<?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[Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;  Though solitary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;  Though solitary, who is not alone,   But doth converse with that eternal love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, you may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, you may have to change how you live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put his shoulder to the wheel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put his shoulder to the wheel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is HUGE! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23143]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is HUGE!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49319]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You tell your doctor, that y' are ill And what does he, but write a bill,  Of which you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26710]]></link><description><![CDATA[You tell your doctor, that y' are ill And what does he, but write a bill,  Of which you need not read one letter,   The worse the scrawl, the dose the better.    For if you knew but what you take,     Though you recover, he must break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54274</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[The Fed's painfully aware of this, and that's one of the better reasons they try to telegraph what they're doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fed's painfully aware of this, and that's one of the better reasons they try to telegraph what they're doing, so people don't get caught. The institutions that have taken decisions that might put them into harm's way are probably fewer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather die a meaningful death than to live a meaningless life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37642]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think at that point we were aspiring to be a Led Zeppelin kind of a band where you could pick up your acoustic instruments or you could go out and rock or you could play a country song. I love all those bands we got mentioned with, but it never felt like we fit into that group very well. So the fact that they're still saying, 'The band that survived grunge' is kind of funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him. The Wolf, looking up, said, Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing. Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acting is a matter of giving away secrets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acting is a matter of giving away secrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who, to patch up his fame--or fill his purse-- Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse;  Like gypsies, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who, to patch up his fame--or fill his purse-- Still pilfers wretched plans, and makes them worse;  Like gypsies, lest the stolen brat be known,   Defacing first, then claiming for his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7657]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am used to do so; I shall never do otherwise if I am left to myself'. If I fail not, then I give God thanks, acknowledging that the strength comes from Him.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We start with gifts. Merit comes from what we make of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66514]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a 10K. Yes, a 10K. I ran it with my daughter on her 10th birthday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  Someone gave me a bit of brick and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  Someone gave me a bit of brick and a little slab of marble from Rome. It was wonderful to touch one of them and think, Perhaps the Apostle Paul or one of the martyrs touched this as they passed. But how much more wonderful is it to think that we have, for our own use, the very same sword our Lord used when the Devil attacked Him. [Brooke Foss] Westcott says "the Word of God" in Ephesians 6:17 means "a definite utterance of God". We know these "definite utterances" -- we have the same Book that He had, and we can do as He did. So let us learn the "definite utterances" that they may be ready in our minds; ready for use at the moment of need -- our sword which never grows dull and rusty, but is always keen and bright. So once more I say, let us not expect defeat but victory. Let us take fast hold and keep fast hold of our sword, and we shall win in any assault of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56874]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42895]]></link><description><![CDATA[So great is the modesty of your mind and face, Sophronius that I wonder you should ever have become a father]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18169]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46439]]></link><description><![CDATA[My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much learning does not teach understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much learning does not teach understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38953]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't know how the ties are going to be resolved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shudder when relating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51808]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shudder when relating it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on authenticity:   Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: Where thou shalt not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on authenticity:   Think thyself at that Tribunal, that judgment, now: Where thou shalt not only hear all thy sinful works, and words, and thoughts repeated, which thou thy self hadst utterly forgot, but thou shalt hear thy good works, thine alms, thy coming to Church, thy hearing of Sermons, given in evidence against thee, because they had hypocrisy mingled in them; yea, thou shalt find even thy repentance to condemn thee, because thou madest that but a door to a relapse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good bargaine is a pick-purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49027]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good bargaine is a pick-purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weep not that the world changes--did it keep A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weep not that the world changes--did it keep A stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those whom God to ruin has designed He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21009]]></link><description><![CDATA[For those whom God to ruin has designed He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moonlight is sculpture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moonlight is sculpture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30782]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the cock is silent. [Fr., C'est chose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a thing very displeasing to me when the hen speaks and the cock is silent. [Fr., C'est chose qui moult me deplaist,  Quand poule parle et coq se taist.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation   God is always present, always available. At whatever moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation   God is always present, always available. At whatever moment in which one turns to him the prayer is received, is heard, is authenticated, for it is God who gives our prayer its value and its character, not our interior dispositions, not our fervor, not our lucidity. The prayer which is pronounced for God and accepted by him becomes, by that very fact, a true prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21695]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no sentence that's too short in the eyes of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the shoppers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47571]]></link><description><![CDATA[...when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are also rid of personal responsibility. There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgement. When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom- freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. Herein undoubtedly lies part of the attractiveness of a mass movement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember that the future comes one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember that the future comes one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, not force, rides the horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, not force, rides the horse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16708</guid></item></channel></rss>