<?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 future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17129]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   Where would you be if God took away all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977   Where would you be if God took away all your Christian work? Too often it is our Christian work that is worshiped and not God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,  For there thy habitation is the heart-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind! Brightest in dungeons, Liberty! thou art,  For there thy habitation is the heart--   The heart which love of thee alone can bind;    And when thy sons to fetters are consign'd--     To fetters and damp vault's dayless gloom,      Their country conquers with their martyrdom.   - Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead--these the living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laziness grows on people; it begins in cobwebs and ends in iron chains. The more one has to do, the more he is able to accomplish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising isn't a science. It's persuasion. And persuasion is an art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising isn't a science. It's persuasion. And persuasion is an art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is not in itself something to rejoice at greatly. But I also say that I can see more in the knowledge that America is going to win a right to be at the conference table when the terms of peace are discussed. . . . It would have been a tragedy for mankind if America had not been there, and there with all her influence and power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15865]]></link><description><![CDATA[The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46669]]></link><description><![CDATA[A practical botanist will distinguish at the first glance the plant of the different quarters of the globe and yet will be at a loss to tell by what marks he detects them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For idleness is an appendix to nobility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20329]]></link><description><![CDATA[For idleness is an appendix to nobility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little fire is quickly trodden out; Which, being suffer'd, rivers cannot quench.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not fashion, it's passion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36259]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not fashion, it's passion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This ae nighte, this ae nighte Every nighte and all;  Fire and sleete, and candle lighte   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57263]]></link><description><![CDATA[This ae nighte, this ae nighte Every nighte and all;  Fire and sleete, and candle lighte   And Christe receive thye saule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53400]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to kiss a lot of toads before you find a handsome prince.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against (eighth-ranked) Texas A&M (Feb. 25th), we were in the hunt and playing decent ball. But we lost it in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against (eighth-ranked) Texas A&M (Feb. 25th), we were in the hunt and playing decent ball. But we lost it in the bottom of the seventh on a three-run homer. That was a heartbreaker.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44236]]></link><description><![CDATA[The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware  Necessity doth front the universe   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45711]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware  Necessity doth front the universe   With an invincible gesture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet this climate of peace needs the help of the US and the international community: For without sustained pressure on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet this climate of peace needs the help of the US and the international community: For without sustained pressure on the Israeli government to sit down and negotiate, Israel will only bolster those within Palestinian society who do not share the majority's desire for peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[If something better] is out there, then we'll keep them, ... If not, let's scrap it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28710]]></link><description><![CDATA[[If something better] is out there, then we'll keep them, ... If not, let's scrap it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49566]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes much from the account, to which his sin doth amount.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are more indicators that are getting better than are getting worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34091]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are more indicators that are getting better than are getting worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems to be a regular pattern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40745]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems to be a regular pattern.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15129]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5323]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all forms of government the people is the true legislator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24595]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all forms of government the people is the true legislator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37021]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would be useful, strong, and happy must cease to be a passive receptacle for the negative, beggarly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63603]]></link><description><![CDATA[All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56457]]></link><description><![CDATA[So she poured out the liquid music of her voice to quench the thirst of his spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look before and after, And pine for what is not,  Our sincerest laughter   With some pain ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54625]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look before and after, And pine for what is not,  Our sincerest laughter   With some pain is fraught:    Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The giving of riches and honors to a wicked man is like giving strong wine to him that hath a fever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the United States will remain a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60119]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the United States will remain a social and political punch line. As long as we continue tracking the every deed and fart of the Paris Hiltons and Kevin Federlines among us, we will continue to come out sixteenth best with regard to producing and introducing to the human race things of true substance worth appreciating for their aesthetic ingenuity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the irresistable desire to be desired irresistably. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the irresistable desire to be desired irresistably.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an age of increasingly mobile labor and capital, companies are more sensitive to tax burdens than ever, ... Rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31703]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an age of increasingly mobile labor and capital, companies are more sensitive to tax burdens than ever, ... Rather than chasing away employers with overly aggressive corporate tax laws, states should move toward more stable and less economically harmful revenue sources.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're back on schedule. We're looking to put out the proposal at about the same time as before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34894]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're back on schedule. We're looking to put out the proposal at about the same time as before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are deeply sorry that this happened. Sometimes you can't control it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39235]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are deeply sorry that this happened. Sometimes you can't control it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drouned himsel amang the nappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bernard always had a few prayers in the hall and some whiskey afterwards as he was rather pious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65566</guid></item></channel></rss>