<?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 reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the good gods forbid That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude  Towards her deserved children is enrolled   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the good gods forbid That our renowned Rome, whose gratitude  Towards her deserved children is enrolled   In Jove's own book, like an unnatural dam    Should now eat up her own!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goddess was discovered by her gait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goddess was discovered by her gait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19394]]></link><description><![CDATA[History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with these URLs. Hopefully they'll take advantage of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This doesn't mean that it will remain so strong in the next couple of quarters, but the Federal Reserve cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34763]]></link><description><![CDATA[This doesn't mean that it will remain so strong in the next couple of quarters, but the Federal Reserve cannot sit down and look and wait, because whatever they do today, it takes effect in six to 12 months.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is no evil unless it conquers us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16049]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man always remembers his first love with special tenderness, but after that he begins to bunch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16558]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was YOU. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illustrious Predecessor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illustrious Predecessor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chill penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Madame Dorothée Deluzy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16548]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend. -Madame Dorothée Deluzy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64379]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who say they "sleep like a baby" haven't got one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54258]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a right and duty of the wise ones to purify the strong by teaching them their duties and to strengthen the weak by teaching them their rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the days of His earthly ministry, only those could speak to him who came where He was: if He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7588]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the days of His earthly ministry, only those could speak to him who came where He was: if He was in Galilee, men could not find Him in Jerusalem; if He was in Jerusalem, men could not find Him in Galilee. His Ascension means that He is perfectly united with God; we are with Him wherever we are present to God; and that is everywhere and always. Because He is "in Heaven" He is everywhere on earth: because He is ascended, He is here now. Our devotion is not to hold us by the empty tomb; it must lift up our hearts to heaven so that we too "in heart and mind thither ascend and with Him continually dwell": it must also send us forth into the world to do His will; and these are not two things, but one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53346]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Father of his country. [Lat., Pater pariae.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Father of his country. [Lat., Pater pariae.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51339]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we our betters see bearing our woes, We scarcely think our miseries our foes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51339</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[I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56584]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep,  And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth   That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18835]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You see things and you say "Why?"; but I dream things that never were and I say "Why not?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60870]]></link><description><![CDATA[You see things and you say "Why?"; but I dream things that never were and I say "Why not?".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that would have been a fair criticism that would have had more weight if it came a month ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that would have been a fair criticism that would have had more weight if it came a month ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not donut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not donut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14842]]></link><description><![CDATA[No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity: The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,  And all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity: The deep air listen'd round her as she rode,  And all the low wind hardly breathed for fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes students find it funny when it happens to someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes students find it funny when it happens to someone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37863]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had an outstanding first quarter with major wins for all product lines in every geography and the successful completion of several strategic initiatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to meet every injured soldier as they come in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41544]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to meet every injured soldier as they come in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 Continuing a short series on authenticity: For the preacher's merit or demerit, It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678 Continuing a short series on authenticity: For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished the flaws were fewer In the earthen vessel, holding treasure, Which lies as safe in a golden ewer; But the main thing is, does it hold good measure? Heaven soon sets right all other matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms!  The things, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, of straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms!  The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,   But wonder how the devil they got there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53893]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, I have lost my reputation! I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial. My reputation, Iago, my reputation!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an article of faith in my creed to pick the man who does not take himself seriously, but does take his work seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing. - Letters of Rainer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10591]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest experience of the creator is feminine, for it is experience of receiving and bearing. - Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reviewers are usually people who would have been poets, historians, biographers, etc., if they could: they have tried their talents at one or the other, and have failed; therefore they turn critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would find it bizarre to speak of tolerating blonds. For whatever reason, hair color has not been a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would find it bizarre to speak of tolerating blonds. For whatever reason, hair color has not been a basis of tribal identity or group politics in our culture; the concept of tolerance is never invoked in this context because there is too obviously nothing to tolerate. In a rational culture, the same would be true of race, ethnicity, and the like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44605]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349  It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise. Thou art wise when thou art poor, without desire of this world, and despisest thyself for the love of Jesus Christ; and expendeth all thy wit and all thy might in His service. Whoso will love wisely, it behoves him to love lasting things lastingly, and passing things passingly; so that his heart be set and fastened on nothing but in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60355</guid></item></channel></rss>