<?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[Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly this is a duty, not a sin. "Cleanliness is indeed next to godliness."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have culled about 20,000 birds. Until now they are still looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29304]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have culled about 20,000 birds. Until now they are still looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't expecting it [Grammy]... I'm such a newcomer among all these people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't expecting it [Grammy]... I'm such a newcomer among all these people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search  The hearts of young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4113]]></link><description><![CDATA[For bells are the voice of the church; They have tones that touch and search  The hearts of young and old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37534]]></link><description><![CDATA[School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any way they want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,--  Unless he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24772]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love vast libraries; yet there is a doubt, If one be better with them or without,--  Unless he use them wisely, and, indeed,   Knows the high art of what and how to read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44738]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44738</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://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://maxioms.com/maxiom/59657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty drawes more then oxen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty drawes more then oxen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17693]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hitler invaded in March 1938 and everything after that went downhill. My husband was in the concentration camp and everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hitler invaded in March 1938 and everything after that went downhill. My husband was in the concentration camp and everything was taken - but material values at the time didn't matter one bit. It was only after that it did matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the sounds of the earth are like music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43485]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the sounds of the earth are like music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say to pleasure, Gentle Eve, I will none of your apple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16717]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks aftr unpacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks aftr unpacking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9175]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good strategic platform for taking off in the U.S.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30170]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good strategic platform for taking off in the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, Fénelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, Fénelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Condé, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11894]]></link><description><![CDATA[... government that "substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18155]]></link><description><![CDATA[The still small voice of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428]]></link><description><![CDATA[William Eggleston in the Real World]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things happen between the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is like Masturbation; In the end you're just screwing yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is like Masturbation; In the end you're just screwing yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter can be said to remedy anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33985]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a drop in the bucket. It's only meaningful to the extent that it doesn't support the notion that the family thinks the sale of the company is imminent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59594]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not surprised by the intensity, I didn't have to play it up to my girls at all. They knew ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34501]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not surprised by the intensity, I didn't have to play it up to my girls at all. They knew how important this game was. I knew if both teams played at the top of their games, it could go either way. But the conditions do dictate the game a little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really put us on ... the mass consumer map, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really put us on ... the mass consumer map,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27178]]></link><description><![CDATA[In peace the sons bury their fathers, but in war the fathers bury their sons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53951]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the things that hamper Linux's climb to world domination is the shortage of bad Computer Role Playing Games, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25149]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the things that hamper Linux's climb to world domination is the shortage of bad Computer Role Playing Games, or CRaPGs. No operating system can be considered respectable without one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods. [Lat., Nihil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47950]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods. [Lat., Nihil est quod credere de se  Non possit, quum laudatur dis aequa potestas.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A small cooling unit with inexpensive racking costs about $1,500 for a 6-foot by 6-foot, 500-bottle wine cellar. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A small cooling unit with inexpensive racking costs about $1,500 for a 6-foot by 6-foot, 500-bottle wine cellar. But the sky is the limit if money is no problem. There are wine cellars . . . in the $100,000-plus range. Whatever you build, plan on spending $3 to $5 per bottle of wine for racking with a quality wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key is growth margins went in the right direction, unit volume increased quarter on quarter, and expenses came down. We threw off over $300 million in cash. All of those were in the right direction. So I think we're on our way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There would be no great men if there were no little ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22487]]></link><description><![CDATA[There would be no great men if there were no little ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will grow. I will become something new and grand, but no grander than I now am. Just as the sky will be different in a few hours, its present perfection and completeness is not deficient, so am I presently perfect and not deficient because I will be different tomorrow. I will grow and I am not deficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay Till the end o' the daay  An the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15634]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be true to each other, let 'appen what maay Till the end o' the daay  An the last load hoam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon,  And please myself with, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45568]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon,  And please myself with, while my heart's breaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11446]]></link><description><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are will show in what you do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21246]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are will show in what you do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22558]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may eventually come to realize that chastity is no more a virtue than malnutrition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22558</guid></item></channel></rss>