<?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[I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38835]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must put myself in a train of doing... and thereby keep the machine in motion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32661]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is a human being, I see God-given rights inherent in that being, whatever may be the sex or complexion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houghton was the last 'independent' educational publisher left. To get into the school market, Houghton was the last one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houghton was the last 'independent' educational publisher left. To get into the school market, Houghton was the last one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11353]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You’re through. Finished. Burned out. Used up. You’ve been replaced. . . forgotten. That’s a lie! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4997]]></link><description><![CDATA[You’re through. Finished. Burned out. Used up. You’ve been replaced. . . forgotten. That’s a lie!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42277]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that by and large chess players have been very kind. Like I said there have been a few incidents, but they certainly didn't serve to bring me down any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have learned the tricks, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34607]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have learned the tricks,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rascally yea-forsooth knave. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rascally yea-forsooth knave. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the incidents of the profession. [Lat., E un incidente del mestiere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43405]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the incidents of the profession. [Lat., E un incidente del mestiere.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most scientists - no matter what they're doing, good or bad - never get any attention at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most scientists - no matter what they're doing, good or bad - never get any attention at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough for literature.   - Ralph Waldo Emerson,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door. -King John. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,  I pray ye flog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58732]]></link><description><![CDATA[O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,  I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,   It mends their morals, never mind the pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26848]]></link><description><![CDATA[To banish cares, scare away sorrow and soothe pain is the business of the poet and singer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some Gods would dream of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some Gods would dream of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morality, thou deadly bane,Thy tens o' thousands thou has slain!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30098]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can confirm our objective is for very significant growth this year. This is the first time that we have done this at this point in the year, which demonstrates our confidence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining, and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining, and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. Therefore, let your soul exalt your reason to the height of passion!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains. [Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The need has gone; the memorial thereof remains. [Lat., Factum abiit; monumenta manent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  It is generally true that all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's only words...unless they're true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27898]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's only words...unless they're true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42169]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to get one that bucks so I can get a good score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36173]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I wanted was a refund, but instead we got treated like criminals. They made my wife cry on her honeymoon, and that's priceless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, they're all in the same position. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, they're all in the same position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies all right. But my damn friends...They're the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55178]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business demands faith, compels earnestness, requires courage, is honestly selfish, is penalized for mistakes, and is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay,  And o'er-informed the tenement of clay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57286]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pygmy-body to decay,  And o'er-informed the tenement of clay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42359]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36566]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in order to address the increasing needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opposition is true friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opposition is true friendship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alias is, perhaps typically, a puzzle this year, ... The Vaughn storyline is not what it seems, but that's all I can say, or the writers will kill me. They know where I live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword; but not so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59472]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword; but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11132]]></link><description><![CDATA[So here hath been dawning Another blue day;  Think, wilt thou let it   Slip useless away?    Out of eternity     This new day is born,      Into eternity       At night will return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   Who belongs to the Church? Who is my true brother? We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525   Who belongs to the Church? Who is my true brother? We cannot always tell whether or not a man believes in Christ; but we can always ask -- Christianity is not a secret society. And if a man says he loves the Lord, why should I not treat him as my brother? If I should happen to welcome one who is only a professing Christian, who has not given his heart to Christ, what harm has it done? I will have offered the love of God to one who rejects it, and I will have given a few hours of my life to an enemy -- but our Father holds out His hands all day long to a rebellious people, and our Savior gave His life for me when I was His enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime. In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time;  Mad wag! who pardon'd none, nor spared ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farce follow'd Comedy, and reach'd her prime. In ever-laughing Foote's fantastic time;  Mad wag! who pardon'd none, nor spared the best,   And turn'd some very serious things to jest.    Nor church nor state escaped his public sneers,     Arms nor the gown, priests, lawyers, volunteers;      "Alas, poor Yorick!" now forever mute!       Whoever loves a laugh must sigh for Foote.        We smile, perforce, when histrionic scenes         Ape the swoln dialogue of kings and queens,          When "Chrononhotonthelogos must die,"           And Arthur struts in mimic majesty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43020]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22119]]></link><description><![CDATA[You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51207]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not to talk, but to steer the vessel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48570]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision looks inward and becomes duty.Vision looks outward and becomes aspiration.Vision looks upward and becomes faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11548</guid></item></channel></rss>