<?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[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  A man who prays without ceasing, if he achieves something, knows why he achieved it, and can take no pride in it... for he cannot attribute it to his own powers, but attributes all his achievements to God, always renders thanks to him and constantly calls upon him, trembling lest he be deprived of help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate work. That's why I got married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate work. That's why I got married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-defense is the clearest of all laws, and for this reason: lawyers didn't make it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids got a little tired, and they haven't been in pressure situations before. That's our jobs as coaches to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37679]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids got a little tired, and they haven't been in pressure situations before. That's our jobs as coaches to get them ready to play in those pressure situations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have tried so hard to do right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have tried so hard to do right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Civil War is not ended: I question whether any serious civil war ever does end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all lies, art is the least untrue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all lies, art is the least untrue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay)  Before the sad accounting day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay)  Before the sad accounting day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad, except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55380]]></link><description><![CDATA[No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Witty remarks are all very well when spoken at a proper time: when out of place they are offensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the real Church of the Lord Jesus Christ -- not merely organisation, but a group of people, individually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6232]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the real Church of the Lord Jesus Christ -- not merely organisation, but a group of people, individually the children of God, drawn together by the Holy Spirit for a particular task, either in a local situation or over a wider area. The Church of the Lord Jesus should be a group of those who are redeemed and bound together on the basis of true doctrine. But subsequently they should show together a substantial "sociological healing" of the breaches between men, which have come about because of... man's sin. The Christian sociological position is that the sociological problems which we find... are a result of the separation that has come between men because of sin. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17860]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bread is the staff of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bread is the staff of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4249]]></link><description><![CDATA[That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have too great a soul to die like a criminal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10699]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have too great a soul to die like a criminal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight inthe recognition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight inthe recognition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a genius when he is dreaming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a genius when he is dreaming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4806]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fairly bright boy is far more intelligent and far better company than the average adult.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The uncreative mind can spot wrong answers, but it takes a very creative mind to spot wrong questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200   Frightful this is in a sense, but it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200   Frightful this is in a sense, but it is true, and every one who has merely some little knowledge of the human heart can verify it: there is nothing to which a man holds so desperately as to his sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest test of courage on the earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. -R. G. Ingersoll.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49397]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that speakes sowes, and he that holds his peace, gathers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41752]]></link><description><![CDATA[We welcome moves towards reforms such as these, but it remains to be seen whether they will lead to better quality trials and a significant reduction in the number of people sentenced to death. Whatever their impact, they must not be seen as a substitute for more wide-ranging reforms aimed at the complete abolition of the death penalty in China.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manny is a strange guy. Outward, he's happy-go-lucky. On the inside, he's got a lot of conspiracy theories going on. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manny is a strange guy. Outward, he's happy-go-lucky. On the inside, he's got a lot of conspiracy theories going on. Obviously, Manny might be one of those guys when he's 50 years old he might be in his house with all the blinds shut and looking out and the CIA is after him. You don't know, man. You don't know what's going on his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is one the best solutions to a clear mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66788]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since love and fear can hardly coexist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18138]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He didn't dog it in the weight room. He pushed out extra sets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31970]]></link><description><![CDATA[He didn't dog it in the weight room. He pushed out extra sets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andres took a nice firm shot at the far post because their goalkeeper left it wide open, and he put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andres took a nice firm shot at the far post because their goalkeeper left it wide open, and he put it in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you do succeed, try something harder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59896]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you do succeed, try something harder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56740]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship can sometimes end in love, but love in friendship, never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship can sometimes end in love, but love in friendship, never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How are thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12133]]></link><description><![CDATA[How are thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. [It., Ove son leggi,  Tremar non ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there are laws, he who has not broken them need not tremble. [It., Ove son leggi,  Tremar non dee chi leggi non infranse.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was co-ed. They didn't have enough kids otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33071]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was co-ed. They didn't have enough kids otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that readeth good writers and pickes out their flowres for his own nose, is lyke a foole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46640]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that readeth good writers and pickes out their flowres for his own nose, is lyke a foole.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a good opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30555]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a good opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul.  To the late revel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22927]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain I trusted that the flowing bowl Would banish sorrow, and enlarge the soul.  To the late revel, and protracted feast,   Wild dreams succeeded, and disorder'd rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64845]]></link><description><![CDATA[You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64845</guid></item></channel></rss>