<?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[The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..words to dehumanizeand demonize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..words to dehumanizeand demonize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9628]]></link><description><![CDATA[My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8413]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a trip to Mexico [in 1984]... I fell ill... The illness was protracted... I suffered a mild depression... When [an episcopal priest] prayed for my recovery, I choked up and wept. The only prayer I knew word for word was the Pater Noster. On that day and in the days after it, I found myself repeating the Lord's Prayer, again and again, and meaning every word of it. Quite suddenly, when I was awake one night, a light dawned on me, and I realized what had happened... After many years of affirming God's existence and trying to give adequate reasons for that affirmation, I found myself believing in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having been a student at Columbia, I can say that I've experienced both on-campus and online coursework. If I had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having been a student at Columbia, I can say that I've experienced both on-campus and online coursework. If I had to pick the top five courses of my entire experience, two of them were online. I know that with the right instructor and set-up, learning online can be just as fulfilling, if not more so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33018]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are always flowers for those who want to see them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60831]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are always flowers for those who want to see them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60977]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man in the street does not know a star in the sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52464]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man in the street does not know a star in the sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he as studious--of his ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58038]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he as studious--of his ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29542]]></link><description><![CDATA[With society and its public, there is no longer any other language than that of bombs, barricades, and all that follows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since Eve ate the apple, much depends on dinner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n nature warm; The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured itout. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured itout.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35299]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, you can't call your vote in. You have to be there on the floor to vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been great on defense this year. He's been a great example for our young big guys. He's a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34526]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been great on defense this year. He's been a great example for our young big guys. He's a great off-the-ball defender, and some of the little things he does don't always show up on the stat sheet. We're going to miss him a lot. Other guys have to step up and do a great job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes themselves had fallen behind! --Whene'er he went before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. [Lat., Invidus alterius marescit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The envious pine at others' success; no greater punishment than envy was devised by Sicilian tyrants. [Lat., Invidus alterius marescit rebus opimis;  Invidia Siculi non invenere tyranni   Majus tormentus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39538]]></link><description><![CDATA[[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on sin:  Sin is nothing else than that the creature willeth otherwise than God willeth, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on sin:  Sin is nothing else than that the creature willeth otherwise than God willeth, and contrary to Him.  ... Theologia Germanica  March 10, 1998  Continuing a short series on sin:  I inquired what iniquity was, and found it to be no substance, but the perversion of the will, turned aside from Thee, O God, the Supreme, towards these lower things.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine  March 11, 1998  Continuing a short series on sin:  In case our sins have been public and scandalous, both reason and the practice of the Christian Church do require that when men have publicly offended they should give public satisfaction and open testimony of their repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever absent, ever near; Still I see thee, still I hear;  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ever absent, ever near; Still I see thee, still I hear;  Yet I cannot reach thee, dear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34547]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's quite an athlete, isn't he? He can pitch game one, he can run balls down in the outfield, he can drive in runs. We're happy to have him, put it that way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33133]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching school is but another word for sure and not very slow destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the stock to stabilize, investors have to get their hands on the seriousness of the regulatory issues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33124]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the stock to stabilize, investors have to get their hands on the seriousness of the regulatory issues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11202]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49364]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me  Weary and old with service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51362]]></link><description><![CDATA[My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me  Weary and old with service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12320]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42479]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've led so many laps before, but it took me six years to understand that it's the last one that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the swift advantage of the hours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the swift advantage of the hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad excuses are worse than none]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History, a distillation of rumor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19322]]></link><description><![CDATA[History, a distillation of rumor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19322</guid></item></channel></rss>