<?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[Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue?  Does aught of its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rose, what is become of thy delicate hue? And where is the violet's beautiful blue?  Does aught of its sweetness the blossom beguile?   That meadow, those daisies, why do they not smile?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longest Day hath an Eueninge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longest Day hath an Eueninge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What loss feels he that wots not what he loses? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48679]]></link><description><![CDATA[What loss feels he that wots not what he loses?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor little men, poor little cocks! As soon as they're old enough, they swell their plumage to be conquerors. If they only knew that it's enough to be just a little bit wounded and sad in order to obtain everything without fighting for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not speak to me of law. Not after what you have told me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not speak to me of law. Not after what you have told me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art supplies constantly to contemplation what nature seldom affords in concrete experience — the union of life and peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice, but woman when she was a skilful mistress of her art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12492]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of Aids than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25293]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no real teacher who in practice does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66464]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9957]]></link><description><![CDATA[A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the poore mans bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the poore mans bread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42683]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like that all the time on the field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12339]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always do right- this will gratify some and astonish the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man's idea of a good sermon is one that goes over his head - and hits one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55206]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man's idea of a good sermon is one that goes over his head - and hits one of his neighbors]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. -King John. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64188]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little early, we weren't quite ready yet and all of our funding wasn't there. But we felt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41497]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little early, we weren't quite ready yet and all of our funding wasn't there. But we felt, and still feel, that it was the right thing to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God made not pleasures for the rich alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50231]]></link><description><![CDATA[God made not pleasures for the rich alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50231</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[If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17604]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should have put them away earlier than we did. For my teammates to step up and hit shots helped ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31074]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should have put them away earlier than we did. For my teammates to step up and hit shots helped me out tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50550]]></link><description><![CDATA[He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great end of life is not knowledge but action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great end of life is not knowledge but action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66419]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should feel sorrow, but not sink under its oppression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder; God will take care of that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26398]]></link><description><![CDATA[What God hath joined together no man shall put asunder; God will take care of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I gave Emmitt a hug after his last game [with Dallas] and told him I was proud to have played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40546]]></link><description><![CDATA[I gave Emmitt a hug after his last game [with Dallas] and told him I was proud to have played against him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Harriet Monsell of Clewer, Religious, 1883  When the eyes of the soul looking out meet the eyes of God looking in, heaven has begun right here on this earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51649]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One more unfortunate Weary of breath,  Rashly importunate,   Gone to her death! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42806]]></link><description><![CDATA[One more unfortunate Weary of breath,  Rashly importunate,   Gone to her death!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought Pat (Connolly) threw well for us, but you can't win games fielding the way we did. This one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32499]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought Pat (Connolly) threw well for us, but you can't win games fielding the way we did. This one is tough to accept. But the kids never quit. The kids hung in there and we battled back-and-forth, back-and-forth. It was a wild high school baseball game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, win the trick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12752]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, win the trick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and the wealth and confusion man has created. It is a major force in explaining man to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of habit's devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51269]]></link><description><![CDATA[That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat Of habit's devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought we would be a playoff team when the season began. We had 17 games decided by less than 10 points and suffered nine league losses by five (points) or less. We could never get over the hump.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never be unfaithful to a lover, except with your wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, so far as he comprehends Jesus Christ, so far as he can get any knowledge of Him, is His servant -- the man who makes Christ a teacher of his intelligence and the guide of his soul -- the man who obeys Christ as far as he has been able to understand him... I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7437</guid></item></channel></rss>