<?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 nympholepsy of some fond despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nympholepsy of some fond despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historians say this will lead to civil conflict. It doesn't lead to girls being treasured. It leads to them being traded as commodities and stolen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14727</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[Kenny got hot early in the game and then started forcing things a little. But he really has become much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kenny got hot early in the game and then started forcing things a little. But he really has become much more of a complete player who brings the ball up, scores from the outside, drives to the basket and really has started to hit the boards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The slothful is the servant of the counters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49914]]></link><description><![CDATA[The slothful is the servant of the counters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great necessities call out great virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great necessities call out great virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a matter of give and take, but so far I haven't been able to find anybody who'll take what I have to give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then you should have died! Died, rather than betray your friends, as we would have done for you!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is full of genius, full of the divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23980]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35014]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could see how this could deal a major crushing blow to the building industry and to the green industry in particular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33829]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we lost power to that whole computer room, the UPS didn't kick in like it should. Apparently, the batteries in the UPS systems were not sufficiently strong enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all love a mystery, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36636]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all love a mystery,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they find laughable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no road of flowers leading to glory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17533]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no road of flowers leading to glory]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31072]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an absolutely fantastic end to the mission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45699]]></link><description><![CDATA[The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10212]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased with our employees' ability to deliver a customer-centric experience. Additionally, we're gearing up to open a record number ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30433]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased with our employees' ability to deliver a customer-centric experience. Additionally, we're gearing up to open a record number of new stores in the coming year as we continue to grow our business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits, but I did it in one afternoon on the golf course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took me 17 years to get 3,000 hits, but I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only for wallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explaining why he refused induction into the Army. I ain't got no quarrel with them Viet Congs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34085]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fixing Unix is easier than living with NT.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary Concluding a Lenten series on prayer:  Prayer is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Annunciation of our Lord to the Virgin Mary Concluding a Lenten series on prayer:  Prayer is not a way of making use of God; prayer is a way of offering ourselves to God in order that He should be able to make use of us. It may be that one of our great faults in prayer is that we talk too much and listen too little. When prayer is at its highest we wait in silence for God's voice to us; we linger in His presence for His peace and His power to flow over us and around us; we lean back in His everlasting arms and feel the serenity of perfect security in Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure admitted in undue degree Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear even when morbid is not cowardice. That is the label we reserve for something that a man does. What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear even when morbid is not cowardice. That is the label we reserve for something that a man does. What passes through his mind is his own affair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be faithful than famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20246]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! I mean, why can't all decent men and women call themselves feminists? Out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coolest f-word ever deserves a fucking shout! I mean, why can't all decent men and women call themselves feminists? Out of respect for those who fought for this. I mean, look around, we have this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is the order and freedom promoting cultural activity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not; I may, although I care not for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fain would I but dare not; I dare, and yet I may not; I may, although I care not for pleasure when I play not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4266</guid></item></channel></rss>