<?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[Gilbert West and his friend, Lord Lyttleton, both men of acknowledged talents, had imbibed the principles of infidelity from a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gilbert West and his friend, Lord Lyttleton, both men of acknowledged talents, had imbibed the principles of infidelity from a superficial view of the Scriptures. Fully persuaded that the Bible was an imposture, they were determined to expose [it]. Mr. West chose the Resurrection of Christ, and Lord Lyttleton the conversion of St Paul, for the subject of hostile criticism. Both sat down to their respective tasks full of prejudice and a contempt for Christianity. The results of their separate endeavours was that they were both converted by their attempts to overthrow the truth of Christianity! They came together, not as they had expected, to exult over an imposture exposed to ridicule, but to lament their folly and congratulate each other on their joint conviction, that the Bible was the word of God. Their able enquiries have furnished two most valuable treatises in favour of revelation -- one, entitled "Observations on the Conversion of St Paul", and the other, "Observations on the Resurrection of Christ.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful, and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous, and loathed because they impose slavery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38392]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In Overdosed America, Dr. Abramson cites CDC data indicating that over the course of the past 100 years, life expectancy has increased by a remarkable 30 years. Yet according to the CDC report quoted by Abramson,] 25 years of this gain are attributable to advances in public health. ... These include improvements such as sanitation, clean food and water, decent housing, good nutrition, higher standards of living, and widespread vaccinations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63153]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44397]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20320]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49321]]></link><description><![CDATA[He puls with a long rope, that waits for anothers death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A really patient servant of God is as ready to bear inglorious troubles as those which are honorable. A brave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7234]]></link><description><![CDATA[A really patient servant of God is as ready to bear inglorious troubles as those which are honorable. A brave man can easily bear with contempt, slander, and false accusations from an evil world; but to bear such injustice at the hands of good men, of friends and relations, is a great test of patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His bark is worse than his bite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49000]]></link><description><![CDATA[His bark is worse than his bite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just go on . . . and faith will soon return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just go on . . . and faith will soon return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the enjoyment of God is the heaven of the Saints, so the loss of God is the hell of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7894]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the enjoyment of God is the heaven of the Saints, so the loss of God is the hell of the ungodly. And, as the enjoying of God is the enjoying of all, so the loss of God is the loss of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to just play with Rod. He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to just play with Rod. He's an inspiration to everyone out here, especially guys like me who've struggled to stay in the league.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it waspromptly drummed out of us in first grade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21460]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we learned everything there is to know in kindergarten, it waspromptly drummed out of us in first grade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of the human race is the story of men and womenselling themselves short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of the human race is the story of men and womenselling themselves short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lord, let thyself be found with a good gift to everyone who needs it, that the happy may find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8086]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lord, let thyself be found with a good gift to everyone who needs it, that the happy may find courage to accept thy good gifts, that the sorrowful may find courage to accept thy perfect gifts. For to men there is a difference of joy and of sorrow, but for thee, O Lord, there is no difference in these things; everything that comes from thee is a good and perfect gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light is the task when many share the toil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light is the task when many share the toil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here shame dissuades him, there his fear prevails, And each by turns his aching heart assails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let yourself be controlled by these three things: your past, people, and money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let yourself be controlled by these three things: your past, people, and money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36602]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's my education in computers, right there; this is the whole thing, everything I took out of a book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we're going to see a different scheme or any major changes. They run their offense. Last week, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we're going to see a different scheme or any major changes. They run their offense. Last week, I think we saw a team that had to change things around a bit. Not this week. And has started before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man who is high up loves to think that he has done it all himself; and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly, He is now far from them;  For he has reached the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly, He is now far from them;  For he has reached the city of the saintly,   The New Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30143]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to have this purse. It was shaped like a big saddle with stirrups and everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30143</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[Thy voice Is a celestial melody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy voice Is a celestial melody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5126]]></link><description><![CDATA[To command is to serve, nothing more and nothing less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one walking in the night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20420]]></link><description><![CDATA[The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one walking in the night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8715]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could effect. [Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not Lisa Holland. She didn't know about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not Lisa Holland. She didn't know about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4957]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being taught, will find even one single thought of serene faith, will be such as have honoured many hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, such as have planted their roots]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34889]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad was a Buick guy and I followed in his footsteps. But I always liked the performance end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the ways that I could contribute was to shill some memorabilia, and the other was to talk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29975]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the ways that I could contribute was to shill some memorabilia, and the other was to talk to you and try to get people to pay attention to this auction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love comes to those who still hope even though they've beendisappointed, to those who still believe even though they've beenbetrayed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love comes to those who still hope even though they've beendisappointed, to those who still believe even though they've beenbetrayed, to those for whom love still heals, even though they'vebeenhurt before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30089]]></link><description><![CDATA[This exchange has allowed all of these groups to state their position on the current crisis and their proposals to get out of it as soon as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11291]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59461]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When kings are building, draymen have something to do. [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Karrner zu thun.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54497]]></link><description><![CDATA[When kings are building, draymen have something to do. [Ger., Wenn die Konige bau'n, haben die Karrner zu thun.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let a problem to be solved become more important than the person to be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let a problem to be solved become more important than the person to be loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great time on the floor, though we had a few bobbles. We were so relaxed. By that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42385]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great time on the floor, though we had a few bobbles. We were so relaxed. By that time, we knew we had it won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42385</guid></item></channel></rss>