<?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[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45216]]></link><description><![CDATA[In these times you have to be an optimist to open your eyes in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than by the arguments of its opponents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15637]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you cannot enforce, do not command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1485]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you cannot enforce, do not command.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employers tend to find foreign educated, Mandarin speaking graduates attractive, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employers tend to find foreign educated, Mandarin speaking graduates attractive,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31340]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wouldn't be unusual to tear it all down. If you paid this much for the property, you'd want your own home. He's probably going to redevelop the whole piece.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34644]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was very pretty irritated. It was kind of scary, having someone call you up like that and ask you to recant your statement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? [Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows whether the gods will add tomorrow to the present hour? [Lat., Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae  Tempora di superi?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We veneer civilization by doing unkind things in a kind way]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost everything you do will seem insignificant, but it is important that you do it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On every full moon, rituals such as the one described above take placeon hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61846]]></link><description><![CDATA[On every full moon, rituals such as the one described above take placeon hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers,teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists,lawyers, poets, plumbers,and auto mechanics - women and men from many backgrounds cometogether to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Danceof Life. The religion they practise is called Witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51945]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider it a mark of great prudence in a man to abstain from threats or any contemptuous expressions, for neither of these weaken the enemy, but threats make him more cautious, and the other excites his hatred, and a desire to revenge himself]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should a man whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? -The Merchant of Venice. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should a man whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37974]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was understood that when I left to do the pilot that I wasn't coming back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a bit of a trade-off. It's exciting to see the new ruins and get that information, but at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37201]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a bit of a trade-off. It's exciting to see the new ruins and get that information, but at the same time, fire can destroy these sites.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29463]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64889]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get into the habit of thinking about my career because when it comes down to it, it's not that important. I could die tomorrow and the world would go on. I don't want to separate myself from the rest of the world. If the world is not going too good, I'm part of that. I'll be happy to take the blame. I'm along for the ride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know a trick worth two of that. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55848]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know a trick worth two of that. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49404]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks amiss, concludes worse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66378]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2027]]></link><description><![CDATA[When an individual fear or apathy passes by the unfortunate, life is of no account.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51918]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23070]]></link><description><![CDATA[A play is made by sensing how the forces in life simulate ignorance-you set free the concealed irony, the deadly joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not immediately, but as the months and years passed, increasingly, from experience and thought based on extensive reading, I found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not immediately, but as the months and years passed, increasingly, from experience and thought based on extensive reading, I found the Evangelical faith in which I had been reared confirmed and deepened. Increasingly I rejoiced in the Gospel -- the amazing Good News -- that the Creator of what to us human beings is this bewildering and unimaginably vast universe, so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Everlasting life, I came to see, is not just continued existence, but a growing knowledge -- not merely intellectual but wondering through trust, love, and fellowship -- of Him who alone is truly God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's easy to see, hard to foresee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60843]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's easy to see, hard to foresee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34755]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I spent, is gone; what I kept, I lost;/ but what I gave away will be mine forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that would bee well old, must bee old betimes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19875]]></link><description><![CDATA[HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53492]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35468]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to try to improve our mental attitude that we are able to defend at a 10 level no matter what happened at the other end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to give a man credit, put it in writing. If you want to give him hell, do it on the phone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Either this wallpaper goes, or I do! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Either this wallpaper goes, or I do!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have seen Sunshine and rain at once--her smiles and tears  Were like, a better way: those happy smilets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56689]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have seen Sunshine and rain at once--her smiles and tears  Were like, a better way: those happy smilets   That played on her ripe lip seemed not to know    What guests were in her eyes, which parted thence     As pearls from diamonds dropped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should wage war not to win war, but to win peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned you'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe love won't let you down. All of your failures are training grounds and just as your back's turned you'll be surprised...as your solitude subsides .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exaggerated self-importance is deemed an individual fault, but a racial virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12708]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you want to do, and what you can do, is limited only by what you can dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it  From its sad visions of the other world  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it  From its sad visions of the other world   Than calling it at moments back to this.    The busy have no time for tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, their speed up front was something we weren't ready for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, their speed up front was something we weren't ready for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56842]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56842</guid></item></channel></rss>