<?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[Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately this earth is not. . . a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly natural and therefore extremely harsh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette tip: More people will get out of your way if you say "I'm gonna puke!" than if you say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Etiquette tip: More people will get out of your way if you say "I'm gonna puke!" than if you say "Excuse me".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our whole evolution up to this point shows that human groups spontaneously evolve patterns of behavior, as well as patterns of training people for that behavior, which tend on balance to lead people to create rather than destroy. Humans are, on net balance, builders rather than destroyers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,  I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Lord, though I be changed to senseless clay, And serve the Potter as he turn his wheel,  I thank Thee for the gracious gift of tears!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46612]]></link><description><![CDATA[However we may pity the mother whose health and even life is imperiled by the performance of her natural duty, there yet remains no sufficient reason for condoning the direct murder of the innocent]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's well begun, is half done. [Lat., Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3953]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's well begun, is half done. [Lat., Dimidium facti qui coepit habet.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was encouraging for me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39182]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was encouraging for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25963]]></link><description><![CDATA[What exile from his country is able to escape from himself? [Lat., Patriae quis exul se quoque fugit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No steps backward. [Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2327]]></link><description><![CDATA[No steps backward. [Lat., Vestigia nulla retrorsum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strike up the dance, the cava bowl fill high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47910]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is devoid of the power to forgive, is devoid of the power to love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59015]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence their importance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence their importance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, Remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hole and the patch should be commensurate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hole and the patch should be commensurate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies;  The fleecy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies, Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies;  The fleecy clouds their chilly bosoms bare,   And shed their substance on the floating air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23068]]></link><description><![CDATA["Why does everyone run toward a blood curdling scream?" mumbled the Senior Wrangler. "It is contrary to all sense."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27584]]></link><description><![CDATA[People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The big challenge is inventory. Not a lot of people watch this, so how do you get a big enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39338]]></link><description><![CDATA[The big challenge is inventory. Not a lot of people watch this, so how do you get a big enough market that makes it worth your while?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll see things "you never knew you never knew.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21653]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll see things "you never knew you never knew.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23887]]></link><description><![CDATA[My very first lessons in the art of telling stories took place in the kitchen . . . my mother and three or four of her friends. . . told stories. . . with effortless art and technique. They were natural-born storytellers in the oral tradition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  As long as I live, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  As long as I live, I will never appeal for money for the mission of God in this world. This is a degradation of God and of ourselves, which has pauperized us in every way over the centuries. God has no need, and if the mission is God's, then we do not ask for help to give God a boost; therefore we do not appeal for funds. We allow people to take a share in God's work, and this is a very different thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief in oneself is one of the most important bricks in building any successful venture.
]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48993]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sorrow was, thou bad'st her know, And from her own she learnt to melt at others' woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But with the morning cool repentance came. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53825]]></link><description><![CDATA[But with the morning cool repentance came.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are obligations to nobility. [Lat., Noblesse oblige.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44579]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are obligations to nobility. [Lat., Noblesse oblige.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30270]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from the government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of things that don't make sense about this picture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33925]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of things that don't make sense about this picture.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a snowball that turned into an avalanche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35459]]></link><description><![CDATA[a snowball that turned into an avalanche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62525]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every thought which genius and piety throw into the world alters the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good prayer is master of anothers purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good prayer is master of anothers purse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50498]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grape becomes tinted from the grape it comes in contact with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied, And I delivering you am satisfied,  And therein do account myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54732]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied, And I delivering you am satisfied,  And therein do account myself well paid;   My mind was never yet more mercenary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62560]]></link><description><![CDATA[They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.  At the going down of the sun, and in the morning,   We will remember them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace,  It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And each forgets, as he strips and runs With a brilliant, fitful pace,  It's the steady, quiet, plodding ones   Who win in the lifelong race.    And each forgets that his youth has fled,     Forgets that his prime is past,      Till he stands one day, with a hope that's dead,       In the glare of the truth at last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study ofbooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21375]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single conversation with a wise man is worth a month's study ofbooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy of the mind is the essence of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5984]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like trying [to get pregnant]. I'm not so sure about childbirth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Universal peace sounds ridiculous to the head of an average family.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been reported to our office that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning in February 1976 your assistance benefits will be discontinued ... Reason: it has been reported to our office that you expired on January 1, 1976.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61631]]></link><description><![CDATA[In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness is the beginning of all vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392  The characteristic of our modern Christianity, which correlates it with all apostolic times, is the substitution of loyalty to a person in place of belief in doctrines, as the essence and test of Christian life. This is the simplicity and unity by which the Gospel can become effective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7830</guid></item></channel></rss>