<?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[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals - Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65015]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up in a neighborhood in Baltimore that was like a war zone, so I never learned to trust that there were people who could help me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much.  The French ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5020]]></link><description><![CDATA[In matters of commerce the fault of the Dutch Is offering too little and asking too much.  The French are with equal advantage content--   So we clap on Dutch bottoms just 20 per cent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15194]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abdomen, the chest, and the brain will forever be shut from the intrusion of the wise and humane surgeon. -- Sir John Eric Ericksen, British surgeon, appointed Surgeon-Extraordinary to Queen Victoria 1873.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people say to me, "Why did you kill Christ?" "I dunno... it was one of those parties, got out of hand, you know." "We killed him because he didn't want to become a doctor, that's why we killed him.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1014]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that is the way to bet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66578]]></link><description><![CDATA[People look for their leadership to lead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41750]]></link><description><![CDATA[These detentions and other abuses seriously undermine claims by the authorities to 'respect and protect human rights', a new provision introduced into the Chinese Constitution in March 2004.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have identified 30 service personnel ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â 29 men and one woman ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â who could use our services. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have identified 30 service personnel ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â 29 men and one woman ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â who could use our services.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now rather thank I God there is no riskOf gravers scoring it with florid screed.Let my inscription be this soldier's disc.Wear it, sweet friend. Inscribe no date nor deed.But may thy heart-beat kiss it, night and day,Until the name grow blurred and fade away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to live, not to prepare for life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55904]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own,  For neither praise nor pelf: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18268]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own,  For neither praise nor pelf:   Content to know and be unknown:    Whole in himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33606]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32826]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the dead bury their dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the dead bury their dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath no head, needes no heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath no head, needes no heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broadly speaking, I learned to recognize sin as the refusal to live up to the enlightenment we possess: to know the right order of values and deliberately to choose the lower ones: to know that, however much these values may differ with different people at different stages of spiritual growth, for one's self there must be no compromise with that which one knows to be the lower value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Existence is a strange bargain. Life owes us little; we owe it everything. The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40223]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of the fact that God limited the intelligence of man, it seems unfair that He did not also limit his stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is true love that is given in vain, and sweet is death that takes away pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immortal swan that did her life deplore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immortal swan that did her life deplore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grab the broom of anger and drive off the beast of fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he ismaking money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he ismaking money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As Ms. Fitch will work through June 30, she will complete the fiscal year and her successor will be drawn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37193]]></link><description><![CDATA[As Ms. Fitch will work through June 30, she will complete the fiscal year and her successor will be drawn from the new pool now forming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The team played much better, ... Every team member contributed tonight. Our serving was much better, and we had good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The team played much better, ... Every team member contributed tonight. Our serving was much better, and we had good team hustle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10191]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . thieves at home must hang; but he that puts Into his overgorged and bloated purse  The wealth of Indian provinces, escapes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730  It is the Church's mission to confront the world from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730  It is the Church's mission to confront the world from the Godward side of life with the Christian principles of a free and just society. The dignity, the value, and the importance of every individual are made abundantly clear by the Son of God. He has shown us what human life is intended to be, and we must be willing to stand against whatever is amiss in the temper and disposition of the world, or of any segment of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4302]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poppies hung Dew-dabbed on their stalks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47685]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poppies hung Dew-dabbed on their stalks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is not so much the love of another as the love of ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are bombs the only way of setting fire to the spirit of a people? Is the human will as inert as the past two world-wide wars would indicate?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42854]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems -- but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems incredible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke: "Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."  "They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23012]]></link><description><![CDATA[We issued gorged with knowledge, and I spoke: "Why, Sirs, they do all this as well as we."  "They hunt old trails" said Cyril, "very well;   But when did woman ever yet invent?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disgraced like a man whose own pet bites him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, thecontinents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, thecontinents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but rather the illusion ofknowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a high-heel fetish. I love really beautiful women's shoes. To me, it's not weird. I can take it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33194]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a high-heel fetish. I love really beautiful women's shoes. To me, it's not weird. I can take it all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to walk rapidly and be unhappy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60099</guid></item></channel></rss>