<?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[There is a double-standard. And quite often if you're from Africa, if you're from a developing country, you'll be executed. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33677]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a double-standard. And quite often if you're from Africa, if you're from a developing country, you'll be executed. There aren't that many people protesting or making a big fuss. But our State Department and the media -- if you're a Westerner -- will make a big fuss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should not Conscience have vacation As well as other Courts o' th' nation?  Have equal power to adjourn,   Appoint appearance and return?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!  Happiest they of human race,   To whom God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!  Happiest they of human race,   To whom God has granted grace    To read, to fear, to hope, to pray,     To lift the latch, and force the way:      And better had they ne'er been born,       Who read to doubt, or read to scorn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That suggests that the size of the average house is stabilizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35894]]></link><description><![CDATA[That suggests that the size of the average house is stabilizing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ken is the closest thing I had to a brother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soda fountain will be open all evening long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soda fountain will be open all evening long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65772]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indulgent gods, grant me to sin once with impunity. That is sufficient. Let a second offence bear its punishment. [Lat., Di faciles, peccasse semel concedite tuto:  Id satis est. Peonam culpa secunda ferat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death's pale flag advanced in his cheeks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death's pale flag advanced in his cheeks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition isn't the enemy, but the ally, of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18142]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run  From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;   That is the grasshopper's--he takes the lead    In summer luxury--he has never done     With his delights, for when tired out with fun,      He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Incredulity is the wisdom of the fool]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have a bias toward action - let's see something happen now. You can break that big plan into small steps and take the first step right away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last time we did this there was some criticism on our procedure. It wasn't the selection. I want to make that very clear. It was the way we handled ourselves on the logistics of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59852]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bare assertion is not necessarily the naked truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906   The problem of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906   The problem of how an unholy concourse of sinful men and women can be in truth the body of Christ is the same as the problem of how a sinful man can at the same time be accepted as a child of God... Our present situation arises precisely from the fact that this fundamental insight, which the Reformers applied to the position of the Christian man, was not followed through in its application to the nature of the Christian church.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The overall strategy over the next five years is to gain control of the border. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The overall strategy over the next five years is to gain control of the border.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are none of us infallible -- not even the youngest of us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15063]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are none of us infallible -- not even the youngest of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind. [Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit  Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17218]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47363]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57032]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of us (perfectionists, especially) fuss so much over making the 'right' choice, but in life, all that's really needed is to make any' good' choice, believe in it, go through with it, and accept the consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mere court butterfly, That flutters in the pageant of a monarch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10453]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mere court butterfly, That flutters in the pageant of a monarch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63683]]></link><description><![CDATA[A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, we are pretty optimistic. We think the September and December quarters will be good ones for the enterprise software providers. The business software cycle is on the rise, rebounding nicely from the Y2K problem of last year and the successful transition from client-server architecture to Internet architecture software.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I deserve respect for the things I did not do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I deserve respect for the things I did not do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marc is a key member of the Industry's first dedicated Anti-Piracy unit and his skills and experience have been an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marc is a key member of the Industry's first dedicated Anti-Piracy unit and his skills and experience have been an invaluable and effective resource in our continuing fight against online piracy. This promotion recognizes his role in our continuing efforts to disrupt and restrict online piracy of Warner Bros.' feature and television assets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mt. Hope and North Kingstown are both physical teams. We'll have a battle if we get there. They did the right thing with the seeds. They did it based on record not division winners. St. Ray's is on a collision course with North Smithfield in the semis. It should be interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give outcompletes the circle and comes back to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22419]]></link><description><![CDATA[In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give outcompletes the circle and comes back to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In art, the obvious is a sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63509]]></link><description><![CDATA[In art, the obvious is a sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The pilot episode of Hatching, Matching & Dispatching (produced and co-written by Walsh) ran in January as part of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35587]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The pilot episode of Hatching, Matching & Dispatching (produced and co-written by Walsh) ran in January as part of a CBC test -- the broadcaster ran three shows and asked for public feedback before making any commitments. Walsh's show, about the Furey family who own a funeral home/wedding chapel/ambulance service, got the most response -- more than 4,700 calls and emails, 95 per cent positive.] I figured a certain portion of Newfoundland wouldn't like it because traditionally they don't, ... There's a pocket that didn't like CODCO , but the majority of the island absolutely adored it. There are always people saying we don't like the way you're representing us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46237]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19150]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing for us is to save lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's unfortunate for teachers feeling that way, that they don't want to be singled out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's unfortunate for teachers feeling that way, that they don't want to be singled out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is I; Science is we. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is I; Science is we.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems are only opportunities in work clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65761]]></link><description><![CDATA[..one of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life with its painful crudity and hopeless dreariness, from the fetters of one's own ever-shifting desires. A finely tempered nature longs to escape from the personal life into the world of objective perception and thought]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65761</guid></item></channel></rss>