<?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 Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Sun, with all the planets revolving around it, and depending on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as though it had nothing else in the Universe to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the NHL's repair year. They have to treat it almost like a new production introduction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28976]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the NHL's repair year. They have to treat it almost like a new production introduction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth was made so various, that the mind of desultory man, studious of change, and pleased with novelty, might be indulged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye  From thee takes timely warning.   Nor trusts the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye  From thee takes timely warning.   Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.   - John Keble,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9634]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being angered is the greatest defeat to a human being.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mere copier of nature can never produce anything great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resist no temptation: a guilty conscience is more honorable than regret]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   We must remember that our experience of union with God, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   We must remember that our experience of union with God, our feeling of His presence, is altogether accidental and secondary. It is only a side effect of His actual presence in our souls, and gives no sure indication of that presence in any case. For God Himself is above all apprehensions and ideas and sensations, however spiritual, that can ever be experienced by the spirit of man in this life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18584]]></link><description><![CDATA[She knows her man, and when you rant and swear, Can draw you to her with a single hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits  Where hope is coldest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits  Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46626]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What boots it on the lineal tree to trace Through many a branch the founders of our race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48985]]></link><description><![CDATA[What boots it on the lineal tree to trace Through many a branch the founders of our race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any-after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great businesses turne on a little pinne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great businesses turne on a little pinne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scribblers are a self-conceited and self-worshipping race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people love in themselves what they hate in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people love in themselves what they hate in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting o'er lost days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point ofreality—to make something real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21836]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes only one other person to say it's so—one other point ofreality—to make something real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything to say to each other for more than ten minutes at a stretch. The barriers are ancient -- perhaps rooted, as some paleontologist may soon discover, in the contrast between the occasional guttural utterances exchanged in male hunting bands and the extended discussions characteristic of female food-gathering groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45768]]></link><description><![CDATA["My country, right or wrong," is a thing that no patriot would think of saying except in a desperate case. It is like saying, "My mother, drunk or sober."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blasted with excess of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blasted with excess of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you can do something you must first be something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you can do something you must first be something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40178]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've learned that you'll never be disappointed if you always keep an eye on uncharted territory, where you'll be challenged and growing and having fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human; to forgive, divine. -Alexander Pope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absurd to warme one in his armour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49573]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absurd to warme one in his armour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make enemies, try to change something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make enemies, try to change something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is applicable to all facets of life: a competency that you can learn to expand your perspective, set the context of a goal, understand the dynamics of human behavior and take the initiative to get to where you want to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40706]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a sense, the U.S. is no longer leading the scenario. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28439]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a sense, the U.S. is no longer leading the scenario.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691   He knoweth nothing as he ought to know it, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691   He knoweth nothing as he ought to know it, who thinketh he knoweth anything without seeing its place and the manner how it relateth to God, angels, and men, and to all the creatures in earth, heaven and hell, time and eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the Jenny Craig evangelist! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40183]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the Jenny Craig evangelist!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51164]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is equally a fault to believe all men or to believe none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're not a member of a major league baseball team, your errors, unless they are truly spectacular, probably don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3764]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're not a member of a major league baseball team, your errors, unless they are truly spectacular, probably don't show up in the morning paper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wiseman speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wiseman speaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing permanent except change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27956]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing permanent except change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46408]]></link><description><![CDATA[One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mouse might be in a cookie jar.. but he is not a cookieCasper Ten Boom, father of Corrie Ten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25447]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mouse might be in a cookie jar.. but he is not a cookieCasper Ten Boom, father of Corrie Ten Boom, authorof The Hiding Place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This starts to broaden our footprint to include compliance reporting and alerting capabilities in the high-use areas of the Microsoft ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41819]]></link><description><![CDATA[This starts to broaden our footprint to include compliance reporting and alerting capabilities in the high-use areas of the Microsoft infrastructure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12792]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have doubted one's own first principles, is the mark of a civilized man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46268]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager decided to close it because he didn't have any cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager decided to close it because he didn't have any cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because your doctor has a name for your condition doesn't mean he knows what it is]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12616</guid></item></channel></rss>