<?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[God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66389]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were all astonished over this blockage. By the last two or three months they were telling me not even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30981]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were all astonished over this blockage. By the last two or three months they were telling me not even to go for a walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My nearest And dearest enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13858]]></link><description><![CDATA[My nearest And dearest enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cards were at first for benefits designed, Sent to amuse, not to enslave the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can miss one player, but it's tough when you're missing four. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42692]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can miss one player, but it's tough when you're missing four.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady  A recitative from Tancredi,   And something from "Palpiti!"    Sing forte when first you begin it,     Piano the very next minute,      They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"       Don't sing English ballads to me!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then read from the treasured volume  The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then read from the treasured volume  The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet  The beauty of thy voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23888]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been in Sorrow's kitchen and licked out all the pots. Then I have stood on the peaky mountain wrapped in rainbows, with a harp and sword in my hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37389]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whatever reason, we wouldn't pull the trigger. We weren't being aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend to all is a friend to none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What thin partitions sense from thought divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55108]]></link><description><![CDATA[What thin partitions sense from thought divide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49086]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man cares not for what he cannot have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46190]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism without bankruptcy is like Christianity without hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We asked who our surveyed companies thought were leaders in SOA technology. IBM was mentioned most often, leading other providers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We asked who our surveyed companies thought were leaders in SOA technology. IBM was mentioned most often, leading other providers nearly three to one,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is uncharted water here; this is the first time the turnpike commission has done this. I don't even know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38053]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is uncharted water here; this is the first time the turnpike commission has done this. I don't even know if it would be feasible for the bonding company to take over (Smith & Johnson). There may not be any employee infrastructure to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62924]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a father growing old nothing is dearer than a daughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... It [the U.K. ruling] is a nice psychological ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. case is more important because of the economic implications, ... It [the U.K. ruling] is a nice psychological boost but you can't extrapolate the U.S. ruling from this because of the different legal standards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   One of the most remarkable features of Mosaic legislation... is its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   One of the most remarkable features of Mosaic legislation... is its humanity to man. It is the most humanitarian of all known bodies of laws before recent times. The laws about slavery, which envisage the liberation of Hebrew slaves after seven years, are a good example. But there are also laws protecting the poor: interest (always high in the ancient East) was prohibited, and again there was a moratorium after a term of years... Even strangers, who normally had very little protection in antiquity, except when they were citizens of a strong neighbouring state which might step in and protect them by force of arms, are exceptionally well cared for by Mosaic law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent. [Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving friends are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Est rosa flos Veneris cujus quo furta laterent. [Roughly meaning, The discourses of the table among true loving friends are held in strict silence.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speake not of a dead man at the table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speake not of a dead man at the table.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noble Lord (Stanley) was the Prince Rupert to the Parliamentary army--his valour did not always serve his own cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25551]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seduction is always more singular and sublime than sex and it commands the higher price]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33255]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's not exactly a guy who invites the limelight, and he's not a showboat. He's really rather shy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59002]]></link><description><![CDATA[These days man knows the price of everything, but the value of nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the mind is conscious, but conscious of nothing - I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11382]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the mind is conscious, but conscious of nothing - I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting. Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought: so the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All parties will work within the next three days to reach an agreement. We will meet in three days to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36212]]></link><description><![CDATA[All parties will work within the next three days to reach an agreement. We will meet in three days to finalise this issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5475]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13724]]></link><description><![CDATA[The emotions aren't always immediately subject to reason, but they are always immediately subject to action]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've heard people in support, strongly in support, and I've heard people that say if we go back into special ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38247]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've heard people in support, strongly in support, and I've heard people that say if we go back into special session, they're going to be down on the Capitol steps telling us to get out of there!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it more fit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27765]]></link><description><![CDATA[To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it more fit for its prime function of looking forward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commenting on LaVell Edwards' contribution to college football: He may not be at the head of the class, but whatever class he is in it doesn't take long to call the roll.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. [It., D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto  Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde   Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59893]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is man that makes truth great, not truth that makes man great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â films, books, pieces of music, architecture ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that deserve the name 'icon' and have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40285]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â films, books, pieces of music, architecture ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that deserve the name 'icon' and have this influence on our culture. Everybody knows those things, but almost because they're icons, people don't look below the fact of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the rat race is that, even if you win, you're still a rat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51602]]></link><description><![CDATA[He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9315]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may not always be profitable at first for businesses to be online, but it is certainly going to be unprofitable not to be online.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be rather than to seem. [Lat., Esse quam videri.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2803]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be rather than to seem. [Lat., Esse quam videri.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief, He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59139]]></link><description><![CDATA[The robbed that smiles steals something from the thief, He robs himself that spends a bootless grief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25920]]></link><description><![CDATA[In science as in love, too much concentration on technique can often lead to impotence. No matter what, no matter where, it's always home, if love is there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61595]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really hasn't settled in yet that it's almost over. It seems like yesterday that we just got here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37109]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really hasn't settled in yet that it's almost over. It seems like yesterday that we just got here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The neighbors had been asking the mayor to destroy the structures to erase the stigma already attached to the community. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The neighbors had been asking the mayor to destroy the structures to erase the stigma already attached to the community.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31006</guid></item></channel></rss>