<?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[It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4459]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance, to be over much occupied about exercise, about eating and drinking, about easing oneself, about sexual intercourse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37952]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I do separate myself a fair amount. And I don't feel like I am representing women. That's up to however people interpret it once they sort of see it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers are our fortresses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44493]]></link><description><![CDATA[In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers are our fortresses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flower, when offered in the bud, is no vain sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the twinkling of an eye. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55576]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twinkling of an eye. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all, in a sense, experts on secrecy. From earliest childhood we feel its mystery and attraction. We know both the power it confers and the burden it imposes. We learn how it can delight, give breathing space and protect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We decided let's put the challenge to them, ... These kids know what's going on at parties, and probably have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39496]]></link><description><![CDATA[We decided let's put the challenge to them, ... These kids know what's going on at parties, and probably have much better ideas as to how they can get the message to their peers in a way that will make them think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, stemming from Johannite monasticism, than one of its most recent examples, Father de Foucauld. If he went out to the Ahaggar plateau, it was not only to find but also to proclaim God, thereby teaching the gospel in a way which desert people could understand. After his death, the example set by this hermit was followed by others who, far from settling in the desert places of the Sahara, set out to mingle with the peopled deserts of the great cities, there to preach the gospel by their example and their very presence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16090]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people need models, not critics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people need models, not critics]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If courage wasn't a standard result of aging, it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I will pretendthat I don't know of your sinsuntil you are ready to confessbut all the timeI'll know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34908]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I will pretendthat I don't know of your sinsuntil you are ready to confessbut all the timeI'll know]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13490]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sometimes seems as though we were trying to combine the ideal of no schools at all with the democratic ideal of schools for everybody by having schools without education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way we're going to get him on that bus ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â not even on a helicopter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34867]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way we're going to get him on that bus ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â not even on a helicopter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. I wanted to become a writer so I could see my name in the card catalog.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reform must come from within, not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It appears that the level of violence was well below the last election. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28971]]></link><description><![CDATA[It appears that the level of violence was well below the last election.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866  I clearly recognize that all good is in God alone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Mason Neale, Priest, Poet, 1866  I clearly recognize that all good is in God alone, and that in me, without Divine Grace, there is nothing but deficiency... The one sole thing in myself in which I glory, is that I see in myself nothing in which I can glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22730]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone,  If they the book God had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54920]]></link><description><![CDATA[How glad the heathens would have been, That worship idols, wood and stone,  If they the book God had seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age and sickness bring out the essential characteristics of a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48074]]></link><description><![CDATA[There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally, what we try to do if we have a game where we have to play for 32 minutes is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally, what we try to do if we have a game where we have to play for 32 minutes is try to wear them down by playing full court. But if we get ahead by a good margin, then we'll call off the dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are dreaded by many then beware of many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48607]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are dreaded by many then beware of many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36812]]></link><description><![CDATA[full partnership ... through close coordination and consultation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37936]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said he had a show he wanted to put on the air about the survivors of a plane crash and would I please help him do it, ... I thought, 'How is that a show?' And then I thought if I were to do this it would be far too weird and borderline sci-fi and he'd never want to do it. But his response was no, I love that idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring. -Spanish proverb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9067]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring. -Spanish proverb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40828]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With ravish'd ears The monarch hears,  Assumes the god,   Affects to nod,    And seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17747]]></link><description><![CDATA[With ravish'd ears The monarch hears,  Assumes the god,   Affects to nod,    And seems to shake the spheres.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20294]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new directive will probably include a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38040]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stronger data virtually assure significant changes in the Fed's directive this week. The new directive will probably include a grudging acknowledgement of the stronger labor market and inflation statistics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43264]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   We distrust the providence of God when, after we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941   We distrust the providence of God when, after we have used all our best endeavors and begged His blessing upon them, we torment ourselves about the wise issue and event of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45818]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth exists; only lies are invented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth exists; only lies are invented.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29763]]></link><description><![CDATA[If such a young nation as the U.S. could make it to superpower status, we could do it as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many consumers are moving away from three core meals because they are skipping meals out of necessity. Some consumers are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many consumers are moving away from three core meals because they are skipping meals out of necessity. Some consumers are instead eating only when hungry, and eating more frequent meals of smaller portion size.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? -The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions? -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ships that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to shore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ships that sailed for sunny isles, But never came to shore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle  [Ger., Die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your messages I hear, but faith has not been given; The dearest child of Faith is Miracle  [Ger., Die Botschaft hor' ich wohl, allein mir fehlt der Glaube;   Das Wunder ist des Glaubens liebstes Kind.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14971</guid></item></channel></rss>