<?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[Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do right. That will gratify some of the people and astonish the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17335]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the strongest characteristics of genius is the power of lighting its own fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9645]]></link><description><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45765]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46374]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resistthem-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resistthem-that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flownaturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear  That unicorns may be betrayed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16170]]></link><description><![CDATA[If he be so resolved, I can o'ersway him; for he loves to hear  That unicorns may be betrayed with trees   And bears with glasses, elephants with holes,    Lions with toils, and men with flatterers,     He says he does, being then most flattered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61224]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern war... you will die like a dog for no good reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The findings show that we have a significant majority of respondents who have been with us for more than 10 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The findings show that we have a significant majority of respondents who have been with us for more than 10 years, so we are very good at keeping hold of people once they come to us. Even so, issues were raised about the availability of career breaks, flexible working and working from home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51359]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10814]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint the meadows with delight,    The cuckoo then, on every tree,     Mocks married men: for thus sings he, Cuckoo;      Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,       Unpleasing to a married ear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like birds, whose beauties languish half concealed, Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes  Expanded, shine with azure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like birds, whose beauties languish half concealed, Till, mounted on the wing, their glossy plumes  Expanded, shine with azure, green and gold;   How blessings brighten as they take their flight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confusion is a word we have invented for an order which is not yet understood]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35813]]></link><description><![CDATA[All told, I consider my constitution a child on the verge of death, from which you can transplant some organs into the Treaty of Nice,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They contacted us, and they've been pretty honest about their progress, or lack thereof. I guess a phone book was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38935]]></link><description><![CDATA[They contacted us, and they've been pretty honest about their progress, or lack thereof. I guess a phone book was hard to come by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual walk ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual walk with God. Those only can comprehend it who practice and experience it; yet I do not advise you to do it from that motive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in others. They may not be the very failings he is himself conscious of; but they will be their next-door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout as a rival.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand year a poor man watched Before the gate of Paradise:  But while one little nap he snatched, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand year a poor man watched Before the gate of Paradise:  But while one little nap he snatched,   It oped and shut. Ah! was he wise?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5534]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is anything we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a lot of information to go through, but what the employees understand is that someone with one type of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29267]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a lot of information to go through, but what the employees understand is that someone with one type of compulsive behavior may be predisposed to other addictive problems. Over time, in working with Harvard, we hope to understand what sort of programs and treatments work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56419]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't judge a person with one sin he has commited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the number of errors and misjudgments in the lead-up to the publication of the story was so great that firm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33169]]></link><description><![CDATA[the number of errors and misjudgments in the lead-up to the publication of the story was so great that firm action was both justified and necessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a security standpoint, it is easier to secure their intellectual property and their new ideas in a campus setting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42210]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a security standpoint, it is easier to secure their intellectual property and their new ideas in a campus setting than one where all their people are spread out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with those guys but we just have to work hard on defense and it pays off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  If I am afraid to speak the truth lest I lose affection, or lest the one concerned should say, "You do not understand", or because I fear to lose my reputation for kindness; if I put my own good name before the other's highest good, then I know nothing of Calvary love. If I am content to heal a hurt slightly, saying peace, peace, where there is no peace; if I forget the poignant words, "Let love be without dissimulation" and blunt the edge of truth, speaking not right things but smooth things, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Atoms for peace. Man is still the greatest miracle and the greatest problem on this earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the black of my midnight you're the star for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45654]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the black of my midnight you're the star for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2889]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's appetite is twice that of a man's; her sexual desire, four times; her intelligence, eight times]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until I see the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the world's enjoyments That ever valued were,  There's none of our employments   With fishing can compare.   - Thomas Durfee (or D'Urfey),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Linux is not user-friendly. It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Linux is not user-friendly. It _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56851]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the intellectual craves above all else is to be taken seriously, to be treated as a decisive force in shaping history. He is far more at home in a society that weighs his every word and keeps close watch on his attitudes then in a society that cares not what he says or does. He would rather be persecuted than ignored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49081]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Tyrant is most tyrant to himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline is wisdom and vice versa. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is tremendous potential for Asia to improve efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little wealth, little care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little wealth, little care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63972]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of bird song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man never feels more important than when he receives a telegram containing more than ten words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28750]]></link><description><![CDATA[An espionage organization is a collector: it collects raw information. That gets processed by a machinery that is supposed to resolve its reliability, and to present a finished product.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wonder if the Christians made an impression out of all proportion to their numbers. Conviction in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6620]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wonder if the Christians made an impression out of all proportion to their numbers. Conviction in the midst of waverers, fiery energy in a world of disillusion, purity in an age of easy morals, firm brotherhood in a loose society, heroic courage in a time of persecution, formed a problem that could not be set aside, however polite society might affect to ignore it: and the religion of the future turned on the answer to it. Would the world be able to explain it better than the Christians, who said it was the living power of the risen Saviour?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52687]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30228]]></link><description><![CDATA[He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was so lucky. I was very broke and I was taking classes at Lee Strasberg's Institute and I saw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39461]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was so lucky. I was very broke and I was taking classes at Lee Strasberg's Institute and I saw a 3 X 5 index card on the bulletin board advertising for college-aged girls for a film. That was Animal House]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39461</guid></item></channel></rss>