<?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[Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if we've made a statement, but it's enjoyable. This tournament kind of emulates the state tournament, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31954]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if we've made a statement, but it's enjoyable. This tournament kind of emulates the state tournament, so we can learn from this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57077]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the first of painters. There is no object so foul that intense light will not make it beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth ismore potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22479]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge-that myth ismore potent than history. I believe that dreams are more powerful thanfacts-that hope always triumphs over experience-that laughter is the onlycure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russia wants to win global clout by acting as a mediator amid growing tensions between the West and the Islamic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Russia wants to win global clout by acting as a mediator amid growing tensions between the West and the Islamic world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Similarities create friendship's while differences hold them together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Similarities create friendship's while differences hold them together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a free country. You can say anything you want. True baseball fans don't say stuff like that. What can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34251]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a free country. You can say anything you want. True baseball fans don't say stuff like that. What can you do?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the gilded car of day, His glowing axle doth allay  In the steep Atlantic stream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58334]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the gilded car of day, His glowing axle doth allay  In the steep Atlantic stream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43732]]></link><description><![CDATA[A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30393]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is essential for the public to know that aid is being handled in a non-arbitrary, non-discriminatory manner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God oft hath a great share in a little house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49273]]></link><description><![CDATA[God oft hath a great share in a little house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49273</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 dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dancing pair that simply sought renown,By holding out to tire each other down;The swain mistrustless of his smutted face,While secret laughter titter'd round the place;The bashful virgin's side-long looks of love,The matrons glance that would those looks reprove:These were thy charms, sweet village; sports like these,With sweet succession, taught e'en toil to please;These were thy bowers their cheerful influence shed,These were thy charms -- but all these charms are fled. - Deserted Village, The.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice and Judgment are thy throne  Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice and Judgment are thy throne  Yet wondrous is thy grace; While truth and mercy joined in one,  Invite us near thy face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're aware of the violations, they're aware we're following up on them and it looks like things are already starting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40423]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're aware of the violations, they're aware we're following up on them and it looks like things are already starting to improve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46892]]></link><description><![CDATA[A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49948]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three waies, the Vniversities, the Sea, the Court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26746]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good enough never is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good enough never is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember seeing those boats training and thinking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29997]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember seeing those boats training and thinking]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can fear reproof who merit praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can fear reproof who merit praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10436]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604   The task is not, in essence, the securing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604   The task is not, in essence, the securing of uniformity, or cooperation, or Church reunion, or any of the external forms, through which nevertheless the unity may be manifested. Within the wide bounds of the Christian Church there is abundant scope for the multiplicity of races, languages, and social conditions; room also for separate organizations with different traditions of faith and order, and much diversity of operation. But there is no room for strife or hostility, for pride or selfassertion, for exclusiveness or unkind judgments, nor for that kind of independence which leads men to ignore their fellowship with the great company of believers, the communion of saints. These things are contrary to the revealed will of God, and should be made at once to cease. As these disappear, the outward manifestation of unity will come in such ways as the Spirit of God shall guide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every good painter paints what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every good painter paints what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3367</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[Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ten thousand difficulties do not make one doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I guess I kinda lost control, because in the middle of the play I ran up and lit the evil puppet villain on fire. No, I didn't. Just kidding. I just said that to help illustrate one of the human emotions, which is freaking out. Another emotion is greed, as when you kill someone for money, or something like that. Another emotion is generosity, as when you pay someone double what he paid for his stupid puppet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36814]]></link><description><![CDATA[With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good Samaritans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good Samaritans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9342]]></link><description><![CDATA[People think of the inventor as a screwball, but no one ever asks the inventor what he thinks of other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is cultured insolence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is cultured insolence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;  The rose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51119]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose is fairest when 'tis budding new, And hope is brightest when it dawns from fears;  The rose is sweetest wash'd with morning dew,   And love is loveliest when embalm'd in tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not at all simple to understand the simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not at all simple to understand the simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13251]]></link><description><![CDATA["Live like yourself," was soon my lady's word, And lo! two puddings smok'd upon the board.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13251</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[You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5127]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392   Pierce that in you, that was the cause of Christ's piercing; that is sin and the lusts thereof. Look and be pierced with love of Him, who so loved you, that He gave Himself in this sort to be pierced for you. Look upon Him, and His heart opened, and from that gate of hope promise yourself, and look for all manner of things that good are: the deliverance from the evil of our present misery [and] the restoring to the good of our primitive felicity. Look back upon it with some pain; for one way or other, look upon it we must.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the eggs, the worse the hatch, The more the fish, the worse the catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the eggs, the worse the hatch, The more the fish, the worse the catch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27115]]></link><description><![CDATA[To marry is to halve your rights and double your duties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27115</guid></item></channel></rss>