<?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[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1135]]></link><description><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27591]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our freedom to progress that makes us all want to live and to go on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll potch at him some way; Or wrath or craft may get him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51236]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll potch at him some way; Or wrath or craft may get him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never without a shilling in my purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never without a shilling in my purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence do you derive the power and privilege of a parent, when you, though an old man, do worse things (than your child)? [Lat., Unde tibi frontem libertatemque parentis,  Cum facias pejora senex?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember son, many a good story has been ruined by over verification.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are pleased that leading technologies such as JobFlash's unique and widely used telephone application system are now exposed and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31866]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are pleased that leading technologies such as JobFlash's unique and widely used telephone application system are now exposed and leveraged through integration using HR-XML's open standards, ... More and more, HR decision-makers are making compliance with open standards part of the criteria they use when procuring HR solutions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54024]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Broadway shows charge preview prices while the cast is in dress rehearsal, why should restaurants charge full price when their dining room and kitchen staffs are still practicing?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships are like Rome. Difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'Golden Age', and unbearable during the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships are like Rome. Difficult to start out, incredible during the prosperity of the 'Golden Age', and unbearable during the fall. Then, a new kingdom will come along and the whole process will repeat itself until you come across a kingdom like Egypt.. that thrives, and continues to flourish. This kingdom will become your best friend, your soulmate, and your love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The computer is a moron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The computer is a moron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gallantry to women - the sure road to their favor - is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5244]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not play then at whist, sir? Alas, what a sad old age you are preparing for yourself! [Fr., Vous ne jouez donc pas le whist, monsieur? Helas! quelle triste vieilesse vous vous preparez!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53178]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For you know, nuncle, The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long  That it's had it head bit off by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57317]]></link><description><![CDATA[For you know, nuncle, The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long  That it's had it head bit off by it young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth,  Is the tender fear of wrong,   That never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth,  Is the tender fear of wrong,   That never wrongeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58669]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the difference between a taxidermist and a tax collector? The taxidermist takes only your skin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/761]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   Theologically, we have been discovering anew that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221   Theologically, we have been discovering anew that the Church is not an appendage to the Gospel: it is itself a part of the Gospel. The Gospel cannot be separated from that new people of God in which its nature is to be made manifest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built many stories high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often the cock-loft is empty, in those whom nature hath built many stories high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rovers have proven their value with major discoveries about ancient watery environments on Mars that might have harbored life, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rovers have proven their value with major discoveries about ancient watery environments on Mars that might have harbored life,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55382]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18087]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is increased by spreading it to others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is increased by spreading it to others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe God has a plan. God has a direction for me. He may put me on a few detours, but the path with ultimately reveal itself. My job is to be a decent human being no matter how rocky the road gets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. -King Richard III. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the 1000 small uncaring ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more kindness shown to an envious man, the worse he becomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostileworld. Same world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostileworld. Same world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in amber, more durable than the monument and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see how flies, and spiders, and the like, get a sepulchre in amber, more durable than the monument and embalming of the body of any king.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sends cold according to Cloathes. [God sends cold according to clothes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49275]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sends cold according to Cloathes. [God sends cold according to clothes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51666]]></link><description><![CDATA[None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every serious crisis is invariably wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long ago a man of the world was defined as a man who in every serious crisis is invariably wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. -Elizabeth 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14230]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. -Albert Schweitzer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2206]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But it is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a 'C,' the idea must be feasible. -- A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith's paper proposing reliable overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not lack strength; they lack will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61626]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not lack strength; they lack will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64506]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  If our faith is not relevant to our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester (Oxon), Apostle of Wessex, 650  If our faith is not relevant to our daily life in the world and in the parish, then it is no use; and if we cannot be Christians in our work, in the neighborhood, in our political decisions, then we had better stop being Christians. A piety reserved for Sundays is no message for this age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22707]]></link><description><![CDATA[If 899 matches go out, the900th is enough to set the world aflame.(paraphrased from imperfectmemory of poster)http://www.vahini.org/downloads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22707</guid></item></channel></rss>