<?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[Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23712]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5222]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like Canada's punishment from the US is over. They realize they've been choking our economy and with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32094]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like Canada's punishment from the US is over. They realize they've been choking our economy and with the new leader in Canada they're going to cut us some slack. People from the US are going to realize for the first time where Ottawa is and that it's the Capital of Canada.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like as a feareful partridge, that is fledd From the sharpe hauke which her attacked neare,  And falls to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like as a feareful partridge, that is fledd From the sharpe hauke which her attacked neare,  And falls to ground to seeke for succor theare,   Whereas the hungry spaniells she does spye,    With greedy jawes her ready for to teare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when eve's silent footfall steals Along the eastern sky,  And one by one to earth reveals   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14255]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when eve's silent footfall steals Along the eastern sky,  And one by one to earth reveals   Those purer fires on high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just keeping things simple. Philly's a great team, and I thought we did a good job of getting behind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32044]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just keeping things simple. Philly's a great team, and I thought we did a good job of getting behind their 'D' and making things happen and coming through the neutral zone with speed. After the first period I think we were a little slow, but we got going as the game went on. We blocked shots and killed penalties, and to win games you have to do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we were off of our game. They outplayed us, but it just wasn't our night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we were off of our game. They outplayed us, but it just wasn't our night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every bird that upwards swings Bears the Cross upon its wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obscenity is in the crotch of the beholder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/278]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as we think ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as we think]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56413]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good finds good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good finds good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday  Perhaps we feel that we do not see much to encourage us. "I do not envy those who have to fight the battle of Christianity in the twentieth century," wrote Marcus Dods. "Yes, perhaps I do; but it will be a stiff fight." Of course, he did, and anybody with his valiant spirit would. There was a day when our Lord passed through cheering streets wildly enthusiastic; and another day when He watched the crowds deserting Him, till even the disciples themselves seemed to be withering, and He looked at them sadly. "Will you also go away?" He said. And Peter strode across the sudden empty spaces widening around Him, and put his back to Christ's. "No", he cried; "there are two of us, at least", and faced the world, Christ's poor minority of one. I would rather have been Peter than one of the shouting mob. And today, perhaps, we may get our chance of that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5121]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One fine day, Says Mister Mucklewraith to me, says he.  "So! you're a poet in your house," and smiled. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46846]]></link><description><![CDATA[One fine day, Says Mister Mucklewraith to me, says he.  "So! you're a poet in your house," and smiled.   "A Poet? God forbid," I cried; and then    It all came out: how Andrew slyly sent     Verse to the paper; how they printed it      In Poet's Corner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56194]]></link><description><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigged,   Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats    Instinctively have quit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know severalthousand things that won't work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Results! Why man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know severalthousand things that won't work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64753</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[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25269]]></link><description><![CDATA[The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what is I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If these few meters are not a problem, as they say, why don't they go back to the June 4, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29889]]></link><description><![CDATA[If these few meters are not a problem, as they say, why don't they go back to the June 4, 1967, line?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39356]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first day I arrived, they told me to go home and get rid of that cold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the movies and the movies are us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the movies and the movies are us]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that should have what hee hath not, should doe what he doth not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efficiency is doing better what is already being done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26316]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is born a genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is born a genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world of politics is always twenty years behind the world of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any belief worth having must survive doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any belief worth having must survive doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[February, fill the dyke With what thou dost like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15534]]></link><description><![CDATA[February, fill the dyke With what thou dost like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould  The purple oak-leaf falls; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44896]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweet calm sunshine of October, now Warms the low spot; upon its grassy mould  The purple oak-leaf falls; the birchen bough   Drops its bright spoil like arrow-heads of gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61038]]></link><description><![CDATA[No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of God's prophetic outline, failure to know God's program for the Church, the nations, and Israel, is the cause ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of God's prophetic outline, failure to know God's program for the Church, the nations, and Israel, is the cause of the overwhelming amount of error and misunderstanding of the events of the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65186]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20555]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60829]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45476]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one cannot catch the bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45476</guid></item></channel></rss>