<?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[Culture is one thing and varnish is another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture is one thing and varnish is another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This sort of military propaganda will definitely give them (those seeking tougher action) more ammunition to level more accusations against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41308]]></link><description><![CDATA[This sort of military propaganda will definitely give them (those seeking tougher action) more ammunition to level more accusations against Iran that Iran is under a military minded government and leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63785]]></link><description><![CDATA[A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial flowers--to the daily life of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jay is a guy who is always going to put the ball in play. He's a decent hitter, a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jay is a guy who is always going to put the ball in play. He's a decent hitter, a good hitter. Fortunately, with the bases loaded, he was able to hit a home run for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58245]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you like not hanging, drown yourself; Take some course for your reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever have to leave the club I will be very sorry because I have a lot of ties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39346]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever have to leave the club I will be very sorry because I have a lot of ties here now. I would like to stay here for a few more years yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death,  because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59307]]></link><description><![CDATA[For out allotted time is the passing of a shadow, and there is no return from our death,  because it is sealed up and no one turns back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66387]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom FedExes a red velvet cake she makes from scratch to me every birthday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, what fools these mortals be! -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64607]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of what you have done the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquillity, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and Tranquillity to Earth. For one priceless moment, in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one. One in their pride in what you have done. One in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth. - To Neil Armstrong after he landed successfully on the Moon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Probably, they anticipate that down the line there will be a point that confrontation will be inevitable. Therefore, they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Probably, they anticipate that down the line there will be a point that confrontation will be inevitable. Therefore, they are just indicating that in case they come under any military pressure or any threat then they can properly defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are born believing. A man bears beliefs, as a tree bears apples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From our point of view, it's not just recognizing customers that might have a problem with gambling, it's also understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29266]]></link><description><![CDATA[From our point of view, it's not just recognizing customers that might have a problem with gambling, it's also understanding ways to solve the problem as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can not exist. [Lat., In animo perturbato, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27514]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can not exist. [Lat., In animo perturbato, sicut in corpore, sanitas esse non potest.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you wouldn't want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28079]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you wouldn't want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Council is in the midst of significant restructuring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41578]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Council is in the midst of significant restructuring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had to defend themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41538]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had to defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hung on the shower that fronts the golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes!  In hues ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hung on the shower that fronts the golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes!  In hues of ancient promise there imprest;   Frail in its date, eternal in its guise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52677]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is finding out what you already know -Richard Bach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is finding out what you already know -Richard Bach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal  I served my king, he would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55224]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal  I served my king, he would not in mine age   Have left me naked to mine enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are looking for more university partners in Iowa City to provide our graduates with more options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37624]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are looking for more university partners in Iowa City to provide our graduates with more options.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6538]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Christian marriage is [not] one with no problems or even a marriage with fewer problems. (It may well mean more problems.) But it does mean a life in which two people are able to accept each other and love each other in the midst of problems and fears. It means a marriage in which selfish people can accept selfish people without constantly trying to change them -- and even accept themselves, because they realize personally that they have been accepted by Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever rewards evil for good, evil will not depart from their house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truths turn into dogmas the minute they are disputed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fairy stitching gleams On the sides and in the seams,  And it shows   That Pixies were the wags    Who tipped these funny tags     And these toes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17256]]></link><description><![CDATA[The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a fast start, then Milford had a 12-0 run, then we held them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32030]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a fast start, then Milford had a 12-0 run, then we held them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866   The early Hebrews learned at the foot of Mount Sinai ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866   The early Hebrews learned at the foot of Mount Sinai that in the sight of God there is indeed a difference between the sacred and the profane, but there is no difference between the spiritual and the social.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out from the heart of nature rolled The burdens of the Bible old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why not go out on a limb? Isn't that where the fruit is?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.   - Nathaniel Hawthorne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if this cursed hand Where thicker than itself with brother's blood,  Is there not rain enough in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16517]]></link><description><![CDATA[What if this cursed hand Where thicker than itself with brother's blood,  Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens   To wash it white as snow?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When God will, no winde but brings raine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52265]]></link><description><![CDATA[One might equate growing up with a mistrust of words. A mature person trusts his eyes more than his ears. Irrationality often manifests itself in upholding the word against the evidence of the eyes.Children, savages, and true believers remember far less what they have seen than what they have heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,  Or any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27382]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,  Or any merit that which he obtains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39104]]></link><description><![CDATA[As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme remedies are never the first to be resorted to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51143</guid></item></channel></rss>