<?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[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050]]></link><description><![CDATA[And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily.  Command was service; humblest service done   By willing and discerning souls was glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under 75 percent attendance, they can't count that day for school. I'm sure there are isolated incidents when a flu ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under 75 percent attendance, they can't count that day for school. I'm sure there are isolated incidents when a flu bug might hit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember you are just an extra in everyone else's play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm steering away from (heavy marketing of) Felix because of the pressure on him, and because his head may get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm steering away from (heavy marketing of) Felix because of the pressure on him, and because his head may get too big. He's got that gleam in his eye. As he matures, he's going to be a handful. He'll push the envelope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47032]]></link><description><![CDATA[A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step when one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46230]]></link><description><![CDATA[the tragic or the humorous is a matter of perspective]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which, like ships, they steer their courses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46744]]></link><description><![CDATA[For rhyme the rudder is of verses, With which, like ships, they steer their courses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robin population is variable from one winter to the next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robin population is variable from one winter to the next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10118]]></link><description><![CDATA[People create their own questions because they are afraid to look straight. All you have to do is look straight and see the road, and when you see it, don't sit looking at it- walk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25969]]></link><description><![CDATA[My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63985]]></link><description><![CDATA[To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1701]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15671]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am going to fight capitalism even if it kills me. It is wrong that people like you should be comfortable and well fed while all around you people are starving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66651]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be the moon and still be jealous of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, I turn 17 next year . I can drive next week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35183]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, I turn 17 next year . I can drive next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28297]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace; East, west, north, and south let the long quarrel cease;  Sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow, bugles of battle, the marches of peace; East, west, north, and south let the long quarrel cease;  Sing the song of great joy that the angels began,   Sing the glory to God and of good-will to man!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51663]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28224]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never any proper legal team. It was a media hype more than anything else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you happen to be one of the fretful minority who can do creative work, never force an idea; you'll abort it if you do. Be patient and you'll give birth to it when the time is ripe. Learn to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pastoral charge [does not] consist merely in administering the sacraments, chanting the canonical hours, celebrating masses -- though even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6760]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pastoral charge [does not] consist merely in administering the sacraments, chanting the canonical hours, celebrating masses -- though even these are not properly done by hirelings --; it consists also in feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, covering the naked, receiving guests, visiting the sick and those in prison. By the doing of these things is the people to be instructed in the holy duties of an active life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blank helpless sort of face, rather like a rose just before you drench it with D.D.T.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's wild speech confounds the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51076]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The release was an American-Iraqi decision and in line with an Iraqi government ruling made in December 2004, but hasn't been enforced until after the elections in an attempt to ease the political pressure in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person cannot love a plant after he has pruned it, then he has either done a poor job or is devoid of emotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition never comes to an end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition never comes to an end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This acquisition effectively creates a Yahoo! for Linux and open source developers, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40462]]></link><description><![CDATA[This acquisition effectively creates a Yahoo! for Linux and open source developers,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there is a philosophical reason...The resources on earth won't last forever, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there is a philosophical reason...The resources on earth won't last forever,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people can stay longer in an hour than others can in a week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You wake up but not really. In the bedroom you grew up in. It's the only place on this entire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18372]]></link><description><![CDATA[You wake up but not really. In the bedroom you grew up in. It's the only place on this entire planet that is yours. The only place on the planet that understands you. It understands the way your nerves flare everytime you think about talking to anyone, scared into shyness at the thought of opening your mouth but the way you are the best hypocrite around when you're in front of a microphone. It knows what turns that switch on and off and on again. It understands the way when you don't have a smile on your face everyone only spits: "what's wrong"s and "you look tired"s. So the way you keep it on your face just wide enough to avoid questions. It understands how neurotic you have become, the way you treat your flaws like old friends. The way you look in the mirror and think of yourself as "Mr. Misery"...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing save the waves and I  May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing save the waves and I  May hear our mutual murmurs sweep;   There, swan-like, let me sing and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15316]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I died last, and, Dear, I die as often as from thee I go though it be but an hour ago and lovers hours be full eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53095]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will it, I order it, let my will stand for a reason. [Lat., Hoc volo, sic jubeo, sit pro ratione voluntas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buried a lot of my ironing in the back yard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience. He that travelleth into a country before he hath some entrance into the language, goeth to school, and not to travel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defeat may test you; it need not stop you. If at first you don't succeed, try another way. For every obstacle there is a solution. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. The greatest mistake is giving up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38021]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lost two, really three (days) because Wednesday was a wash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's an interest, it would be a great feeder program for them and for us. As far as I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39497]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's an interest, it would be a great feeder program for them and for us. As far as I'm concerned, as long as they're playing something, it's a great idea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24583]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24583</guid></item></channel></rss>