<?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[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24922]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnet, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28925]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has certainly been an exceptional year. The index surged to record highs that no one had expected. High oil prices played a pivotal role in the market's magnificent run, as they did in stock markets in neighboring oil-rich Gulf States.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   One of the most remarkable features of Mosaic legislation... is its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England   One of the most remarkable features of Mosaic legislation... is its humanity to man. It is the most humanitarian of all known bodies of laws before recent times. The laws about slavery, which envisage the liberation of Hebrew slaves after seven years, are a good example. But there are also laws protecting the poor: interest (always high in the ancient East) was prohibited, and again there was a moratorium after a term of years... Even strangers, who normally had very little protection in antiquity, except when they were citizens of a strong neighbouring state which might step in and protect them by force of arms, are exceptionally well cared for by Mosaic law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream  Of Helicon; we therefore ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sure there are poets which did never dream Upon Parnassus, nor did taste the stream  Of Helicon; we therefore may suppose   Those made not poets, but the poets those.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his barn door,   That luck might down upon him pour;    That every blessing known in life     Might crown his homestead and his wife,      And never any kind of harm       Descend upon his growing farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continue to express your dissent and your needs, but remember to remain civilized, for you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrified in the turbulence of change]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek the Infinite, for that alone is Joy unlimited, imperishable, unfailing, self-sustaining, unconditioned, timeless. When you have this joy, human life becomes a paradise; the light, the grace, the power, the perfections of that which is highest in your inner consciousness, appear in your everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date they have very little ammunition to combat and defend against these threats that are easy to use and cost effective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3159]]></link><description><![CDATA[I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The capon burns, the pig falls from the spit, The clock hath strucken twelve upon the bell;  My mistress ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The capon burns, the pig falls from the spit, The clock hath strucken twelve upon the bell;  My mistress made it one upon my cheek:   She is so hot because the meat is cold;    The meat is cold because you come not home;     You come not home because you have no stomach;      You have no stomach, having broke your fast;       But we, that know what 'tis to fast and pray,        Are penitent for your default to-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will either find a way, or make one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will either find a way, or make one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their goalie played extremely well. He played like he was standing on his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their goalie played extremely well. He played like he was standing on his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28031]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is philosophy learned from examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19450]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is philosophy learned from examples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as expedient that a wicked man be punished as that a sick man be cured by a physician; for all chastisement is a kind of medicine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fire i' the flint Shows not till it be struck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is just chaos with better lighting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is just chaos with better lighting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm gonna retire but I'm not gonna retire totally from the music. I'm just gonna retire where I can go back and cut what I wanna cut at home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58695]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make it mandatory: wherever they go, that dog must be with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36422]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make it mandatory: wherever they go, that dog must be with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did thrust (as now) in other's corn his sickle.   - Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The husbands of very beautiful women belong to the criminal classes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[March: Its stone, Bloodstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26369]]></link><description><![CDATA[March: Its stone, Bloodstone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient. [It., Bello e il rossore, ma e incommodo qualche volta.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4380]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient. [It., Bello e il rossore, ma e incommodo qualche volta.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   Nor is the fact that a particular form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901   Nor is the fact that a particular form was good in a particular age any proof that it is also good for another age. The history of the organization of Christianity has been in reality the history of successive readjustments of form to altered circumstances. Its power of readjustment has been at once a mark of its divinity and a secret of its strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14635]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37328]]></link><description><![CDATA[We made a deal that was acceptable to us. We got paid very handsomely for our final season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20089]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're just monitoring the dikes right now and making sure the water isn't staying on them for an extended period ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're just monitoring the dikes right now and making sure the water isn't staying on them for an extended period of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise can be found on the back of horses, in books and between the breasts of women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were probably there (at the accident scene) 20 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32336]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were probably there (at the accident scene) 20 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed;  Where the rug's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19625]]></link><description><![CDATA[What if in Scotland's wilds we viel'd our head, Where tempests whistle round the sordid bed;  Where the rug's two-fold use we might display,   By night a blanket, and a plaid by day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances beyond my individual control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19498]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He closed his eyes and just swung. He got the good part of the bat on it, and it was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40573]]></link><description><![CDATA[He closed his eyes and just swung. He got the good part of the bat on it, and it was a deep shot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36676</guid></item></channel></rss>