<?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[That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is suitable to a man, in point of ornamental expense, not which he can afford to have, but which he can afford to lose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very important that they keep us thinking and keep us learning. That's the point of a university. Marquette is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32167]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very important that they keep us thinking and keep us learning. That's the point of a university. Marquette is trying to do that within a Catholic context.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The part of me which wanders through my mind and never sees or feels actual objects, but which lives in and moves through my passions and my emotions, experiences this world as a horrible nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60250]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were founding a university I would begin with a smoking room; next a dormitory; and then a decent reading room and a library. After that, if I still had more money that I couldn't use, I would hire a professor and get some text books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'll find a way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'll find a way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we hear oxymoronwe think that thosewho eat oxen become morons.. their brains occludedby animal fat.. cannot receive oxygenWhen we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18358]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we hear oxymoronwe think that thosewho eat oxen become morons.. their brains occludedby animal fat.. cannot receive oxygenWhen we hear Oxfamwe think famine..that those who promoteoxeatingcreate famine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drinking will make a man quaff, Quaffing will make a man sing,  Singing will make a man laugh,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drinking will make a man quaff, Quaffing will make a man sing,  Singing will make a man laugh,   And laughing long life doth bring,    Says old Simon the King.   - Unattributed Author, Old Sir Simon the King,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39737]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change alone is unchanging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change alone is unchanging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have yet to achieve needed traction there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30310]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have yet to achieve needed traction there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62833]]></link><description><![CDATA[To talk much and arrive nowhere is the same as climbing a tree to catch a fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years;  The wail still is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60382]]></link><description><![CDATA["Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years;  The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare   Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purity is the feminine, truth the masculine of honor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50326]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still rolls and to all time shall roll the tumbling flood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is consistent with the psyche of Maine. We all feel so overwhelmed by these government entities and in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41993]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is consistent with the psyche of Maine. We all feel so overwhelmed by these government entities and in the process we?re so awful small. This gives us a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good is the mora that makes all sure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good is the mora that makes all sure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those for whom love still heals, even though they've been hurt before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  Those who charged the Christians with burning down Rome with fire brands were slanderers -- but they were, at least, far nearer to the nature of Christianity than those among the moderns who tell us that the Christians were a sort of ethical society, being martyred in a languid fashion for telling men they had a duty to their neighbours, and only mildly disliked because they were meek and mild!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19782]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach is always talking about us mixing it up offensively - it confuses the defense. It worked today and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach is always talking about us mixing it up offensively - it confuses the defense. It worked today and it was great to get this win. Every ACC road win is big.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66074]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss that is never tasted, is forever and ever wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard for the young filmmaker not to envision immediate popularity, that being affected by the fact that his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15673]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard for the young filmmaker not to envision immediate popularity, that being affected by the fact that his work will unlikely be perceived entirely as he intended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is Love without his wings! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is Love without his wings!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4450]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think that the flesh is necessarily treacherous, evil, bad. It is cantankerous, and it is independent. The idea of independence is the key. It really is like colonialism. The colonies suddenly decide that they can and should exist with their own personality and should detach from the control of the mother country. At first the colony is perceived as being treacherous. It's a betrayal. Ultimately, it can be seen as the separation of a partner that could be very valuable as an equal rather than as something you dominate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charity well directed should begin at home. [Fr., Charite bien ordonne commence pay soy mem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charity well directed should begin at home. [Fr., Charite bien ordonne commence pay soy mem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His flesh? The faithful know and receive the Body of Christ if they labor to be the body of Christ; and they become the body of Christ if they study to live by the Spirit of Christ: for that which lives by the Spirit of Christ is the body of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Objectivity is a false god. We are human beings and we screw up or have flaws that are hidden from us. But fairness and balance are possible. Not stereotyping people we write about is possible. We can be skeptical without being cynical,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3264]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whence is that knocking? How is't with me, when every noise appals me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/247]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately for Darius, he hasn't been able to go home and see the devastation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52270]]></link><description><![CDATA[We usually see only the things we are looking for- so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ankle was going toward the left and my foot was going toward the right. I was shaking, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39303]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ankle was going toward the left and my foot was going toward the right. I was shaking, and they kept covering my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey, He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50155]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, to his own sharp fancies a prey, He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way,  Tormenting himself with his prickles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50155</guid></item></channel></rss>