<?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 smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56849]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30744]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around inhis pocket. The more he has, the more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries around inhis pocket. The more he has, the more they weigh him down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44327]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say the world will end in fire, some say ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say the world will end in fire, some say ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55415]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, my dear Lady Disdain! are you yet living? -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941  Those who complain that they make no progress in the life of prayer because they "cannot meditate" should examine, not their capacity for meditation, but their capacity for suffering and love. For there is a hard and costly element, a deep seriousness, a crucial choice, in all genuine religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When last the young Orlando parted from you, He left a promise to return again  Within a hour; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15288]]></link><description><![CDATA[When last the young Orlando parted from you, He left a promise to return again  Within a hour; and pacing through the forest,   Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy,    Lo, what befell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all die! All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,  Nor how, so we die well; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11179]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all die! All leave ourselves, it matters not where, when,  Nor how, so we die well; and can that man that does so   Need lamentation for him?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever you go, go with all your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever you go, go with all your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57500]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we hope to remain economically competitive in a world in which... 90% of Dutch high-school students take advanced math courses and 100% of teachers in Germany have double majors, while the best we can say about our pocket of excellence is that 75% of [American] students have learned to critique tactfully?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The walls are the publishers of the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The walls are the publishers of the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is extremely important that our customers understand this is an early warning for all of us to start conserving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39687]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is extremely important that our customers understand this is an early warning for all of us to start conserving water now, rather than face the possibility of more extreme measures later.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel est parsimoniae vel frugalitatis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the men behind who "make" the man ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/999]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the men behind who "make" the man ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell Draw we here a parallel!  She, like thee, was forced to bear  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glass antique! 'twixt thee and Nell Draw we here a parallel!  She, like thee, was forced to bear   All reflections, foul or fair.    Thou art deep and bright within,     Depths as bright belong'd to Gwynne;      Thou art very frail as well,       Frail as flesh is,--so was Nell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/801]]></link><description><![CDATA[If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government has a simple task: recognize our nation’s real problems, and address them in a manner that reflects the priorities of the American people. It sounds simple, but it’s not happening today, and I know you’re as frustrated with Washington as I am]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20527]]></link><description><![CDATA[His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39794]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adoption is not about finding children for families, it's about finding families for children]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to be a great thing. It's going to raise a lot of money. It's going to raise a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30449]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to be a great thing. It's going to raise a lot of money. It's going to raise a lot of awareness about how badly help is needed. And all in all it's gonna be a great show.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33334]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only about the ones that are still here that we worry about but also about the others that are still in Louisiana. They are still trying to get pets out of the city. Our capacity is based only on the foster homes that we can get but we might have some pets coming in. That is a possibility. The need is still there. Most rescue groups get broadcast messages on animal in distress and pet finders and they are still trying to find homes for these pets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bow too tensely strung is easily broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58962]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will loose your sense of solitude on days when all the boaters come streaming by, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33906]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will loose your sense of solitude on days when all the boaters come streaming by,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60087]]></link><description><![CDATA[All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are starting to become weary of the inversion in the U.S. curve and in particular the yields that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34540]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are starting to become weary of the inversion in the U.S. curve and in particular the yields that you receive in the 6-month and 2-year notes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love' has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't come up with the key hits. And we weren't mentally prepared on defense. To win, you have to play every play, and we didn't do that today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Division has always been a disease of the church... The Love Feast, which should have been the sign and symbol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Division has always been a disease of the church... The Love Feast, which should have been the sign and symbol of perfect unity, has become a thing of divisions and class distinctions. And here there is something which only the newer translations reveal. In the older translations, it is said that to eat and drink at the sacrament without discerning the Lord's body is the way to judgment and not to salvation. But in the best Greek text, the word Lord's is not included. The sin is not to discern the body; that is to say, not to discern that the church is a body, not to be aware of the oneness of the church, not to be aware of the togetherness in which all its members should be joined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching and parenting have always gone hand-in-hand in helping to develop young people's ability to make good choices as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching and parenting have always gone hand-in-hand in helping to develop young people's ability to make good choices as they move into young adulthood. Providing a simple, easy-to-use program for schools that reinforces character development benefits children at every age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished-for state. When did history become a bad word?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19904]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our compell'd sins Stand more for number than for accompt. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our compell'd sins Stand more for number than for accompt. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a job's worth doing, it's too hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18730]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28573]]></link><description><![CDATA[True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immediate reaction was a pretty big move in rates after he suggested that there is a risk overseas troubles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immediate reaction was a pretty big move in rates after he suggested that there is a risk overseas troubles will hit the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20055]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This administration has broken faith with the people of America.They have squandered the immense good will extended by othernations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47957]]></link><description><![CDATA[This administration has broken faith with the people of America.They have squandered the immense good will extended by othernations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower, The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower;  Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, sweet thy current by town and by tower, The green sunny vale and the dark linden bower;  Thy waves as they dimple smile back on the plain,   And Rhine, ancient river, thou'rt German again!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The popularity comes from the fact that these radio stations play a real broad catalog of music, so they aren't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The popularity comes from the fact that these radio stations play a real broad catalog of music, so they aren't as repetitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Typical Devils-type game. They wait for you to make a mistake. They've been playing that way for a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Typical Devils-type game. They wait for you to make a mistake. They've been playing that way for a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32049</guid></item></channel></rss>