<?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[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, that was a good time, when I was unhappy. [Fr., Oh c'etait le bon temps, j'etais bien malheureuse.]   - credited to Sophie Arnould,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think before you speak the other guy gets its joke in first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one becomes perfect, but some become great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46118]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one becomes perfect, but some become great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diligence is the mother of good luck.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man thinketh he is rich enough in grace, till he take out his purse, and... then he findeth it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man thinketh he is rich enough in grace, till he take out his purse, and... then he findeth it but poor and light in the day of a heavy trial. I found I had not enough to bear my expenses, and should have fainted, if want and penury had not chased me to the storehouse of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speake not of my debts, unlesse you meane to pay them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61519]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63860]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the rich colors and the rich idea. It's a very deep idea. It's how nature connects all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the rich colors and the rich idea. It's a very deep idea. It's how nature connects all of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are things to learn in the reviews of how primary schools and nurseries alert parents of child absences. That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34776]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are things to learn in the reviews of how primary schools and nurseries alert parents of child absences. That is on-going.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12572]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66071]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does it matter how many lovers you have if none of them gives you the universe?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we had to seek virtue outside of ourselves, that would assuredly be difficult; but as it is within us, it suffices to avoid bad thoughts and to keep our souls turned toward the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38762]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My thoughts by night are often filled With visions false as fair:  For in the past alone, I build ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60883]]></link><description><![CDATA[My thoughts by night are often filled With visions false as fair:  For in the past alone, I build   My castles in the air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some reason, I looked at her and realized how much I loved her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28422]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some reason, I looked at her and realized how much I loved her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae;  The hawthorn's budding in the glen,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae;  The hawthorn's budding in the glen,   The milkwhite is the slae.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental pleasure are never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by repetition, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better do nothing than do ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better do nothing than do ill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53205]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform, reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town--the tide rose to an incredible height: the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13447]]></link><description><![CDATA[We learn simply by the exposure of living. Much that passes for education is not education at all but ritual. The fact is that we are being educated when we know it least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch, Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth,  Between two blades, which bears the better temper,   Between two horses, which doth bear him best,    Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye,     I have perhaps some shallow spirit of judgment;      But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,       Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the Cambridge president is kissing the cox of the Oxford crew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need your neighbors from time to time to help you get through a situation. Having good relations with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35300]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need your neighbors from time to time to help you get through a situation. Having good relations with your neighbor is just being smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burden is on the custodian of the record who makes the record public. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden is on the custodian of the record who makes the record public.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as secrets to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most fatal illusion is the narrow point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They simply don't want a recession. It's an insurance policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37051]]></link><description><![CDATA[They simply don't want a recession. It's an insurance policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13474]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need excellence in public education and if the teachers can't do it, we'll send in a couple of policemen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  If the wounds of millions are to be healed, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  If the wounds of millions are to be healed, what other way is there except through forgiveness? Jesus, at least, leaves us no alternative. The command is stern. The terms are set: "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him. - Up from Slavery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is subtle but he is not malicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63282]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is subtle but he is not malicious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were down 16-7 late in the first quarter, and we scored the next 17 points. We were able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32529]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were down 16-7 late in the first quarter, and we scored the next 17 points. We were able to put them in some tough spots and capitalize on their mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should so work as if we were to be saved by our works; and so rely on Jesus Christ, as if we did no works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really questioned whether I could in the beginning and now that I'm seeing results and have that support, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really questioned whether I could in the beginning and now that I'm seeing results and have that support, it makes me feel that much better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art ... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16880</guid></item></channel></rss>