<?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 weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak are not a noble breed. Their sublime deeds of faith, daring, and self-sacrifice usually spring from questionable motives. The weak hate not wickedness but weakness; and one instance of their hatred of weakness is hatred of self. All the passionate pursuits of the weak are in some degree a striving to escape, blur, or disguise an unwanted self. It is a striving shot through with malice, envy, self-deception, and a host of petty impulses; yet it often culminates in superb achievements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55421]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make it count because you can never bring back the hands of time.. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make it count because you can never bring back the hands of time..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher inspiration... Following Paul, we have turned the goodness of love into a fiend and degraded the crowning impulse of our being into a capital sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  I endeavor to keep all Shibboleths, and forms and terms of distinction out of sight, as we keep knives and razors out of the way of children; and if my hearers had not some other means of information, I think they would not know from me that there are such creatures as Arminians and Calvinists in the world. But we [would] talk a good deal about Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a very kind and caring person, he was respected by everybody and he respected everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29906]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a very kind and caring person, he was respected by everybody and he respected everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49507]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38157]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Organizations are waking up to the pressing need for application security. The overwhelming growth of the application security market has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Organizations are waking up to the pressing need for application security. The overwhelming growth of the application security market has created a need to educate and train companies on application quality best practices, as well as the best approach to building reliable, secure applications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't get many bites, but you can get some big bass, especially when the pattern first develops. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40401]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't get many bites, but you can get some big bass, especially when the pattern first develops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!)  Be humble and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy sum of duty let two words contain, (O may they graven in thy heart remain!)  Be humble and be just.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54746]]></link><description><![CDATA[To converse with Scandal is to play at Losing Loadum, you must lose a good name to him, before you can win it for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41075]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62479]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two ways of being rich. One is to have all you want, the other is to be satisfied ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63113]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two ways of being rich. One is to have all you want, the other is to be satisfied with what you have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14160]]></link><description><![CDATA[One goes to the right, the other to the left; both are wrong, but in different directions. [Lat., Ille sinistrorsum hic dexrorsum abit, unus utrique  Error, sed variis illudit partibus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1675]]></link><description><![CDATA[By afflictions God is spoiling us of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46306]]></link><description><![CDATA[It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity the man who has a character to support -- it is worse than a large family -- he is silent poor indeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11991]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life. One is not get your heart's desire. The other is to get it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56407]]></link><description><![CDATA[It ain't sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are the violets now That strew the green lap of the new-come spring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winged words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winged words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every crisis offers you extra desired power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every crisis offers you extra desired power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love sought is good, but given unsought is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24535]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the love of knowing without the love of learning; the beclouding here leads to dissipation of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books! I dunno if I ever told you this, but books are the greatest gift one person can give another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26790]]></link><description><![CDATA[My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fundamental theory of all the more recent American law...that the average citizen is half-witted, and hence not to be trusted to either his own devices or his own thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45847]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary, patriotism is defined as the last refuge of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer, I beg to submit that it is the first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36046]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first season, we got three wins. I don't think we got more than six for my first 4-5 years. Now, we've gotten almost 70 over the last five years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9458]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to think that cyberspace was fifty years away. What I thought was fifty years away, was only ten years away. And what I thought was ten years away... it was already here. I just wasn't aware of it yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth. [Lat., Male verum examinat omnis  Corruptus judex.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23501]]></link><description><![CDATA[A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth. [Lat., Male verum examinat omnis  Corruptus judex.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinners' follies are the just sport of God's infinite wisdom and power; and those attempts of the kingdom of Satan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sinners' follies are the just sport of God's infinite wisdom and power; and those attempts of the kingdom of Satan, which in our eyes are formidable, in his are despicable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43327]]></link><description><![CDATA[My reaction to porno films is as follows; After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw, After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43327</guid></item></channel></rss>