<?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[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible, and achieve it, generation after generation. -Pearl S. Buck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a natural effect of trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a natural effect of trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9586]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one satisfying way to boot a computer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great unrecognized incapacity. [Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great unrecognized incapacity. [Fr., Une grande incapacite inconnue.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53173]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61593]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do what he ought to do; and when he says he cannot, it is because he will not. [Ger., Der Mensch kann was er soll; und wenn er sagt er kann nicht, so will er nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know necessarily if we're calling it a rebuilding season. Our expectations are always the same. I think a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32413]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know necessarily if we're calling it a rebuilding season. Our expectations are always the same. I think a lot of people may have counted us out, but we'll gladly take that role.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows what true loneliness is -- not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56830]]></link><description><![CDATA[The affairs of life embrace a multitude of interests, and he who reasons in any one of them, without consulting the rest, is a visionary unsuited to control the business of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15536]]></link><description><![CDATA[He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any politician who starts shouting election-year demagoguery about the rich and the poor should be asked, "What about the other 90 percent of the people?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51983]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63210]]></link><description><![CDATA[A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The probability is going up that there's going to be some kind of transaction involving Knight Ridder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The probability is going up that there's going to be some kind of transaction involving Knight Ridder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21376]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without a rich heart wealth is an ugly beggar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will to domination is a ravenous beast. There are never enough warm bodies to satiate its monstrous hunger. Once alive, this beast grows and grows, feeding on all the life around it, scouring the earth to find new sources of nourishment. This beast lives in each man who battens on female servitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the home remedies, a good wife is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Son of God did not come from above to add an external form of worship to the several ways ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6978]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Son of God did not come from above to add an external form of worship to the several ways of life that are in the world, and so to leave people to live as they did before, in such tempers and enjoyments as the fashion and the spirit of the world approve; but as He came down from Heaven altogether Divine and heavenly in His own nature, so it was to call mankind to a Divine and heavenly life; to the highest change of their own nature and temper; to be born again of the Holy Spirit; to walk in the wisdom and light and love of God, and to be like Him to the utmost of their power, to renounce all the most plausible ways of the world, whether of greatness, business, or pleasure; to a mortification of their most agreeable passions; and to live in such wisdom, purity, and holiness as might fit them to be glorious in the enjoyment of God to all eternity. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8714]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that. I'll be happy to take the blame. I'm along for the ride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternity is really long, especially near the end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternity is really long, especially near the end]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43190]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a woman is twenty, a child deforms her; when she is thirty, he preserves her; and when forty, he makes her young again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas Eve The soft light from a stable door  Lies on the midnight lands; The wise men's star burns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas Eve The soft light from a stable door  Lies on the midnight lands; The wise men's star burns evermore,  Over all the desert sands. Unto all peoples of the earth  A little Child brought light;  And never in the darkest place  Can it be utter night. No flickering torch, no wavering fire,  But Light the Life of men; Whatever clouds may veil the sky,  Never is night again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Castles are Forrests of stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Castles are Forrests of stones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think it is time for Ms. Love to take full financial responsibility for her assault on Ms. King, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35857]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think it is time for Ms. Love to take full financial responsibility for her assault on Ms. King,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dead on the field of honour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One sound blow will serve to undo us all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49698]]></link><description><![CDATA[One sound blow will serve to undo us all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next World War will be fought with stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next World War will be fought with stones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimumstrategies and repeating them until they become habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimumstrategies and repeating them until they become habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, live to fight another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rise O fallen fighters, rise and take your stance again, He who fight and run away, live to fight another day]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27567]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think miracles exist in part as gifts and in part as clues that there is something beyond the flat world we see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51813]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain have you tried your father's arts, you slippery one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most [people's] minds the thought of victory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most [people's] minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64483]]></link><description><![CDATA[People change over the years, and that changes situations for good and for bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our kids are playing at or above any level of expectations that anyone has outside of Deep Run. Our boys believe in themselves, they believe in each other; the coaches believe in them; and they don't think they are out of any game, no matter what the score is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15053]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65046]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1998, Linux had 16 percent of the server operating system market, and in 1999, it already had 25 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40461]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1998, Linux had 16 percent of the server operating system market, and in 1999, it already had 25 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles de Foucauld, Hermit, Servant of the Poor, 1916  No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to His mind and will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52253]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most basic inherent constraint is that neither time nor wisdom are free goods available in unlimited quantity. This means that in social processes, as in economic processes, it is not only impossible to attain perfection but irrational to seek perfection- or even to seek the "best possible" result in each separate instance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of labor is to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of labor is to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34231]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so I missed those best years and I find it difficult for me, in groups, to be comfortable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34231</guid></item></channel></rss>