<?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[I was thinking, 'Wow, I'm really in here,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thinking, 'Wow, I'm really in here,']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind your P's and Q's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48596]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mind your P's and Q's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, For wise men say it is the wisest course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, For wise men say it is the wisest course.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50074]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my house burnes, it's not good playing at Chesse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The show will lose $16 million this year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The show will lose $16 million this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Darkness yields tostarlight,to the light of the risingsun, and to thelight of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Darkness yields tostarlight,to the light of the risingsun, and to thelight of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning men deal in generalizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning men deal in generalizations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18227]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteeen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9627]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great difference between worry and concern. A worried person sees a problem, and a concerned person solves a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success of the wicked tempts many to sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32723]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're in a valley, surrounded by mountains, and the playing field gets dark very quickly in the fall. Many parents can't get home from work in time to watch their children play, and kids who'd like to play don't get a chance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48649]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soft answer turneth away wrath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23710]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country is the world--our countrymen are mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee commands enough that obeyes a wise man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the wooing That is not long a-doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the wooing That is not long a-doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44252]]></link><description><![CDATA[SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27126]]></link><description><![CDATA[God help the man who won't marry until he finds a perfect woman, and God help him still more if he finds her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3267]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alan was selected after a comprehensive search and review process. Our paths have crossed frequently over the past 15 years and I believe Alan's wealth of experience should be of great value to our Academy in advancing the many exciting initiatives we have for the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something for an Empty Briefcase ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something for an Empty Briefcase]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pornography is pornography, what is there to see? Movies are attempting to destroy something that's supposed to be the most beautiful thing a man and a woman can have by making it cheap and common. It's what you don't see that's attractive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were a little disappointed they lost (to Socorro), but they also knew they didn't want to lose to Belen. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34401]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were a little disappointed they lost (to Socorro), but they also knew they didn't want to lose to Belen. It's not easy to lose to your rival. The first half we played extremely well. The second half we started getting tired, but we were still dominating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they must yawn to even it out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  God hath work to do in this world; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we be righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also serve our generation, as David did before he fell asleep. God hath a work to do; and not to help Him is to oppose Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14324]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can never tell what the future has in store for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66833]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can never tell what the future has in store for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Responsibility for learning belongs to the student, regardless of age]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am certain that after the dust of centuries has passed over our cities, we, too, will be remembered not for victories or defeats in battle or in politics, but for our contribution to the human spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who pants for glory, finds but short repose; A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls,  Who, never looking forward, are indeed   Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age    Are petrified forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24322]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I won one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10226]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel we are all islands - in a common sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65166]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God always takes the simplest way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66761]]></link><description><![CDATA[God always takes the simplest way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men have not been concerned with fame. The joy of achievement that comes from finding something new in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men have not been concerned with fame. The joy of achievement that comes from finding something new in the universe is by far their greatest joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exercise is the chief source of improvement in our faculties]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14478</guid></item></channel></rss>