<?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[Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  That crowd of Jews would have followed Christ at that moment because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Margery Kempe, Mystic, after 1433  That crowd of Jews would have followed Christ at that moment because He was giving them what they wanted [bread], and they wished to use Him for their plans and dreams and purposes. That attitude to Christ still lingers in men's minds. We would like Christ's gifts without Christ's Cross; we would like to use Christ instead of allowing Him to use us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got all my work done to graduate in two months and then they were like, I'm sorry, you have to take driver's ed. I just kind of went, Oh, forget it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43306]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will this boaster produce worthy of this mouthing? The mountains are in labor; a ridiculous mouse will be born. [Lat., Quid dignum tanto feret hic promissor hiatu?  Parturiunt montes; nascetur ridiculus mus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25785]]></link><description><![CDATA[What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just about anyone can put a solid color tie with a patterned shirt, or vice-versa, but the ability to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just about anyone can put a solid color tie with a patterned shirt, or vice-versa, but the ability to put patterns together in a harmonized way results in a much more sophisticated and contemporary look.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been suspicious of collective truths. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been suspicious of collective truths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[absolute disaster ... I'm hopeful that it will represent the low point. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35679]]></link><description><![CDATA[absolute disaster ... I'm hopeful that it will represent the low point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real firmness is good for anything; strut is good for nothing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2396]]></link><description><![CDATA[A people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money begets money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money begets money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is glory's small change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is glory's small change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4573]]></link><description><![CDATA[The books we read should be chosen with great care, that they may be, as an Egyptian king wrote over his library, "The medicines of the soul."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  Jesus was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  Jesus was the representative of the Lord who forgives sins and heals all infirmities; the disciples acknowledged him as "Lord" and transferred to him the position ascribed to the "Lord" in the Old Testament. Whereas Jesus placed the penitent heart and the saving will of God higher than the pride of the godly and the letter of the Torah, so Paul preached faith in Christ as the only way to salvation and rejected striving after righteousness through the works of the Law. Above all, Jesus knew himself to be the Messiah and he acted in messianic authority; hence the risen and glorified Jesus was acknowledged as the king of the last days. It is still faith, not sight, that is demanded from men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The deadline] came when I was preparing for the Scouting Combine. But it's no big deal; I can take the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33488]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The deadline] came when I was preparing for the Scouting Combine. But it's no big deal; I can take the test later. Right now I'm just staying in shape, working out four days a week lifting weights and running three days a week.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may rezoloot till the cows come home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10528]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may rezoloot till the cows come home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought we did enough solid things to win the game. There were stretches where we were pretty good defensively. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37921]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought we did enough solid things to win the game. There were stretches where we were pretty good defensively.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or something better of the same sort, must form a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temperance is a bridle of gold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temperance is a bridle of gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At his age, he is outstanding. He's got that speed and he's got those quick legs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30071]]></link><description><![CDATA[At his age, he is outstanding. He's got that speed and he's got those quick legs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cooking is at once child's play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak low if you speak love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak low if you speak love. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The service you do for others is the rent you pay for the time you spend on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cripple in the right way may beat a racer in the wrong one. Nay, the fleeter and better the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52374]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cripple in the right way may beat a racer in the wrong one. Nay, the fleeter and better the racer is, who hath once missed his way, the farther he leaveth it behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair and misery are static factors. The dynamism of an uprising flows from hope and pride. Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/345]]></link><description><![CDATA[She racked her brain for words scathing enough to convey her opinion of their actions. When nothing came to her, she settled for the one unanswerable accusation. "Men!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who thinks anything of goitre on the Alps?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The air grows cool and darkles, The Rhine flows calmly on;  The mountain summit sparkles   In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The air grows cool and darkles, The Rhine flows calmly on;  The mountain summit sparkles   In the light of the setting sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29584]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you're seeing is a glut of gently used vehicles, and that's putting pressure on all vehicle prices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38033]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you're seeing is a glut of gently used vehicles, and that's putting pressure on all vehicle prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cynic in me says they want to lock him up and maybe squeeze him to get him to say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39665]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cynic in me says they want to lock him up and maybe squeeze him to get him to say something. I don't know what it is they expect him to say. Anytime they called to talk to him, he did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One forgives to the degree that one loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64285]]></link><description><![CDATA[One forgives to the degree that one loves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mass production is for the masses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mass production is for the masses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7477]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the Christian, heaven is where Jesus is. We do not need to speculate on what heaven will be like. It is enough to know that we will be for ever with Him. When we love anyone with our whole hearts, life begins when we are with that person; it is only in their company that we are really and truly alive. It is so with Christ. In this world our contact with Him is shadowy, for we can only see through a glass darkly. It is spasmodic, for we are poor creatures and cannot live always on the heights. But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus, and where nothing will separate us from Him any more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has not been at a tavern knows not what a paradise it is. O holy tavern! O miraculous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20986]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has not been at a tavern knows not what a paradise it is. O holy tavern! O miraculous tavern!--holy, because no carking cares are there, nor weariness, nor pain; and miraculous, because of the spits, which themselves turn round and round!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is sometimes referred to as halitosis of the mind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as we think ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as we think]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45161]]></link><description><![CDATA[No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The importance of this big defeat, dramatic defeat is not only that they have lost areas, but they have lost their main fighting force,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2953]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17957]]></link><description><![CDATA[The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our youth we can have but to-day; We may always find time to grow old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our youth we can have but to-day; We may always find time to grow old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15459]]></link><description><![CDATA[You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15459</guid></item></channel></rss>