<?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[No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25597]]></link><description><![CDATA[No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For ever and a day. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55682]]></link><description><![CDATA[For ever and a day. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20953]]></link><description><![CDATA[An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The walls are the publishers of the poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The walls are the publishers of the poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As proud as Lucifer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48187]]></link><description><![CDATA[As proud as Lucifer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must not say that she was true, Yet let me say that she was fair;  And they, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3833]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must not say that she was true, Yet let me say that she was fair;  And they, that lovely face who view,   They should not ask if truth be there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61877]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dost thou love hawking? Thou hast hawks will soar Above the morning lark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43420]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56375]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smilingface,/ It's nothing against you to fall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21646]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are beaten to earth?/ Well, well, what's that?/ Come up with a smilingface,/ It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that'sa disgrace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384   The gist of what Wycliffe has to say on every point is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wycliffe, Reformer, 1384   The gist of what Wycliffe has to say on every point is practically this, that where the Church and the Bible do not agree, we must prefer the Bible; that where authority and conscience appear to be rival guides, we shall be much safer in following conscience; and that where the letter and the spirit seem to be in conflict, the spirit is above the letter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58735]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3102]]></link><description><![CDATA["Obvious" is the most dangerous word in mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.  In law, what plea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51413]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may the outward shows be least themselves; The world is still deceived with ornament.  In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt   But being seasoned with a gracious voice,    Obscures the show of evil? In religion,     What damned error but some sober brow      Will bless it and approve it with a text,       Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who fears his servants is less than a servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51607]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who fears his servants is less than a servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34517]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese public, I mourn for those who perished in battles and lost their lives in the horrors of war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cases like this hopefully will clarify what copyright is all about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53316]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not a self-made man. I cannot forget those who have sacrificed for me to get where I am today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One by onein many countriesthey break throughthe ice of fear..cups of crocuses.. stand up in caucuses.. East to Westfrom Africa ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60625]]></link><description><![CDATA[One by onein many countriesthey break throughthe ice of fear..cups of crocuses.. stand up in caucuses.. East to Westfrom Africa to the Caucususand statetheir eternalallegianceto the Creator Sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born is a Cellar, . . . and living in a Garret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very common story. They're two very hard-working parents who have careers. They have aspirations. They're working extremely hard, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very common story. They're two very hard-working parents who have careers. They have aspirations. They're working extremely hard, but they have children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a lot better defensively, and we played a faster-paced game like we're used to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29051]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a lot better defensively, and we played a faster-paced game like we're used to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is the basis of all morality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is the basis of all morality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have done well in China . They think once they are on the Nasdaq, they've arrived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have done well in China . They think once they are on the Nasdaq, they've arrived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can get snow blindness if you're not careful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29030]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can get snow blindness if you're not careful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have a lot of new faces in the mix. We have good team chemistry, new guys are finding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35229]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have a lot of new faces in the mix. We have good team chemistry, new guys are finding their roles and older players are providing good leadership.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever envies another confesses his superiority ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever envies another confesses his superiority]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wicked flee when no man pursueth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48669]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wicked flee when no man pursueth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To every journey in life, how you begin matters much but who and what the journey makes you become in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62932]]></link><description><![CDATA[To every journey in life, how you begin matters much but who and what the journey makes you become in the end matters much more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34437]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person basically plays a part that the other really likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471   It is no great matter to associate with the good and gentle; for this is a naturally pleasing to all, and everyone willingly enjoyeth peace, and loveth those best that agree with him. But to be able to live peaceably with hard and perverse persons, or with the disorderly, or with such as go contrary to us, is a great grace, and a most commendable thing.  ... Thomas à Kempis July 25, 2000 Feast of James the Apostle  When Jesus calls his disciples "brothers" and "friends", he is contradicting general Jewish usage and breaking through into a new concept of brotherhood which is not tribal, but open to any person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:  In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatics have their dreams, wherewith they weave a paradise for a sect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32826]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a farce. If they couldn't form a government till now, how will they lead a country? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28533]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a farce. If they couldn't form a government till now, how will they lead a country?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll eat forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weak withering age no rigid law forbids. With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,  The sapless habit daily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weak withering age no rigid law forbids. With frugal nectar, smooth and slow with balm,  The sapless habit daily to bedew,   And give the hesitating wheels of life    Gliblier to play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1537]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the Two TravelersTwo men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on their path. One of them climbed up quickly into a tree and concealed himself in the branches. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, fell flat on the ground, and when the Bear came up and felt him with his snout, and smelt him all over, he held his breath, and feigned the appearance of death as much as he could. The Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch a dead body. When he was quite gone, the other Traveler descended from the tree, and jocularly inquired of his friend what it was the Bear had whispered in his ear. He gave me this advice, his companion replied. Never travel with a friend who deserts you at the approach of danger. Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are harping on the same string. [Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are harping on the same string. [Lat., Cantilenam candem canis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7886]]></link><description><![CDATA[If monotony tries me, and I cannot stand drudgery; if stupid people fret me and the little ruffles set me on edge; if I make much of the trifles of life, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7886</guid></item></channel></rss>