<?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 hand that rocks the cradle"--but there is no such hand. It is bad to rock the baby, they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3632]]></link><description><![CDATA["The hand that rocks the cradle"--but there is no such hand. It is bad to rock the baby, they would have us understand;  So the cradle's but a relic of the former foolish days,   When mothers reared their children in unscientific ways;    When they jounced them and they bounced them, those poor dwarfs of long ago--     The Washingtons and Jeffersons, you know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divine grace was never slow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Divine grace was never slow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called  The beacon of the wise, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wound of peace is surety, Surety secure; but modest doubt is called  The beacon of the wise, the tent that searches   To th' bottom of the worst.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5673]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need less posturing and more genuine charisma. Charisma was originally a religious term, meaning "of the spirit" or "inspired." It's about letting God's light shine through us. It's about a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with visible effects. To let go, to just love, is not to fade into the wallpaper. Quite the contrary, it's when we truly become bright. We're letting our own light shine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a decision that my family and I reached. I will be staying at Stone in my present administrative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36055]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a decision that my family and I reached. I will be staying at Stone in my present administrative capacity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47102]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little government and a little luck are necessary in life; but only a fool trusts either of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hans Grovendraad, an honest clown, By cobbling in his native town,  Had earned a living ever.   His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hans Grovendraad, an honest clown, By cobbling in his native town,  Had earned a living ever.   His work was strong and clean and fine,    And none who served at Crispin's shrine     Was at his trade more clever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is going to be lots of twists and turns here, and I think both the U.S. and Iraq will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35954]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is going to be lots of twists and turns here, and I think both the U.S. and Iraq will end up making some compromises, accommodations, as we get towards endgame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. The only place to see it is in the bullring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4498]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that loveth a book will never want for a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom and goodness are twin-born, one heart Must hold both sisters, never seen apart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to move a load today from Chicago to L.A., that load will spend half of its time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39809]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to move a load today from Chicago to L.A., that load will spend half of its time in Chicago or L.A..]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the England team don't want to experience another hellish week like the one that lies ahead of them now, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42554]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the England team don't want to experience another hellish week like the one that lies ahead of them now, with only pride at stake, they had better get used to the idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's time for the human race to enter the solar system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47070]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's time for the human race to enter the solar system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28625]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty-four defenses for him, but he has forty-five ways to score.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sprint has essentially under-performed in that space. It does not have nearly as much market share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sprint has essentially under-performed in that space. It does not have nearly as much market share.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44236]]></link><description><![CDATA[The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Seneca -Benjamin Franklin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who can be only serious or only cheerful, is but half a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never been able to play defense in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34663]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never been able to play defense in my life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   We sometimes come to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   We sometimes come to God, not because we love Him best, but because we love our possessions best; we ask Christ to "save Western civilization", without asking ourselves whether it is entirely a civilization that Christ could want to save. We pray, too often, not to do God's will, but to enlist God's assistance in maintaining our "continually increasing consumption". And yet, though Christ promised that God would feed us, he never promised that God would stuff us to bursting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were solid the whole game on defense. We came out a little slow on offense, but the defense played ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36079]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were solid the whole game on defense. We came out a little slow on offense, but the defense played well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for the time, leave us the weaker ever after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. [Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10655]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame. [Fr., Le crime fait la honte et non pas l'echafaud.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine makes people ill, mathematics makes them sad, and theology makes them sinful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine makes people ill, mathematics makes them sad, and theology makes them sinful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played for a district championship, so they can't be that unimpressive. They have one of the best sophomores in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41834]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played for a district championship, so they can't be that unimpressive. They have one of the best sophomores in the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27123]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men knew all that women think, they'd be twenty times more daring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What turned this case, what led them to arrest Lisa were statements from Tim Holland. When we get a chance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29209]]></link><description><![CDATA[What turned this case, what led them to arrest Lisa were statements from Tim Holland. When we get a chance to present our information, I think you'll see he's not a credible source.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls. Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;  Dresses to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls. Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;  Dresses to dance in, and flirt in, and talk in,   Dresses in which to do nothing at all;    Dresses for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall;     All of them different in color and shape.      Silk, muslin, and lace, velvet, satin, and crape,       Brocade and broadcloth, and other material,        Quite as expensive and much more ethereal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64802]]></link><description><![CDATA[One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The other home run, that was a legit home run. I hung that ball, and he kind of crushed it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37633]]></link><description><![CDATA[The other home run, that was a legit home run. I hung that ball, and he kind of crushed it on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the joy of a lifetime, ... I am speaking on behalf of all the people that suffered under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28921]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the joy of a lifetime, ... I am speaking on behalf of all the people that suffered under his rule.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28921</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[He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7195]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who wants his wedding garments to suit him must allow plenty of time for the measure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, shepherd, let us make an honorable retreat; though not with bag and baggage, yet with scrip and crippage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol removes inhibitions - like that scared little mouse who got drunk and shook his whiskers and shouted: "Now bring on that damn cat!"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's absolutely outrageous. It's not going to help people lose weight. It's junk science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39747]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's absolutely outrageous. It's not going to help people lose weight. It's junk science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49269]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gives his wrath by weight, and without weight his mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23092]]></link><description><![CDATA[We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. . . . We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a source of dismay and consternation to all of us to figure out how they were really going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31099]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a source of dismay and consternation to all of us to figure out how they were really going to determine that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31099</guid></item></channel></rss>