<?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[They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34207]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they're next on the list. The president comes along, and he's got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he's going to save them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536  Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Tyndale, Translator of the Scriptures, Martyr, 1536  Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be a blot radiating his dark influence outward to the very circumference of society, or he may be a blessing spreading benediction over the length and breadth of the world. But a blank he cannot be: there are no moral blanks; there are no neutral characters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She said that she had a nice big house, had a big back yard and other children to watch. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28991]]></link><description><![CDATA[She said that she had a nice big house, had a big back yard and other children to watch. I said that sounds really good, because Melissa loves to play outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The appointing power of the Pope is treated as a public trust, and not as a personal perquisite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not think that the U.N. is really perceived to be taking sides in toto, but there have been complaints that certain personnel in the U.N. seem to favor, for example, the pro-independence groups.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/103]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something finer far, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4805]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pay the schoolmaster, but 'tis the schoolboys that educate my son.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have nothing to say, say nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27950]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have nothing to say, say nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63680]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight till the last gasp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight till the last gasp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How well I feathered by nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51057]]></link><description><![CDATA[How well I feathered by nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's going to be a lot of changes. We've been building a database and we now have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30528]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's going to be a lot of changes. We've been building a database and we now have a much better picture of species distribution throughout the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not bald... I'm just taller than my hair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not bald... I'm just taller than my hair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28483]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35550]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult things everyone has to learn is that for your entire life you must keep fighting and adjusting if you hope to survive. No matter who you are or what your position is you must keep fighting for whatever it is you desire to achieve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt from these documents in the course of my long task, I will say nothing now. Only this, that they bear the seal of the Son of Man and God, they are the Magna Charta of the human spirit. Were we to devote to their comprehension a little of the selfless enthusiasm that is now expended on the riddle of our physical surroundings, we would cease to say that Christianity is coming to an end -- we might even feel that it had only just begun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prefer a loss to a dishonest gain; the one brings pain at the moment, the other for all time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16102]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth, thou shalt catch men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24587]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62776]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is a person that will pay two dollars for a one dollar item he wants. A woman will pay one dollar for a two dollar item she doesn't want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gayly the troubadour Touched his guitar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gayly the troubadour Touched his guitar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16480]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the sick man the physician when he enters seems to have three faces, those of a man, a devil, a god. When the physician first comes and announces the safety of the patient, then the sick man says: "Behold a God or a guardian angel!" [Lat., Intrantis medici facies tres esse videntur  Aegrotanti; hominis, Daemonis, atque Dei.   Cum primum accessit medicus dixitque salutem,    En Deus aut custos angelus, aeger ait.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hers was one of the first applications we accepted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hers was one of the first applications we accepted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that? Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fall back upon a name? rest, rot in that? Not keep it noble, make it nobler? Fools!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20200]]></link><description><![CDATA["Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54748]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old,  That no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hast thou not learn'd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old,  That no success attends on spears and swords   Unblest, and that the battle is the Lord's?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still here. I take my three-mile walk at the mall everyday, and who knows what new treatments could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31344]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still here. I take my three-mile walk at the mall everyday, and who knows what new treatments could come along. I am 68, and I plan to make it to 70.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has a why to live can bear almost any how. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12038]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned Institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty & dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held hostage did not return to school after the attack. Parents and children are fearful and mistrustful about school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole,  Yet 'tis Thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll, And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole,  Yet 'tis Thy voice, my God, that bids them fly,   Thy arm directs those lightnings through the sky.    Then let the good Thy mighty name revere,     And hardened sinners Thy just vengeance fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63734]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember that a kite rises against - not with - the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of opposition. Remember that a kite rises against - not with - the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was our father no one man can replace him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36747]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was our father no one man can replace him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we can be more efficient in some ways, especially offensively. Wally is such an efficient player, he scores ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we can be more efficient in some ways, especially offensively. Wally is such an efficient player, he scores with fewer shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a hole in the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a hole in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home. -Bill Cosby.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he was talking, he was lying and if he wasn't lying, he was stealing. He was just a weird ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42543]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he was talking, he was lying and if he wasn't lying, he was stealing. He was just a weird and lonely guy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42543</guid></item></channel></rss>