<?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[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prom is an exciting time for teenagers. The perfect dress is any dress that they feel beautiful and confident wearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  Christ did not enchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while, Peter, James, and John were permitted to see Him in His glory. For that brief while they had no need of faith. The vision vanished, and the memory of it did not prevent them from all forsaking Him when He was arrested, or Peter from denying that he had ever known Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12209]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went on a diet, swore off drinking and heavy eating, and in fourteen days I lost two weeks]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waubay is the only team we never full-court pressed this year. Otherwise, we get teams to have 25 to 30 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waubay is the only team we never full-court pressed this year. Otherwise, we get teams to have 25 to 30 turnovers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not tolerate the interference of religion in our justice system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36581]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not tolerate the interference of religion in our justice system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good news, by and large, is that science has prospered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good news, by and large, is that science has prospered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our youth we can have but to-day; We may always find time to grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our youth we can have but to-day; We may always find time to grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57389]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16659]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have the freedom to choose your actions, you don't have the freedom to choose the consequences of your actions]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14304]]></link><description><![CDATA[All evils are equal when they are extreme. [Fr., Et tous maux sont pareils alors qu'ils sont extremes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âit's that the area experiencing intense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30385]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not that the ground motions in 1906 were significantly larger than those in 1989ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âit's that the area experiencing intense shaking was much, much greater. We don't know if the next rupture will look like 1906 earthquake, but we know that many of the same areas hit hard in 1906, like San Francisco, Santa Rosa, and the Santa Cruz mountains will be hit hard again in the next large earthquake on the San Andreas Fault .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The name of the Slough was Despond. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The name of the Slough was Despond.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49347]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath children, all his morsels are not his owne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot teach a crab to walk straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29573]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was in the top five in our golf team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30368]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was in the top five in our golf team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16810]]></link><description><![CDATA[To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may envy every one, but no one envies you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50638]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may envy every one, but no one envies you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Trust' is important. But once a promise is broken 'sorry' means nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63043]]></link><description><![CDATA['Trust' is important. But once a promise is broken 'sorry' means nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5418]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am opposed to censorship. Censors are pretty sure fools. I have no confidence in the suppression of everyday facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226]]></link><description><![CDATA[The draft is white people sending black people to fight yellow people to protect the country they stole from the red people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, see the north-wind's masonry, Out of an unseen quarry evermore  Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, see the north-wind's masonry, Out of an unseen quarry evermore  Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer   Curves his white bastions with projected roof    Round every windward stake, or tree, or door.     Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work      So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he       For number or proportion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser is as much in want of that which he has, as of that which he has not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always safety in valor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60321]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always safety in valor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64679]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52861]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9762]]></link><description><![CDATA[A republican stands up in congress and says 'I GOT A REALLY BAD IDEA!!' and the democrat stands up after him and says 'AND I CAN MAKE IT SHITTIER!!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity lets goe the bridle. [Prosperity lets go the bridle.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity lets goe the bridle. [Prosperity lets go the bridle.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65086]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is with children that we have the best chance of studying the development of logical knowledge, mathematical knowledge, physical knowledge, and so forth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're still in a very headline-driven market and the geopolitical concerns are going to continue to outweigh the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're still in a very headline-driven market and the geopolitical concerns are going to continue to outweigh the fundamentals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When war begins, then hell openeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50079]]></link><description><![CDATA[When war begins, then hell openeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a good house all is quickly ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49529]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a good house all is quickly ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is one of the sinews of the Soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to facing up to serious problems, each candidate will pledge to appoint a committee. And what is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9009]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to facing up to serious problems, each candidate will pledge to appoint a committee. And what is a committee? ;A group of the unwilling, picked from the unfit, to do the unnecessary. But it all sounds great in a campaign speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A deal of skimble-skamble stuff. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A deal of skimble-skamble stuff. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must be cruel only to be kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must be cruel only to be kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service is never a simple act; it's about sacrifice for others and about accomplishment for ourselves, about reaching out, one person to another, about all our choices gathered together as a country to reach across all our divides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only is there no God, but trying getting a plumber on weekends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only is there no God, but trying getting a plumber on weekends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not blind. Love sees what is most true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not blind. Love sees what is most true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66419]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19296]]></link><description><![CDATA[After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24666]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liberal is a person whose interests aren't at stake at the moment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hope is you can go into Starbucks, buy your paper and coffee, and go through the security line with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35843]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hope is you can go into Starbucks, buy your paper and coffee, and go through the security line with one card.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we do it was a special gift to his fellow directors,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;  Willing to wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer;  Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,   Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike;    Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend,     A tim'rous foe, and a suspicious friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Step by step and the thing is done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Step by step and the thing is done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turn'd, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't angry. The captain kept cutting us off. He had a smirk on his face. His arrogance was awful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36175</guid></item></channel></rss>