<?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[The Ant and the GrasshopperIn a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,chirping and singing to its heart's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1519]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the GrasshopperIn a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about,chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by,bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to thenest.Why not come and chat with me, said the Grasshopper,instead of toiling and moiling in that way?I am helping to lay up food for the winter, said the Ant,and recommend you to do the same.Why bother about winter? said the Grasshopper; we have gotplenty of food at present. But the Ant went on its way andcontinued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had nofood and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the antsdistributing every day corn and grain from the stores they hadcollected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew:It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11194]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tell us that suicide is the greatest piece of cowardice... that suicide is wrong; when it is quite obvious that there is nothing in the world to which every man has a more unassailable title than to his own life and person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50455]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are capable of submitting to insult you ought to be insulted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4035]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, I think Hilton has clearly put a wrench in the process by offering $70 per share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, I think Hilton has clearly put a wrench in the process by offering $70 per share.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11502]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mortgage casts a shadow on the sunniest field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught  In what thou eat'st and drink'st. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well observe The rule of Not too much, by temperance taught  In what thou eat'st and drink'st.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64859]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your sister is in a tearing hurry to go out and cannot catch your eye, she's wearing your best sweater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Land to which Desire forever flees; Time doth no present to our grasp allow,  Say in the fixed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Land to which Desire forever flees; Time doth no present to our grasp allow,  Say in the fixed Eternal shall we seize   At last the fleeting Now?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a real go-getter. He's got a lot of energy and strong beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41213]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a real go-getter. He's got a lot of energy and strong beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2273]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day I sat thinking, almost in despair; a hand fell on my shoulder and a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61028]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her -- but alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death and taxes are both certain... but death isn't annual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a major victory in the war against caviar criminals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37864]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a major victory in the war against caviar criminals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does he honestly believe that his constituents would prefer to see him lounging about in the Big Brother House rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Does he honestly believe that his constituents would prefer to see him lounging about in the Big Brother House rather than debating issues as serious as equality?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dirigo [I lead] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dirigo [I lead]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime is not punished as an offense against God, but as prejudicial to society.   - James Anthony Froude,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a lot of interest in resources stocks and the sector looks set for a good move forward. There are all the usual stories about overseas predators targeting Australian miners, which look cheap on a world-wide comparison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret  Mine own could not contain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now we sit close about this taper here And call in question our necessities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now we sit close about this taper here And call in question our necessities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is purchased by the present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is purchased by the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every honest miller has a golden thumb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every honest miller has a golden thumb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the Republican presidential nomination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True prayer is something more than desire. It is no mere subjective instinct, ... no blind outreach. If it met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6584]]></link><description><![CDATA[True prayer is something more than desire. It is no mere subjective instinct, ... no blind outreach. If it met no response, no answer, it would soon be weeded out of the race. Prayer has stood the test of experience. In fact, the very desire to pray is in itself prophetic of a heavenly Friend. So this native need of the soul rose out of the divine origin of the soul, and it has steadily verified itself as a safe guide to reality. In the first instance it is not asking for anything, it is not petition; all it seeks is God Himself: Let me find Thee, let me know Thee, then I will ask of Thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes oppurtunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;  Her eyebrow's shape was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her glossy hair was cluster'd o'er a brow Bright with intelligence, and fair and smooth;  Her eyebrow's shape was like the aerial bow,   Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth,    Mounting, at times, to a transparent glow,     As if her veins ran lightning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  After all, Brethren, the whole end of Theology ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  After all, Brethren, the whole end of Theology is love. It seems hard to realize that that is so, but so it is. If your theology does not make you more loving, it has not Christianized you and to that extent is not a Christian theology... All ecclesiasticism and all doctrinalizing are in order to form character, and the soul of character is love. Preach the truth in love, and for the development of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5572]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have a variable rate mortgage, now is the time to refinance and lock in a fixed rate to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35357]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have a variable rate mortgage, now is the time to refinance and lock in a fixed rate to protect yourself in the long run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look through gloom and storm-drift Beyond the years:  The soul would have no rainbow   Hard the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58791]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look through gloom and storm-drift Beyond the years:  The soul would have no rainbow   Hard the eyes no tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32309]]></link><description><![CDATA[You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In fair weather prepare for foul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66255]]></link><description><![CDATA[In fair weather prepare for foul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate, Jesus says ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6763]]></link><description><![CDATA[According to Jesus, by far the most important thing about praying is to keep at it... Be importunate, Jesus says -- not, one assumes, because you have to beat a path to God's door before he'll open it, but because until you beat the path maybe there's no way of getting to your door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a downward risk presented by the evolution of oil prices and this risk has materialized in the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38003]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a downward risk presented by the evolution of oil prices and this risk has materialized in the last month.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steroids are bad for sports, bad for players, bad for the young people who hold athletes up as role models.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Control your emotion or it will control you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Control your emotion or it will control you]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Faith knows nothing of external guarantees -- that is, of course, faith as an original experience of the life of the Spirit. It is only in the secondary esoteric sphere of the religious life that we find guarantees and a general attempt to compel faith. To demand guarantees and proofs of faith is to fail to understand its very nature by denying the free, heroic act which it inspires. In really authentic and original religious experience, to the existence of which the history of the human spirit bears abundant witness, faith springs up without the aid of guarantees and compelling proofs, without any external coercion or the use of authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23082]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it's a snug little island! A right little, tight little island!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day unfolds it and one day destroys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48611]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day unfolds it and one day destroys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My impression so far is there's not a lot of foot traffic going by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29348]]></link><description><![CDATA[My impression so far is there's not a lot of foot traffic going by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labour of the industrious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calm, thinking villains, whom no faith could fix, Of crooked counsels and dark politics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60647</guid></item></channel></rss>