<?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[Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 651 Commemoration of Cuthburga, Founding Abbess of Wimborne, c.725 Commemoration of John Bunyan, Spiritual Writer, 1688  But upon a day the good providence of God did cast me to Bedford to work on my calling, and in one of the streets of that town I came where there were three or four poor women sitting at a door in the sun and talking about the things of God; and being now willing to hear them discourse, I drew near to hear what they said, for I was now a brisk talker also myself in the matters of religion. But now I may say I heard, but I understood not; for they were far above, out of my reach; for their talk was about a new birth -- the work of God on their hearts. And methought they spake as if Joy did make them speak; they spake with such pleasantness of scripture language and with such appearance of grace in all they said, that they were to me as if they had found a new world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is not in things; it is in us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is not in things; it is in us]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The selective memory isn't selective enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The selective memory isn't selective enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15156]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series of verse on Christ:   ... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series of verse on Christ:   ... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that pierced Thy feet!"  The Master laid a thin, scarred hand upon the shame-bowed head.  "They were good nails," he said...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock! Chosen leaf  OF Bard and Chief,   Old Erin's native Shamrock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56152]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, the Shamrock, the green, immortal Shamrock! Chosen leaf  OF Bard and Chief,   Old Erin's native Shamrock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traveling is no fool's errand to him who carries his eyes and itinerary along with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tougher the job, the greater the reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15973]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tougher the job, the greater the reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died. [Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here lies who, born a man, a grocer died. [Fr., Ne homme--mort epicier.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as justice--in or out of court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47319]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as justice--in or out of court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't tell you I'm satisfied with the results of the whole camera situation, because I'm not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't tell you I'm satisfied with the results of the whole camera situation, because I'm not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fathers used to say that the master's eye was the best fertilizer. [Lat., Majores fertilissium is agro oculum domini ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fathers used to say that the master's eye was the best fertilizer. [Lat., Majores fertilissium is agro oculum domini esse dixerunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God comes to the hungry in the form of food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21098]]></link><description><![CDATA[God comes to the hungry in the form of food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want more than just a ballpark. Our goal is to create a whole district and a destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29248]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want more than just a ballpark. Our goal is to create a whole district and a destination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29248</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[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital is a result of labor, and is used by labor to assist it in further production. Labor is the active and initial force, and labor is therefore the employer of capital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can experience loss of memory, daytime sleepiness. They can also have a difficulty concentrating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39463]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can experience loss of memory, daytime sleepiness. They can also have a difficulty concentrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45867]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how  In this our pinching cave shall we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11570]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we shall hear The rain and wind beat dark December, how  In this our pinching cave shall we discourse   The freezing hours away?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of communication is the language of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5 and you know he can afford less than that, thank him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5102]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5 and you know he can afford less than that, thank him profusely. When someone gives the hospital a gift of $5,000 and you know he could afford five times that, say "that will help." -Robert H. Schullder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year was the first time I actually participated in Halloween. I dressed up as a pimp, and my sister ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year was the first time I actually participated in Halloween. I dressed up as a pimp, and my sister was my bitch. We had to walk down Sunset Boulevard because we couldn't get a ride to the party, and everyone was sticking their heads out of their cars and yelling at us. It was great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;  The ornament ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56555]]></link><description><![CDATA[That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect, For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;  The ornament of beauty is suspect,   A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.    So thou be good, slander doth but approve     Thy worth the greater, being wooed of time;      For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love,       And thou present'st a pure unstained prime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set, Advantage by the friendly Distance get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set, Advantage by the friendly Distance get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of all of this energy and effort directed at the war to end drugs, how about a little attention to drugs which will end war?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21046]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the fragrant lack of practicality that makes high-heeled shoes so fascinating: in terms of static mechanics they induce a sort of insecurity which some find titillating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leaving prices out of the picture is probably the source of more fallacies in economics than any other single misconception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can always draw as well as you know how to. I flatter myself that I feel more than I express on canvas; but I know that is not so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is rarely denied to the peaceful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52647]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not do what you would undo if caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65495]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38010]]></link><description><![CDATA[I throw the ball ninety-two miles an hour, but they hit it back just as hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One half who graduate from college never read another book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66133]]></link><description><![CDATA[One half who graduate from college never read another book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority is never without hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority is never without hate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the richest soil, if left uncultivated will produce the rankest weeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1215</guid></item></channel></rss>