<?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[A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16150]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49955]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5937]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent Him. But all nature cries aloud that He does exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of faith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gary Pruitt is the best young executive in the group. Right now, I have a hard time getting institutional investors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gary Pruitt is the best young executive in the group. Right now, I have a hard time getting institutional investors interested in McClatchy, frankly. But with this merger, McClatchy becomes the most interesting name in the group. It goes from an interesting little niche story to a major story.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, in a man who is made partaker of His nature, desireth and taketh no revenge for all the wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7175]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, in a man who is made partaker of His nature, desireth and taketh no revenge for all the wrong that is or can be done unto Him. This we see in Christ when He saith: "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do."  ... Theologia Germanica  June 21, 1998  Alas! day by day we ask that His Will may be done, and yet, when it comes to the doing, we find it so hard! We offer ourselves so often to God -- we continually say, "Lord, I am Thine, I give Thee my heart," and when He accepts it, we are such cowards. How dare we call ourselves His, if we cannot shape our own wills to His?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3399]]></link><description><![CDATA[It does at first appear that an astronomer rapt in abstraction, while he gazes on a star, must feel more exquisite than a farmer who in conducting his team.   - Isaac D'Israeli,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I definitely think it's possible. We were all holding back in qualifying and I think in the finals there's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I definitely think it's possible. We were all holding back in qualifying and I think in the finals there's going to be a lot more intensity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41482]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are outraged by somebodys impudence, ask yourself at once, Can the world exist without impudent people? It cannot; so do not ask for impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends,  Consoler of the lonely,   Bond of the scattered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Messenger of sympathy and love, Servant of parted friends,  Consoler of the lonely,   Bond of the scattered family,    Enlarger of the common life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. [Lat., Altera figlia  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proud daughter of that monarch to whom when it grows [elsewhere] the sun never sets. [Lat., Altera figlia  Di quel monarea a cui   Ne anco, quando annotta, il Sol tramonta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul to-day Is far away  Sailing the Vesuvian Bay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23101]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul to-day Is far away  Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas... is not an external event at all, but a piece of one's home that one carries in one's heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sir, my circumstances, Being so near the truth as I will make them,  Must first induce you to believe; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sir, my circumstances, Being so near the truth as I will make them,  Must first induce you to believe; whose strength   I will confirm with oath, which I doubt not    You'll give me leave to spare when you shall find     You need it not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marry your daughters betimes, lest they marry themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to overdo luxury ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26067]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to overdo luxury]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/442]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sweat. If anything comes easy to me I mistrust it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Firm and erect the Caledonian stood; Sound was his mutton, and his claret good;  "Let him drink port!" the English statesman cried:   He drank the poison, and his spirit died.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want this to be an event that lives up to the advance sale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34494]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want this to be an event that lives up to the advance sale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58163]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to succeed you must fail, so that you know what not to do the next time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5459]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be absolutely certain about something, one must know everything or nothing about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have consideration for wounded feelings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have consideration for wounded feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good, to forgive; Best to forget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good, to forgive; Best to forget.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44993]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the test of your manhood: How much is there left in you after you have lost everything outside of yourself?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe these headlines are negative for beef processors, particularly Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. beef processor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe these headlines are negative for beef processors, particularly Tyson Foods, the largest U.S. beef processor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?" ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great question - which I have not been able to answer - is: "What does a woman want?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836   You have your season, and you have but your season; neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836   You have your season, and you have but your season; neither can you lie down in peace, until you have some persuasion that your work as well as your life is at an end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good government is no substitute for self-government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55122]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather have eyes that cannot see; ears that cannot hear; lips that cannot speak, than a heart that cannot love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20621]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men think all men mortal, but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9251]]></link><description><![CDATA[A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is; I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -Rebecca West.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This allows the students to receive an education tomorrow if they so choose, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39885]]></link><description><![CDATA[This allows the students to receive an education tomorrow if they so choose,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58647]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is alwways the first handicap to any creative functioning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16173]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Africa's bowling attack has been exposed as being toothless, and it certainly lacks a cutting edge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38995]]></link><description><![CDATA[South Africa's bowling attack has been exposed as being toothless, and it certainly lacks a cutting edge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53601</guid></item></channel></rss>