<?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[We lie and listen to the hissing waves, Wherein our boat seems sharpening its keel,  Which on the sea's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4399]]></link><description><![CDATA[We lie and listen to the hissing waves, Wherein our boat seems sharpening its keel,  Which on the sea's face all unthankful graves   An arrowed scratch as with a tool of steel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is of the race of the mushroom; he covers himself altogether with his head. [Lat., Fungino genere est; capite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18394]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is of the race of the mushroom; he covers himself altogether with his head. [Lat., Fungino genere est; capite se totum tegit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.   - John Ruskin, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48202]]></link><description><![CDATA[In general, pride is at the bottom of all great mistakes.   - John Ruskin,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63098]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53002]]></link><description><![CDATA[If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For everything you have missed you have gained something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17152]]></link><description><![CDATA[For everything you have missed you have gained something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!  What an inviting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!  What an inviting hell invented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   The fool for Christ holds a prophetic role in Christianity, from the early church to Russian Orthodox "pilgrims" and such later fools as Luther, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, who were seekers after the true, the good, the holy, the beautiful. They were insane -- not in a clinical sense, but in the madness of the Holy, an insanity which ordinary sanity refuses to admit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15896]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48781]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, lost a world, and bade a hero fly? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42734]]></link><description><![CDATA[A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least we played with heart and desire - two things that were missing in the Wolfsburg defeat, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40202]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least we played with heart and desire - two things that were missing in the Wolfsburg defeat,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906   Only those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906   Only those who try to live near God and have formed the habit of faithfulness to Him in the small things of our daily life, can hope in times of need for that special light which shows us our path. To do as well as we can the job immediately before us, is the way to learn what we ought to do next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better is one Accipe, then twice to say, Dabo tibi.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is,  But (as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts. I am no orator, as Brutus is,  But (as you know me all) a plain blunt man   That love my friend; and that they know full well    That gave me public leave to speak of him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperament is the primary requisite for the critic - a temperament exquisitely susceptible to beauty, and to the various impressions that beauty gives us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9325]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one thing even more vital to science than intelligent methods; and that is, the sincere desire to find out the truth, whatever it may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful strokes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thunder on! Stride on! Democracy. Strike with vengeful strokes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56027]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61344]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak are the most treacherous of us all. They come to the strong and drain them. They are bottomless. They are insatiable. They are always parched and always bitter. They are everyone's concern and like vampires they suck our life's blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the place;The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reprove:These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please;These were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled. - Deserted Village, The.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nouvelle Cuisine, roughly translated, means: I can't believe I paid ninety-six dollars and I'm still hungry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nouvelle Cuisine, roughly translated, means: I can't believe I paid ninety-six dollars and I'm still hungry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hide your body in the Big Dipper ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hide your body in the Big Dipper]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35070]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's very quick and strong, a powerful defender who is also extremely comfortable on the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, who could have ever foretold that that little retrousse nose would change the laws of an empire. [Fr., Ah, qui jamais autoir pu dire  Que ce petit nez retrousse   Changerait les lois d'un empire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2143]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41630]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like that best as I am so hairy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like that best as I am so hairy]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took 25 years to de-list the peregrine falcon. We are only at nine or 10 years and we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36134]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took 25 years to de-list the peregrine falcon. We are only at nine or 10 years and we have a long way to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24656]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53935]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/379]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58445]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jelous swan, agens hire deth that syngith.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47339]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're taking a group of congregations together. One group may not be able to do much on their own. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39902]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're taking a group of congregations together. One group may not be able to do much on their own. But let's spread the burden; let's work together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   O eternal God, who from all eternity dost behold and love thy own glories and perfections infinite, and hast created me to do the work of God after the manner of men, and to serve thee in this generation and according to my capacities, give me thy grace, that I may be a curious and prudent spender of my time, so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation, and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and, by discharging all my duty, may glorify thy name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment; that I may do works proportionable to my person and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity; that, when the devil assaults me, he may not find me idle; and my dearest Lord, at his sudden coming, may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions, improving my talent entrusted to me by thee, my Lord; that I may enter into the joy of my Lord, to partake of his eternal felicities, even for thy mercy's sake, and for my dearest Saviour's sake. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear the words of prudence, give heed unto her counsels, and store them in thine heart; her maxims are universal, and all the virtues lean upon her; she is the guide and the mistress of human life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54773]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance favors the prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. [Fr., L'on confie son secret dans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54980]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trust our secrets to our friends, but they escape from us in love. [Fr., L'on confie son secret dans l'amitie, mais il echappe dans l'amour.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who avoids complaint invites happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63866]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who avoids complaint invites happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63866</guid></item></channel></rss>