<?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 is more hid in Christ than we shall ever learn, here or there either; but they that begin first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8225]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more hid in Christ than we shall ever learn, here or there either; but they that begin first to inquire will soonest be gladdened with revelation; and with them He will be best pleased, for the slowness of His disciples troubled Him of old. To say that we must wait for the other world, to know the mind of Him who came to this world to give Himself to us, seems to me the foolishness of a worldly and lazy spirit. The Son of God is the teacher of men, giving to them of His Spirit -- that Spirit which manifests the deep things of God, being to a man the mind of Christ. The great heresy of the Church of the present day is unbelief in this Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Automotive demand carried the market through the recession years but must now cope with a modest downturn in late 2005 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Automotive demand carried the market through the recession years but must now cope with a modest downturn in late 2005 and across 2006. Thus, special quality bars will continue to see softer demand from this key market in 2006.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, humidity, and other variables, the organism will do as it damn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature, humidity, and other variables, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree  Of creatures rational. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree  Of creatures rational.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a disease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47002]]></link><description><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The healthy expansion is expected to continue drawing on strong internal dynamics, particularly, growth in the PRC and structural improvements ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The healthy expansion is expected to continue drawing on strong internal dynamics, particularly, growth in the PRC and structural improvements in South Asia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They seldom looked happy. They passed one another without a word in the elevator, like silent shades in hell, hell-bent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27700]]></link><description><![CDATA[They seldom looked happy. They passed one another without a word in the elevator, like silent shades in hell, hell-bent on their next look from a handsome stranger. Their next rush from a popper. The next song that turned their bones to jelly and left them all on the dance floor with heads back, eyes nearly closed, in the ecstasy of saints receiving the stigmata.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43461]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time, when he was an old man, to learn music and dancing, and thought it time well spent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is innocence - stupidity comes with experience]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change or die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change or die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they will maintain the state of the world; And all their desire is in the work of their craft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62197]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they will maintain the state of the world; And all their desire is in the work of their craft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was   "We cannot do it, Sir, because--"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the best policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtue of some people consists wholly in condemning the vices in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  There can be no end without means; and God furnishes no means that exempt us from the task and duty of joining our own best endeavors. The original stock, or wild olive tree, of our natural powers, was not given to us to be burnt or blighted, but to be grafted on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19548]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Clare of Assisi, Founder of the Order of Minoresses (Poor Clares), 1253 Commemoration of John Henry Newman, Priest, Teacher, Tractarian, 1890   In the first ages, [catechizing] was a work of long time; months, sometimes years, were devoted to the arduous task of disabusing the mind of the incipient Christian of its pagan errors, and of moulding it upon the Christian faith. The Scriptures indeed were at hand for the study of those who could avail themselves of them, but St. Iranaeus does not hesitate to speak of whole races who had been converted to Christianity, without being able to read them. To be unable to read or write was in those times no evidence of want of learning; the hermits of the deserts were, in one sense of the word, illiterate, yet the great St. Anthony, though he knew not letters, was a match in disputation for the learned philosophers who came to try him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56834]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man that would expect to train lobsters to fly in a year is called a lunatic; but a man that thinks men can be turned into angels by an election is a reformer and remains at large.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26106]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any tax over 12-14% -- regardless of the base -- will corrupt enough taxpayers to render the system unfair to all. So, beware of single-tax proposals. The U.S. government blows more money than any single tax can generate. The key is to tax multiple bases, disparate in nature, and with simple flat rates. That is a system both fair and sustatinable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under spreading ensigns moving nigh, in slow But firm battalion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35113]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a body [like Congress] where there are more than one hundred talking lawyers, you can make no calculation upon the termination of any debate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is looking after a few bushes and shrubs and has even placed a circle of white stones around a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29833]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is looking after a few bushes and shrubs and has even placed a circle of white stones around a small palm tree,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43495]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand thoroughly what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but before he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with. - Guide to Good Leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knavery's now its own reward. [Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knavery's now its own reward. [Lat., His nunc praemium est qui recta prava faciunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness consists in activity; such as the constitution of our nature; it is a running stream, and not a stagnant pool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the situation may be don't ever be cold to someone u care about... indifference and unanswerable question hurts more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the situation may be don't ever be cold to someone u care about... indifference and unanswerable question hurts more than angry words...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62944</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[Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19416]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43356]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I find a film dull, I find it infinitely more entertaining to watch the scratches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had it when he got here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35908]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had it when he got here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63454]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the capacity to receive messages from the stars and the songs of the night winds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give up on anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57616]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn't been colored yet. (telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn's football dorm had destroyed 20 books)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and rain-storms and did my duty faithfully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57911]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many years I was self-appointed inspector of snow-storms and rain-storms and did my duty faithfully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59704]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62941]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price for independence is often isolation and solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20739]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20739</guid></item></channel></rss>