<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Big girls need big diamonds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big girls need big diamonds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In time we hate that which we often fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18862]]></link><description><![CDATA[In time we hate that which we often fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11427]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56240]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark  How he did shake. 'Tis true, this god did shake.   His coward lips did from their color fly,    And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world     Did lose his luster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  The great thing, and the only thing, is to adore and praise God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou shalt know by experience how salt the savor is of other's bread, and how sad a path it is to climb and descend another's stairs. [It., Tu proverai si come sa di sale  Lo pane altrui, e com e duro calle   Lo scendere e'l salir per l'altrui scale.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two pillars of 'political correctness' are:a) willful ignoranceb) a steadfast refusal to face the truth]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We asked who our surveyed companies thought were leaders in SOA technology. IBM was mentioned most often, leading other providers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We asked who our surveyed companies thought were leaders in SOA technology. IBM was mentioned most often, leading other providers nearly three to one,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad Dorismar agreed to cooperate, but next time I would prefer a Mexican actress, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36592]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad Dorismar agreed to cooperate, but next time I would prefer a Mexican actress,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of sighte, out of mynde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of sighte, out of mynde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59002]]></link><description><![CDATA[These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever they recommend, he will do. Nobody ordered him to do it. He did it on his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever they recommend, he will do. Nobody ordered him to do it. He did it on his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://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://maxioms.com/maxiom/66500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that would have been a fair criticism that would have had more weight if it came a month ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that would have been a fair criticism that would have had more weight if it came a month ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is he who can trace effects to their causes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car. [Lat., Fulgente trahit constrictos Gloria curru  Non minus ignotos generosis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't beat about the bush. Blair was a negative factor on the doorstep, time and time and time again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't beat about the bush. Blair was a negative factor on the doorstep, time and time and time again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nuance with the U.S. team in qualifying is always, 'How do we blend our domestic- and foreign-based players? Now it's more complicated because we probably have more players abroad than ever before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45271]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful with fire," is good advice we know   "Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.    Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;     But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matt Dillon was the kind of guy who's low-key but stands for what is right, ... And he goes about seeing that things turn out that way with, of course, a lot of people suffering along the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4249]]></link><description><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,  Christ-like is it for sin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man-like is it to fall into sin, Fiend-like is it to dwell therein,  Christ-like is it for sin to grieve,   God-like is it all sin to leave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice: It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a lot of people right now want to point fingers and criticize, but people should keep their powder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38115]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a lot of people right now want to point fingers and criticize, but people should keep their powder dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre; The feast is over, and the lamps expire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15216]]></link><description><![CDATA[All fled--all done, so lift me on the pyre; The feast is over, and the lamps expire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2432]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48983]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60294]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29795]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Just as they made rivers of blood flow in our countries, we will make volcanoes of anger erupt in their countries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can debate anything they want, even terrorists who misrepresent our faith, but the Prophet Muhammad is off limits. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can debate anything they want, even terrorists who misrepresent our faith, but the Prophet Muhammad is off limits. The attack on the prophet is an attack on us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you,  Without a thought disloyal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep violets, you liken to The kindest eyes that look on you,  Without a thought disloyal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll have to step up our game, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37506]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll have to step up our game,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11832]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not often that an opinion is worth expressing, which cannot take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good Friday   Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good Friday   Faith is the acknowledgment of the entire absence of all goodness in us, and the recognition of the cross as the substitute for all the want on our part. The whole work is His, not ours, from first to last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options, playing the odds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are natural guerrillas. Scheming, we nestle into the enemy's bed, avoiding open warfare, watching the options, playing the odds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is not magnetic personality — that can just as well be a glib tongue. It is not 'making friends and influencing people' — that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to high sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32548]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is the universal salt of states; Blood is the base of all things--law and war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46295]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46295</guid></item></channel></rss>