<?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[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 situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way to break the ice is with a sense of humor. Not making light of it, but using it to break the ice. Personality and having a sense of humor helps generate people's interest and puts them at a sense of ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion is the queen of the world. [Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion is the queen of the world. [Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose is often found near the nettle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose is often found near the nettle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55040]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an old adage that the way to be safe is never to be secure. Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,  More pangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10455]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,  More pangs and fears than wars or women have;   And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,    Never to hope again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/562]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know you should do, do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62347]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intelligent enemy is worth more than a stupid friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our grandly business undoubtedly is, not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60639]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20434]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impatience is the mark of independence, not of bondage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20635</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[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either 'explained,' or allowed to take refuge behind the mistakes of the translators, or hide in the drapery of allegory]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are twice armed if we fight with faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15026]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are twice armed if we fight with faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard of Chichester, Bishop, 1253 Commemoration of Joseph Butler, Bishop of Durham, Moral Philosopher, 1752   The purpose of the covenant, in the Hebrew Bible and some subsequent writings, was never simply that the creator wanted to have Israel as a special people, irrespective of the fate of the rest of the world. The purpose of the covenant was that, through this means, the creator would address and save his entire world. The call of Abraham was designed to undo the sin of Adam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that bewailes himselfe hath the cure in his hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fool, 'tis in vain from wit to wit to roam: Know, sense, like charity, begins at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an awful lot of capital out there for financial buyers to acquire these types of companies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42483]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an awful lot of capital out there for financial buyers to acquire these types of companies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day people are straying away from the church and going back to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sister is both your mirror - and your opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3820]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only let yourself believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the daylight of Life, which they are thenceforth to rule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people and then, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15855]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is your people who make the ultimate difference. You put the investment into training the people and then, when you get invited to the party with the big boys, that is a unique selling point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47305]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can see clearly now ... that I was wrong in not acting more decisively and more forthrightly in dealing with Watergate...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All mankind loves a lover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25657]]></link><description><![CDATA[All mankind loves a lover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just a difference maker. He's just a kid that intimidates everyone else on the court. You can't beat him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33978]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just a difference maker. He's just a kid that intimidates everyone else on the court. You can't beat him one-on-one, and you can't just let him go to work on you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me play the fool; With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me play the fool; With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves against the overtaxed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now it's just the evaluation process. I have a very supportive family who would like to see me coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now it's just the evaluation process. I have a very supportive family who would like to see me coach again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25369]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty, he sinks into oblivion. Society, on the other hand, has no obligation toward the poet. A majority by definition, society thinks of itself as having other options than reading verses, no matter how well written. Its failure to do so results in its sinking to that level of locution at which society falls easy prey to a demagogue or a tyrant. This is society's own equivalent of oblivion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thy own smile I snatched the snake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15613]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gold Cup is the biggest headache on the schedule. We want to be respectful of the confederation championship and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Gold Cup is the biggest headache on the schedule. We want to be respectful of the confederation championship and put our best team out there and try to win it. However, our focus has to be on World Cup qualifying. Those 10 games are the most important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who Let The Dogs Out? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who Let The Dogs Out?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerfulchannel. (on focus). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21073]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerfulchannel. (on focus).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to preserve your secret wrap it up in frankness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57852]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to preserve your secret wrap it up in frankness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15246]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make. -- Response to Debbi Fields' idea of starting Mrs. Fields' Cookies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duncan Gray cam here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't!  On blithe Yuletide when we were fou,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duncan Gray cam here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't!  On blithe Yuletide when we were fou,   Ha, ha, the wooing o't!    Maggie coost her head fu' high,     Looked asklent and unco skeigh,      Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh:       Ha, ha! the wooing o't!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death always waits. The door of the hearse is never closed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep  Moans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep  Moans round with many voices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41122]]></link><description><![CDATA[People like me who believe the left can be a moderate forcewe have failed. We are stuck in the medieval notion that there is an aristocracy and a people, and the people want a piece of what the aristocracy hada life subsidized enough to have a minimum of work and a maximum of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2008]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2008</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[World's use is cold, world's love is vain, World's cruelty is bitter bane;  But pain is not the fruit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45363]]></link><description><![CDATA[World's use is cold, world's love is vain, World's cruelty is bitter bane;  But pain is not the fruit of pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is greedy is always in want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18292]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is greedy is always in want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47103</guid></item></channel></rss>