<?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[Discretionary funds are asking for trouble anytime you give people money and the opportunity to do anything they want with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretionary funds are asking for trouble anytime you give people money and the opportunity to do anything they want with it and they aren't held accountable the possibilities are endless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only last night he felt deadly sick, and, after a great deal of pain, two black crows flew out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only last night he felt deadly sick, and, after a great deal of pain, two black crows flew out of his mouth and took wing from the room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're losing a lot of talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42382]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're losing a lot of talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, Eugénie, have done with virtues! Among the sacrifices that can be made to those counterfeit divinities, is there one worth an instant of the pleasures one tastes in outraging them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a terrible tragedy, but I was pleased being out of town and having these discussions (of retirement) going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a terrible tragedy, but I was pleased being out of town and having these discussions (of retirement) going on to see all these good things that the company and my team did without me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What were vices have become the fashion of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51209]]></link><description><![CDATA[What were vices have become the fashion of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cult of the jellyfish is no less an imposition of a religious movementthan is the cult of the dinosaur. When designing a methodology it isundoubtedly far easier to construct a system that discourages individualdifferences, than it is to construct a system that that leverages andencourages them, but that does not mean that a methodology designed foran array of idealized entities will be the most productive, successful,or rewarding one. Choosing a cult methodology to be applied to a professionalclass is often an economic one, treating individuality as undesirable reducesthe professional to the proletariat, seen as less expensive and readilyreplaceable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I been present at the creation of the world I would have proposed some improvements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10091]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57014]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me- has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/375]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish your visions and your dreams, as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English like eccentrics. They just don't like them living next door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only after disaster can we be ressurected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only after disaster can we be ressurected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41011]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a 7 o'clock act. My people want to go to a show, a dinner and then go home and go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52342]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries greater weight than our self-interest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown,  Have stirred up many zealous souls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown,  Have stirred up many zealous souls   To fight against imaginary giants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exercise is the yuppie version of bulimia]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18701]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I perceive the devil understands Welsh. And 'tis no marvel he is so humorous.  By'r Lady, he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I perceive the devil understands Welsh. And 'tis no marvel he is so humorous.  By'r Lady, he is a good musician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great Butcher.. how much responsibilitydoes Aristotle his teacher have? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alexander the GreatAlexander the Great Butcher.. how much responsibilitydoes Aristotle his teacher have?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51040]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Achilles absent, was Achilles still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Achilles absent, was Achilles still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not overrate what you have received, nor envy others. He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65185]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty years later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let never day nor night unhallowed pass But still remember what the Lord hath done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let never day nor night unhallowed pass But still remember what the Lord hath done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet is the priest of the invisible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46769]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet is the priest of the invisible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to be feared lest our long quarrels about the manner of His presence cause the matter of His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7705]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to be feared lest our long quarrels about the manner of His presence cause the matter of His absence, for our want of charity to receive Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, faith as an original experience of the life of the Spirit. It is only in the secondary esoteric sphere of the religious life that we find guarantees and a general attempt to compel faith. To demand guarantees and proofs of faith is to fail to understand its very nature by denying the free, heroic act which it inspires. In really authentic and original religious experience, to the existence of which the history of the human spirit bears abundant witness, faith springs up without the aid of guarantees and compelling proofs, without any external coercion or the use of authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48516]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One eare it heard, at the other out it went. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18979]]></link><description><![CDATA[One eare it heard, at the other out it went.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61944]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McClellan (4-0) threw a great game. He settled down and got us out of a couple of tense innings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31316]]></link><description><![CDATA[McClellan (4-0) threw a great game. He settled down and got us out of a couple of tense innings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Existentialism means that no one else can take a bath for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the first floor, there were more classrooms and it sustained heavy water damage. There was about a foot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33811]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the first floor, there were more classrooms and it sustained heavy water damage. There was about a foot of water that was on that floor. We pumped 85,000 gallons of water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27169]]></link><description><![CDATA[I require three things in a man: He must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36749]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could trace my origins to Judas Maccabaeus or King David, that would not add one inch to my stature. It may well be that many East European Jews are descended from Khazars, I may be one of them. Who knows? And who cares?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their leadership was much better than ours. We got a little hesitant and were shell-shocked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their leadership was much better than ours. We got a little hesitant and were shell-shocked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58969]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17951</guid></item></channel></rss>