<?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[There's a woman in China having a baby every 6 minutes.They're trying to find her to stop her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20096]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a woman in China having a baby every 6 minutes.They're trying to find her to stop her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making bottles to meet Americans' demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making bottles to meet Americans' demand for bottled water requires more than 1.5 million barrels of oil annually, enough to fuel some 100,000 U.S. cars for a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48182]]></link><description><![CDATA[God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom, 'cause everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the room.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I got in here, there was a lot that needed to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I got in here, there was a lot that needed to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amongst the sons of men how few are known Who dare be just to merit not their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564  O God in heaven, have mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Albrecht Dürer, artist, 1528, and Michelangelo Buonarrotti, artist, spiritual writer, 1564  O God in heaven, have mercy on us! Lord Jesus Christ, interecede for your people, deliver us at the opportune time, preserve in us the true genuine Christian faith, collect your scattered sheep with your voice, your divine Word as Holy Writ calls it. Help us to recognize your voice, help us not to be allured by the madness of the world, so that we may never fall away from you, O Lord Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35227]]></link><description><![CDATA[We looked like a completely different team in the second half. We built momentum and started attacking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got to keep our heads up and play the ball we've been playing. We got to beat Robinson. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29488]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got to keep our heads up and play the ball we've been playing. We got to beat Robinson. We have to beat them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you, frankly, I had a very good feeling the last few days. I had a very positive feeling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41571]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you, frankly, I had a very good feeling the last few days. I had a very positive feeling thinking things will go all right. I'm thrilled that it came to this end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short term memory loss equals long term memory gain]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5972]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29395]]></link><description><![CDATA[All has been looted, betrayed, sold; black death's wing flashed ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our job is not to set things right but to see them right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our job is not to set things right but to see them right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14773]]></link><description><![CDATA[All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's; a few gifted individuals manage to do both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still get 100 percent of what we were owed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40983]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still get 100 percent of what we were owed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59789]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love of truth has its reward in heaven and even on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grim-visaged, comfortless despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52062]]></link><description><![CDATA[...ideas have a tendency to live lives of their own, and having become a part of tradition, they are very difficult to root out. When summarized in a few neat words or phrases, these gems of wisdom become substitutes for thought, and gradually take on much of the status of revealed truth. Occasionally, some iconoclast sees fit to challenge one of them, and a brief flurry ensues, after which things go on about as before. It is easy to think of plenty of ideas that are passing, if they have not already passed, beyond the stage of effective discussion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61288]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miller sees not all the water that goes by his mill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take away the cause, and the effect ceases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to be a genius--I have enough problems just trying to be a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first half of our life is ruined by our parents and the second half by our children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42782]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth and the soul requires inward restfulness to attain its full height.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes when we stop complaining about the troubles we have and offer thanks for all the troubles we don't have. Life is a gift!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54201]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever get real rich, I hope I'm not real mean to poor people, like I am now]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be pointed out with the finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53888]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be pointed out with the finger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To look into that persons eyes and find yourself so completely lost in another world, a world full of absolute ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25770]]></link><description><![CDATA[To look into that persons eyes and find yourself so completely lost in another world, a world full of absolute comfort and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a meathead. I can't help it, man. You've got smart people and you've got dumb people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25948]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune,  Familiar as a cradle-song   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune,  Familiar as a cradle-song   With sleep-compelling croon;    Yet though I'm filled with music,     As choirs of summer birds,      "I cannot sing the old songs"--       I do not know the words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22041]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66179]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I will learn over the years will be of benefit and interest to me personally but, as far as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42539]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I will learn over the years will be of benefit and interest to me personally but, as far as the program is concerned, I'm the mouthpiece of the viewers as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a true man, and Christ was a true man. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8102]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a true man, and Christ was a true man. His prayer in Gethsemane, his sweat of blood, show that the preceding anxiety is a part of human affliction, which we must try to accept with some sort of submission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything depends on political developments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything depends on political developments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the beach at night, Stands a child with her father, Watching the east, the autumn sky.Up through the darkness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3861]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the beach at night, Stands a child with her father, Watching the east, the autumn sky.Up through the darkness, While ravening clouds, the burial clouds, in black masses spreading, Lower sullen and fast athwart and down the sky, Amid a transparent clear belt of ether yet left in the east, Ascends large and calm the lord-star Jupiter, And nigh at hand, only a very little above, Swim the delicate sisters the Pleiades.From the beach the child holding the hand of her father, Those burial-clouds that lower victorious soon to devour all, Watching, silently weeps.Weep not, child, Weep not, my darling, With these kisses let me remove your tears, The ravening clouds shall not long be victorious, They shall not long possess the sky, they devour the stars only in apparition, Jupiter shall emerge, be patient, watch again another night, the Pleiades shall emerge, They are immortal, all those stars both silvery and golden shall shine out again, The great stars and the little ones shall shine out again, they endure, The vast immortal suns and the long-enduring pensive moons shall again shine.Then dearest child mournest thou only for jupiter? Considerest thou alone the burial of the stars? Something there is, (With my lips soothing thee, adding I whisper, I give thee the first suggestion, the problem and indirection,) Something there is more immortal even than the stars, (Many the burials, many the days and nights, passing away,) Something that shall endure longer even than lustrous Jupiter Longer than sun or any revolving satellite, Or the radiant sisters the Pleiades.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16359]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27303]]></link><description><![CDATA[In matrimony, to hesitate is sometimes to be saved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26578</guid></item></channel></rss>