<?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[A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1226]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned basic cookery from my mom, taught myself cake techniques and then got fed up with my own cakes not looking as good as the ones in the shops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48346]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe. [Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9114]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a comfort to the unfortunate to have companions in woe. [Lat., Solamen miseris socios habuisse doloris.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tunnel underneath the sea from Calais straight to Dover, Sir, The squeamish folks may cross by land from shore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48455]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tunnel underneath the sea from Calais straight to Dover, Sir, The squeamish folks may cross by land from shore to shore,  With sluices made to drown the French, if e'er they would come over, Sir,   Has long been talk'd of, till at length 'tis thought a monstrous bore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty fun. I'd try it again definitely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty fun. I'd try it again definitely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Comment is free but facts are sacred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/189]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16173]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No vacation goes unpunished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59585]]></link><description><![CDATA[No vacation goes unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the communities of the faithful, men had to impress upon themselves and upon others what Jesus said and did, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6195]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the communities of the faithful, men had to impress upon themselves and upon others what Jesus said and did, for the more convinced they were that he was neither a Jewish pretender nor an unsubstantial deity like one of the deities of the cults, the more urgent it was for them to recall that his words were the rule of their life, and that his actions in history had created their position in the world; they had to think out their faith, to state it against outside criticism, and to teach it within their own circle, instead of being content with it as a mere emotion; they had also to refresh their courage by anticipating the future, which they believed was in the hands of their Lord. The common basis of their life was the conviction that they enjoyed a new relationship with God, for which they were indebted to Jesus. The technical term for this relationship was "covenant", and "covenant" became eventually in their vocabulary "testament". Hence the later name for these writings of the church, when gathered into a sacred collection, was "The New Testament" -- New because the older relationship of God to his people, which had obtained under Judaism, with its Old Testament was superseded by the faith and fellowship which Jesus Christ his Son had inaugurated. It was the consciousness of this that inspired the early Christians to live, and to write about the origin and applications of this new life. They wrote for their own age, without a thought of posterity, and they did not write in unison but in harmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24219]]></link><description><![CDATA[One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even with their combined support, the cost of mounting a production has proved to be too much. We have continued to do fine productions, and I've found it even more challenging because we have to adapt productions to the recital stage, and yet we're doing full productions with sets, lights and everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why waste negative entropy on comments, when you could use the same entropy to create bugs instead? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why waste negative entropy on comments, when you could use the same entropy to create bugs instead?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is only by fidelity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is only by fidelity in little things that the grace of true love to God can be sustained, and distinguished from a passing fervor of spirit... No one can well believe that our piety is sincere, when our behavior is lax and irregular in its little details. What probability is there that we should not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices, when we shrink from the smallest?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more education a woman has, the wider the gap between men's and women's earnings for the same work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2432]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has the longest prison sentences in the West, yet the only condition long sentences demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself. [Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54723]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Moliere] pleases every one but can not please himself. [Fr., Il plait a tout le monde et ne saurait se plaire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I publish this poem for you, speaking as a trader, I shall be a considerable loser. Did I publish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52523]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I publish this poem for you, speaking as a trader, I shall be a considerable loser. Did I publish all I admire, out of sympathy with the author, I should be a ruined man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58072]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9992]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can look back on your life with contentment, you have one of man's most precious gifts -- a selective memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26586]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58677]]></link><description><![CDATA[To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lou's such a great player, that if I can help make him better, I feel like I'm contributing to the team. I'm trying to push the other guys, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up front, the quarter was fantastic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up front, the quarter was fantastic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange is a critical piece on the chess board. So you have to put a big premium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange is a critical piece on the chess board. So you have to put a big premium on the price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15249]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want to have consistent and uniform muscle development across all of your muscles? It can't be done. It's just a fact of life. You just have to accept inconsistent muscle development as an unalterable condition of weight training. -- Response to Arthur Jones, who solved the unsolvable problem by inventing Nautilus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This huge middle class has a lot of disposable income. It's also hungry for Western-branded goods. Wal-Mart early on found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34651]]></link><description><![CDATA[This huge middle class has a lot of disposable income. It's also hungry for Western-branded goods. Wal-Mart early on found this fact to be very profitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or no.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first and last frosts are the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first and last frosts are the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of people's jobs and lives and economic well-being depending on moving water through the delta in an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31904]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of people's jobs and lives and economic well-being depending on moving water through the delta in an ecologically sound manner. It's hard to imagine a more important issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59984]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solitude is the nurse of enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is the true parent of genius. In all ages solitude has been called for--has been flown to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27875]]></link><description><![CDATA[No collection of people who are all waiting for the same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation. Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come out of your horn. They teach you there's a boundary line to music. But, man, there's no boundary line to art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In doing we learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24578]]></link><description><![CDATA[In doing we learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brian laughed at me in court, and said the money wasn't worth anything at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brian laughed at me in court, and said the money wasn't worth anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be who you are and be that well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be who you are and be that well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is still one of the best software companies out there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35288]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is still one of the best software companies out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9429</guid></item></channel></rss>