persons of great piety and devotion who have fallen into great delusions and deceived both themselves and others. The occasion of their fall was this: ... They considered their whole nature as the subject of religion and divine graces; and therefore their religion was according to the workings of their whole nature, and the old man was as busy and as much delighted in it as the new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very impressed with our second half. We played a 2-3 zone, but we didn't box out well so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32112]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very impressed with our second half. We played a 2-3 zone, but we didn't box out well so we have to work on that. But I was very pleased. We took care of the basketball. Morgan Reeves played a tremendous game. She sparks our defense. She did a great job doing that. She took a charge from (Heath's) Maggie Combs and was in her face the whole game. She was able to rattle Heath a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectuals are too sentimental for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectuals are too sentimental for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54899]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Scouting, a boy is encouraged to educate himself instead of being instructed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worthless people live only to eat and drink; people of worth eat and drink only to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is the leaping lightning, not to be measured by the horse- power of the understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel for the sponsors (HSBC) because they put up a lot of money. This is the richest first prize in all of golf (one million pounds).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not done. That's the one thing at this level. Recruiting is really not done until late August. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33920]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not done. That's the one thing at this level. Recruiting is really not done until late August.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22549]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the great mass of our people there are plenty individuals of intelligence from among whom leadership can be recruited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. -King John. Act v. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. [Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. [Lat., Timor non est diuturnus magister officii.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy gown? Why, ay--come, tailor, let us see't. O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is there?  What's this, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy gown? Why, ay--come, tailor, let us see't. O mercy, God, what masquing stuff is there?  What's this, a sleeve? 'Tis like a demi-cannon.   What, up and down carved like an apple tart?    Here's snip and nip and cut and slish and slash,     Like to a censer in a barber's shop.      Why, what's a devil's name, tailor, call'st thou this?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wage hike is very hard to take away, but bonuses and profit-sharing can disappear very quickly in hard times...More ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22582]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wage hike is very hard to take away, but bonuses and profit-sharing can disappear very quickly in hard times...More people are realizing that bonuses look like raises, but really aren't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the things I might have said that fester. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26838]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the things I might have said that fester.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:  The sun's a thief, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do villainy, do, since you protest to do't, Like workmen. I'll example you with thievery:  The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction   Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief,    And her pale fire she snatches from the sun;     The sea's a thief, whose liquid surges resolves      The moon into salt tears; the earth's a thief,       That feeds and breeds by a composture stol'n        From gen'ral excrement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33017]]></link><description><![CDATA[You no longer really have to record the Super Bowl because you can get all the commercials on AOL the next day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want any money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want any money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am getting nowhere with you and I can't let you go and I cant get through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58611]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who talks much cannot always talk well. [It., Chi parla troppo non puo parlar sempre bene.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Burly, dozing humblebee, Where thou art is clime for me.  Let them sail for Porto Rique,   Far-off heats through seas to seek.    I will follow thee alone,     Thou animated torrid-zone!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve did a great job at Mirage, but MGM is the acquiring entity here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steve did a great job at Mirage, but MGM is the acquiring entity here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10233]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a little country. The greatness of a people is no more determined by their number than the greatness of a man is determined by his height.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hanging is too good for him said Mr. Cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws from and repels its brother. [Ger., Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two souls, alas! reside within my breast, and each withdraws from and repels its brother. [Ger., Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust,  Die eine will sich von der andern trennen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We haven't been able to put together all facets (hitting, pitching and defense) of the game yet. One game we'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We haven't been able to put together all facets (hitting, pitching and defense) of the game yet. One game we'll play poor defensively and hit well. The next game maybe we won't be hitting but our pitchers will pick us up. It will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are students who have a lot of potential but don't have people pushing them or showing them how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40503]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are students who have a lot of potential but don't have people pushing them or showing them how to succeed. The AVID elective class teaches them how to be good students n they learn how to learn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1928]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can be very happy without demanding that others agree with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is our native country, and we in this world be as exiles and strangers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23099]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Italians are plunderers. [It., Gli Italiani tutti ladroni.]  Not all but a good part.   [It., Non tutti, ma buona parte.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56294]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind contracts herself and shrinketh in, And to herself she gladly doth retire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This in not just a condemnation of the Holocaust. It is a condemnation of all the atrocities in the past ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41431]]></link><description><![CDATA[This in not just a condemnation of the Holocaust. It is a condemnation of all the atrocities in the past and a reminder that terror still surrounds us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54271]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do something like this every year. Then this catastrophe hit, and it seemed like the obvious choice to help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do something like this every year. Then this catastrophe hit, and it seemed like the obvious choice to help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are no women there are no good manners ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are no women there are no good manners]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18129]]></link><description><![CDATA[At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5085]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look at the Hudson River, I can't help but feel overwhelmed by its beauty and responsible for its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33179]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look at the Hudson River, I can't help but feel overwhelmed by its beauty and responsible for its protection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33179</guid></item></channel></rss>