<?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[Hast comes not alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hast comes not alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pastoral charge [does not] consist merely in administering the sacraments, chanting the canonical hours, celebrating masses -- though even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6760]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pastoral charge [does not] consist merely in administering the sacraments, chanting the canonical hours, celebrating masses -- though even these are not properly done by hirelings --; it consists also in feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, covering the naked, receiving guests, visiting the sick and those in prison. By the doing of these things is the people to be instructed in the holy duties of an active life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is good news for taxpayers and the states. We hope the Supreme Court will bring some clarity to this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31700]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is good news for taxpayers and the states. We hope the Supreme Court will bring some clarity to this area of the law and affirm the principle that states are free to develop their own business climates, so long as they do not discriminate against out-of-state taxpayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The engineer's first problem in any design situation is to discover what the problem really is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Washington hath left His awful memory,  A light for after times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61254]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Washington hath left His awful memory,  A light for after times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't discuss anything anyway. Unless it appears on Patrick's official breakfast-time agenda. And that consists mainly of food. Minutes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28721]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't discuss anything anyway. Unless it appears on Patrick's official breakfast-time agenda. And that consists mainly of food. Minutes of the last meal and proposals for the next.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ThatÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s a critical time in kidsÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢ lives when they need discipline, and he had it. And he had school spirit. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31632]]></link><description><![CDATA[ThatÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢s a critical time in kidsÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢ lives when they need discipline, and he had it. And he had school spirit. Back then, you were proud to represent your team and your city and your school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53640]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has been so lavish in his gifts that you can lose some priceless ones, the equivalent of whole kingdoms, and still be indecently rich,.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5080]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertue and a Trade are the best portion for Children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4476]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take -- choose the bolder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3105]]></link><description><![CDATA["If the law supposes that," said Mr. Bumble, "the law is an ass, a idiot."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63750]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13356]]></link><description><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast death in thy house, and dost bewaile anothers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our bats stayed alive today and we got the little hits when we needed them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our bats stayed alive today and we got the little hits when we needed them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He sat among his bags, and, with a look Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor  Away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42743]]></link><description><![CDATA[He sat among his bags, and, with a look Which hell might be ashamed of, drove the poor  Away unalmed; and midst abundance died--   Sorest of evils!--died of utter want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, Death, and snatch me from disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I had lent my watch last night to one That dines to-day at the sheriff's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23260]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I had lent my watch last night to one That dines to-day at the sheriff's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought of myself as a species of knight errant attacking dragons single-handedly and rescuing musical virtue in distress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, To have a thankless child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51336]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, To have a thankless child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My quest these days is to find my long lost inner Luke (child), but I'm afraid if I do, I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46205]]></link><description><![CDATA[My quest these days is to find my long lost inner Luke (child), but I'm afraid if I do, I'll end up with food in my hair and way too in love with the cats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12034]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that God has prohibited despair gives misfortune the right to hope all things, and leaves hope free to dare all things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48060]]></link><description><![CDATA[A preacher must be both soldier and shepherd. He must nourish, defend, and teach; he must have teeth in his mouth, and be able to bite and fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old father antic the law. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is subtle but he is not malicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63282]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is subtle but he is not malicious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38081]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was playing a little catch-up this spring and wasn't as sharp as we would have anticipated him to be. He has quickly turned that around and really has played some great lacrosse in recent weeks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48082]]></link><description><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last,   I'm going all along.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought it was wrong that she wasn't taking him right away. We didn't understand why they were waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40832]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought it was wrong that she wasn't taking him right away. We didn't understand why they were waiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23267]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman that is like a German clock, Still a-repairing, ever out of frame,  And never going aright, being a watch,   But being watched that it may still go right!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The threat to this process doesn't come from the weapons of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) which are silenced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35692]]></link><description><![CDATA[The threat to this process doesn't come from the weapons of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) which are silenced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that marries late, marries ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49378]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that marries late, marries ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates;  The fumes of it invade the brain,   And make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrates;  The fumes of it invade the brain,   And make men giddy, proud, and vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresie is the school of pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresie is the school of pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherin he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64943]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have raced against the clock since I went into advertising at the age of eighteen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64943</guid></item></channel></rss>