<?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[Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever man comes up with a better mousetrap, nature immediately comes up with a better mouse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62723]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles  When our lives are focused on God, awe and wonder lead us to worship God, filling our inner being with a fullness we would never have thought possible. Awe prepares the way in us for the power of God to transform us and this transformation of our inner attitudes can only take place when awe leads us in turn to wonder, admiration, reverence, surrender, and obedience toward God.  ... James Houston, The Transforming Power of Prayer July 23, 2000 Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. -Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, theperfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your Master Teacher knows all you need to learn, theperfect timing for your learning it, and the ideal way of teaching it toyou. You don't create a Master Teacher-that's already been done. Youdiscover your Master Teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sanity is a madness put to good use. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sanity is a madness put to good use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All honor's wounds are self-inflicted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63794]]></link><description><![CDATA[All honor's wounds are self-inflicted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12345]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never refuse. I contradict. I sometimes forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25835]]></link><description><![CDATA[No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27704]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes one hour of preparation for each minute of presentation time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts ran a wool-gathering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59207]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--  She hates the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor Peggy hawks nosegays from street to street Till--think of that who find life so sweet!--  She hates the smell of roses!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of our ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2478]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of our ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59126]]></link><description><![CDATA[For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways:  Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,   Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11118]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22948]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two levers for moving men: interest and fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36199]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roads are just a suggestion, like pants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability of speech in time and season is an especial gift of God, and that eminently with respect unto the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability of speech in time and season is an especial gift of God, and that eminently with respect unto the spiritual things of the Gospel; but a profluency of speech, venting itself on all occasions and on no occasions, making men open their mouths wide when indeed they should shut them and open their ears, and to pour out all that they know and ... what they do not know, making them angry if they are not heard and impatient if they are contradicted, is an unconquerable fortification against all true spiritual wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a strange injury. When he came off in the first innings he noticed a slight swelling under his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42693]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a strange injury. When he came off in the first innings he noticed a slight swelling under his knee. There was no pain but we thought we'd have it scanned and it came back with something to do with the ligament pulling away from the hamstring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delphi has set a deadline where they want everything wrapped up by (Thursday). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delphi has set a deadline where they want everything wrapped up by (Thursday).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contentious fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contentious fierce, Ardent, and dire, spring from no petty cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[West played really well. But I think we got a little ahead of ourselves, too . . . I hope ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39392]]></link><description><![CDATA[West played really well. But I think we got a little ahead of ourselves, too . . . I hope it was an eye-opener.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm Chevy Chase and you're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5288]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm Chevy Chase and you're not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind in never weary;  The vine still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52936]]></link><description><![CDATA[The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind in never weary;  The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,   But at every gust the dead leaves fall,    And the day is dark and dreary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longest Day hath an Eueninge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longest Day hath an Eueninge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18142]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run  From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead;   That is the grasshopper's--he takes the lead    In summer luxury--he has never done     With his delights, for when tired out with fun,      He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership should be born out of the understanding of the needs of those who would be affected by it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's 'freeest'country has the highestnumber in prison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods of men are sillier than their kings and queens, and emptier and more powerless]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55854]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Corinthian, a lad of mettle, a good boy. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53018]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33181]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great sale. Bidding on e-Bay was very strong as were phone bids. We were busy all weekend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betray not a secret even though racked by wine or wrath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more things change, the more they are the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more things change, the more they are the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31779]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Christmas. I really do love Christmas. I love being with my family and I love snow. I love the music and the lights and all of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38305</guid></item></channel></rss>