<?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[But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ Chronicles 15:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10423]]></link><description><![CDATA[But you be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work. [ Chronicles 15:7].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of governing consists in not letting men grow old in their jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NSA is guilty of buying a bill of goods from contractors without checking to see if it is feasible. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42190]]></link><description><![CDATA[NSA is guilty of buying a bill of goods from contractors without checking to see if it is feasible. The contractors are guilty of promising the moon and not delivering. And Congress is guilty for failing to oversee it from beginning to end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5190]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15807]]></link><description><![CDATA[American prosperity and American free enterprise are both highly unusual in the world, and we should not overlook the possibility that the two are connected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33732]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are dedicating their energies to make this a very upscale and comfortable club without being pretentious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33732</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[The greatest act of faith is when man admits he is not god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest act of faith is when man admits he is not god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107]]></link><description><![CDATA[As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off our responsibility upon the shoulders of God or nature. We must shoulder it ourselves. It is up to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable;  A vile conceit in pompous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent as more suitable;  A vile conceit in pompous words express'd,   Is like a clown in regal purple dress'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think someone should have had the decency to tell me the luncheon was free. To make someone run out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11743]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think someone should have had the decency to tell me the luncheon was free. To make someone run out with potato salad in his hand, pretending he's throwing up, is not what I call hospitality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no true friends in politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no true friends in politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, giveme liberty or give me death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know not what others may choose but, as for me, giveme liberty or give me death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ask me for a name to pull out the hat to replace Gibbs if he gets seriously injured tomorrow. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42695]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ask me for a name to pull out the hat to replace Gibbs if he gets seriously injured tomorrow. Not one name jumps out at you, because there hasn't been a guy that has actually stood up and put his hand up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now it's simply (about) getting the financial resources to get this thing finished. You'll never get another chance like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066  [He said:] That all possible kinds of mortification, if they were void of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066  [He said:] That all possible kinds of mortification, if they were void of the love of God, could not efface a single sin.. That we ought, without anxiety, to expect the pardon of our sins from the blood of Jesus Christ, only endeavoring to love Him with all our hearts. That God seemed to have granted the greatest favors to the greatest sinners, as more signal monuments of His mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The cancer treatment, combined with a bout of flu last year, left Farrakhan feeling] weak and drained, ... He was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28257]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The cancer treatment, combined with a bout of flu last year, left Farrakhan feeling] weak and drained, ... He was not his usual, energetic self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45004]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20138]]></link><description><![CDATA[As regards rap music, I believe that the "c" is silent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One woe doth tread upon another's heel, So fast they follow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51273]]></link><description><![CDATA[One woe doth tread upon another's heel, So fast they follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's rare that we see them abscond and go completely missing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40493]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's rare that we see them abscond and go completely missing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61523]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm like that penny in your pocket. I just keep coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm like that penny in your pocket. I just keep coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9886]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrilled to be honoured by the ISM and to be joining such an eminent list of members who have received ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrilled to be honoured by the ISM and to be joining such an eminent list of members who have received the Distinguished Musician Award.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless experience be a jewel. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless experience be a jewel. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The children in Holland take pleasure in making What the children in England take pleasure in breaking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The children in Holland take pleasure in making What the children in England take pleasure in breaking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the protesters left after conducting a tribal ceremony. There is no more blockade and all access to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29537]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the protesters left after conducting a tribal ceremony. There is no more blockade and all access to the mine is normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush led cabinet meetings like a blind man in a roomful of deaf peoplePaul O'Neill is the former Secretary of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush led cabinet meetings like a blind man in a roomful of deaf peoplePaul O'Neill is the former Secretary of the Treasuryand was quoted in an interview.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in few words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure God created man before woman, but then again you always make a rough draft before creating the final masterpiece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't spend two dollars to dry clean a shirt. Donate it to the Salvation Army instead. They'll clean it and put it on a hanger. Next morning buy it back for seventy-five cents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're young, and I'm getting older every game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38344]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're young, and I'm getting older every game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was conducting his affairs from good to better, discovered to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had scarcely gone a short league, when Fortune, that was conducting his affairs from good to better, discovered to him the road, where he also espied an Inn. Sancho positively maintained it was an Inn, and his master that it was a castle; and the dispute lasted so long that they arrived there before it was determined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  But how shall we rest in God? By giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  But how shall we rest in God? By giving ourselves wholly to Him. If you give yourself by halves, you cannot find full rest -- there will ever be a lurking disquiet in that half which is withheld... All peace and happiness in this world depend upon unreserved self-oblation to God. If this be hearty and entire, the result will be an unfailing, ever-increasing happiness, which nothing can disturb. There is no real happiness in this life save that which is the result of a peaceful heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, toreflect alone upon what has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, toreflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's ownopinions, and value others' that deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself. Who else is better qualified?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persuasion is better than force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persuasion is better than force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, Madam, do you know there are upward of thirty yards of bowels squeezed underneath that girdle of your daughter's? Go home and cut it; let Nature have fair play, and you will have no need of my advice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38353</guid></item></channel></rss>