<?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[People have been monitoring large-scale deforestation in the Amazon with satellites for more than two decades, but selective logging has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36181]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have been monitoring large-scale deforestation in the Amazon with satellites for more than two decades, but selective logging has been mostly invisible until now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of discipline leads to frustration and self-loathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the FilbertsA boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher. Unwilling to lose his filberts, and yet unable to withdraw his hand, he burst into tears and bitterly lamented his disappointment. A bystander said to him, Be satisfied with half the quantity, and you will readily draw out your hand. Do not attempt too much at once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone born in Brazil is an American. Anyone born on the western hemisphere is an American. American is not a nationality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even bear-baiting was esteemed heathenish and unchristian: the sport of it, not the inhumanity, gave offence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inflation appears to be muted, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inflation appears to be muted,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housework is what a woman does that nobody notices unless she hasn't done it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man always worships something; always he sees the Infinite shadowed forth in something finite; and indeed can and must so see it in any finite thing, once tempt him well to fix his eyes thereon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48059]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a preacher is that his congregation goes away saying, not, 'What a lovely sermon!' but 'I will do something.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33655]]></link><description><![CDATA[IBM believes a common standards-based approach, like the XMCL Initiative, is an important step forward for content owners, retailers, and distributors, and ultimately for consumers. The initiative announced today will help evolve the digital distribution of content over the Internet to create new e-commerce opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41375]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost our bona fide closer and our No. 1 guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hit the nail on the head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hit the nail on the head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your feet on the ground and your thoughts at lofty heights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd be proud to say it in a chat room, to the Wall Street Journal , on the cover of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd be proud to say it in a chat room, to the Wall Street Journal , on the cover of your magazine, that hey, these are abusive users, and we have to do something about it. This isn't a charity. We have to run a business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and generations ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8724]]></link><description><![CDATA[How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women complain about premenstrual syndrome, but I think of it as the only time of the month I can be myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not roommates, but we room next to each other and we know we've got to do this together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not roommates, but we room next to each other and we know we've got to do this together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274   The end of all my labors has come. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Teacher of the Faith, 1274   The end of all my labors has come. All that I have written appears to me as much straw after the things that have been revealed to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61162]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it. •Benito Mussolini   In time of war the first casualty is truth. •Boake Carter  Only the defeated and deserters go to war. •Henry David Thoreau   All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40346]]></link><description><![CDATA[What happens in Iowa makes more difference than it ever has before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The valuable assistance of Germany in this matter demonstrates that the war on terrorism is global, and together we will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The valuable assistance of Germany in this matter demonstrates that the war on terrorism is global, and together we will work with our allies to ensure that terrorist acts are prevented and that justice is done,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they have never had to walk your path. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don’t expect everyone to understand your journey, especially if they have never had to walk your path.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63087]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I passed a typing test and became a member of the staff of Rear Adm. Newton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33997]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to tell a 'Rocky'-type story about a girl from the inner city who had the ability, talent and intelligence to do this but didn't have the support or the resources or the belief this was something that was for her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66103]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can remember more than three points. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27840]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can remember more than three points.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry because they are tired; women because they are curious. Both are disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60335]]></link><description><![CDATA[A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49356]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusive property is a theft against nature. [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exclusive property is a theft against nature. [Fr., La propriete exclusive est un vol dans la nature.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house does not rest upon the ground, but upon a woman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stupidity talks, vanity acts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stupidity talks, vanity acts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within.  So those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within.  So those in this world who would rise and shine   Should seek internal excellence to win.    And though 'tis true that falsehood and despair     Meet in my name, yet bear it still in mind      That where they meet they perish. All is fair       When they are gone and nought remains behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19900]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the members of nearly all other occupations so continuous and so permeating as that of the working housewife and mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38976]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an extremely difficult time for both the airline and the industry and the cuts we're proposing are painful but in our judgment they're also necessary if the airline is going to survive. If there's an industry or business that's in worse shape than the airline industry, I don't know what it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13840]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51393]]></link><description><![CDATA[That in the captain's but a choleric word, Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mystics speak the same language, for they come from the same country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's just scary how hurricanes or any kind of storms could just hit people and let people die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39010]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's just scary how hurricanes or any kind of storms could just hit people and let people die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60055]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to understand a philosopher, do not ask what he says, but find out what he wants]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm no prophet. My job is making windows where there were once walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65462</guid></item></channel></rss>