<?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[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25772]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those talents which God has bestowed upon us are not our own goods but the free gifts of God; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those talents which God has bestowed upon us are not our own goods but the free gifts of God; and any persons who become proud of them show their ungratefulness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60027]]></link><description><![CDATA[We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always oppress those who are unfortunate. [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt;  Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators and pray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9768]]></link><description><![CDATA["Do you pray for the Senators, Dr. Hale?" someone asked the chaplain. "No, I look at the Senators and pray for the country.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves  In drops of sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23437]]></link><description><![CDATA[My plenteous joys, Wanton in fullness, seek to hide themselves  In drops of sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23164]]></link><description><![CDATA[To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pro football gave me a good perspective. When I entered the political arena, I had already been booed, cheered, cut, sold, traded, and hung in effigy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ascension  A comprehended god is no god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ascension  A comprehended god is no god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In this respect, I have called before these attacks for halting these operations so that people will not believe the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36214]]></link><description><![CDATA[In this respect, I have called before these attacks for halting these operations so that people will not believe the attacks are aimed at preventing them from participating in the referendum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hats off! Along the street there comes  A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,   A flash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hats off! Along the street there comes  A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,   A flash of color beneath the sky:    Hats off!     The flag is passing by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35056]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial non-U.S. profits have done major transactions compared with companies that have not repatriated assets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65956]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man's part, which wins salvation, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is wrong to suppose that for Paul faith is a meritorious act on man's part, which wins salvation, or even, in a more modern way of speech, a creative moral principle in itself. Paul does not, in fact, speak (when he is using the language strictly) of "justification by faith", but of "justification by grace through faith," or "on the grounds of faith." This is not mere verbal subtlety. It means that the "righteousness of God" becomes ours, not by the assertion of the individual will as such, but by the willingness to let God work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's natural manure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm learning a lot from him. Jason taught me how to really depend on the Bible in tough times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36868]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm learning a lot from him. Jason taught me how to really depend on the Bible in tough times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work does what he wants to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58070]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two truly infinite things, the universe and stupidity. And I am unsure about the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people;  He built a church in Dublin town,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8666]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people;  He built a church in Dublin town,   And on it put a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A live dog is better than a dead lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50960]]></link><description><![CDATA[A live dog is better than a dead lion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ingratitude is monstrous ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ingratitude is monstrous]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,  By time subdues (what will not time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2755]]></link><description><![CDATA[My galligaskins, that have long withstood The winter's fury, and encroaching frosts,  By time subdues (what will not time subdue!)   An horrid chasm disclosed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in their attendant circumstances, institutions, and so forth. The difference, therefore, does not operate in every sense, but it does in most of them. Even the most civilized peoples, in short, can be fired with passionate hatred for each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57558]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care what the tape says. I didn't say it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All reformers are bachelors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53203]]></link><description><![CDATA[All reformers are bachelors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love the Lord, of course, but we often wonder what He finds in us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38411]]></link><description><![CDATA[While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul of God is poured into the world through the thoughts of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I wish I would have changed the decision in the second. But, I did beat a lot of quality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I wish I would have changed the decision in the second. But, I did beat a lot of quality kids that were ranked ahead of me all year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none other hath, when they are known,   They are found shallow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may conquer with a sword but you are conquered by a kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23849]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may conquer with a sword but you are conquered by a kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19784]]></link><description><![CDATA[To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The (Christian) "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12620]]></link><description><![CDATA[The (Christian) "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reproachful speech from either side The want of argument supplied;  They rail, reviled; as often ends   The contests of disputing friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9976]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't stop loving or wanting to love because when its right, it's the best thing in the world. When you're in a relationship and it's good, even if nothing else in your life is right, you feel like your whole world is complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise,  His steeds to water at those springs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise,  His steeds to water at those springs   On chaliced flowers that lies;    And winking Mary-buds begin     To ope their golden eyes.      With every thing that pretty is,       My lady sweet, arise,        Arise, arise!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43603]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can keep from a child all knowledge of earlier myths, but we cannot take from him the need for mythology]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The field is quite new, so its ultimate success at finding new drugs is still unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33420]]></link><description><![CDATA[The field is quite new, so its ultimate success at finding new drugs is still unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist  Doch einzig und allein ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real beggar is indeed the true and only king. [Ger., Der wahre Bettler ist  Doch einzig und allein der wahre Konig.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3927</guid></item></channel></rss>