<?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[O, what a mansion have those vices got Which for their habitation chose out thee,  Where beauty's veil doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60512]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, what a mansion have those vices got Which for their habitation chose out thee,  Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot   And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! defy the Devil: consider, he is an enemy to mankind. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866  God gave the prophecies, not to gratify men's curiosity by enabling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866  God gave the prophecies, not to gratify men's curiosity by enabling them to foreknow things, but that after they were fulfilled they might be interpreted by the event, and His own providence, not the interpreter's, be thereby manifested to the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14614]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do my thing and you do yours. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, then it is beautiful. If not, it can't be helped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no signs of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36632]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no signs of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the sin of the virtuous and the virtue of the sinful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, as we know Him, is a gift to us from Christ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7753]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, as we know Him, is a gift to us from Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25481]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34410]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same post I had several letters from anxious relatives, telling me that it was my duty to come home and thus ease my mother's anxiety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sin confessed is half forgiven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56406]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sin confessed is half forgiven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To die will be an awfully big adventure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/663]]></link><description><![CDATA[To die will be an awfully big adventure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55116]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The end of labor is to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24625]]></link><description><![CDATA[The end of labor is to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are taking this storm very seriously. We are urging Miami-Dade County residents to do the same as we learned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are taking this storm very seriously. We are urging Miami-Dade County residents to do the same as we learned from hurricane Katrina storms are unpredictable,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more then the sword. [Gluttony kills more than the sword.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gluttony kills more then the sword. [Gluttony kills more than the sword.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38662]]></link><description><![CDATA[All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59431]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  The blessed and inviting truth is that God is the most winsome of all beings and in our worship of Him we should find unspeakable pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The staff has been great to work with, and Coach Martin has treated me great and allows me to grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The staff has been great to work with, and Coach Martin has treated me great and allows me to grow as a coach everyday,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was fortunate to get something out over the plate that I could hit out of the park, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35256]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to get something out over the plate that I could hit out of the park,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not aw'd to duty by superior sway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27943]]></link><description><![CDATA[That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38551]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never seen oil slicks covering such a large area in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1151]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the recipe for successful achievement? To my mind there are just four essential ingredients: Choose a career you love, give it the best there is in you, seize your opportunities, and be a member of the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55555]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61454]]></link><description><![CDATA[This country cannot afford to be materially rich and spiritually poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have two shoe boxes full of stuff. And that doesn't include half of what I have received. I threw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have two shoe boxes full of stuff. And that doesn't include half of what I have received. I threw a lot of stuff away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To the bottom of the worst. -Troilus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modest doubt is call'd The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches To the bottom of the worst. -Troilus and Cressida. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54203]]></link><description><![CDATA[First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then mimick'd my voice with satyrical sneer, And sent me away with a Flea in my ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66839]]></link><description><![CDATA[For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8890]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There come nought out of the sacke but what was there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49949]]></link><description><![CDATA[There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think a tax cut would be a good thing if he has those larger ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think a tax cut would be a good thing if he has those larger ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must payattention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your coreof inner silence. The great Sufi poet Rumi wrote, "Only let themoving waters calm down, and the sun and moon will be reflected on thesurface of your being.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[United we stand, divided we fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50692]]></link><description><![CDATA[United we stand, divided we fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am concerned a little bit about housing prices, because I think demand will continue to be strong, but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29367]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am concerned a little bit about housing prices, because I think demand will continue to be strong, but the supply will be lower this year than last year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22150]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. - Benchley -- or Else!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive thyself little, and others much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the bullpen did a great job and my teammates helped me out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30848]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the bullpen did a great job and my teammates helped me out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of justice is eternal publicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of justice is eternal publicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When we do play 60 minutes, we're a tough team to beat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51687]]></link><description><![CDATA[A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51687</guid></item></channel></rss>