<?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[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61944]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes she were not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60393]]></link><description><![CDATA[To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812   A dog barks when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812   A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is attacked and yet would remain silent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is not written in red, white and blue. It is written in the heart's blood of the composer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the shifting clouds be what you please,   Or let the easily persuaded eyes    Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould     Of a friend's fancy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all you see In Nature: part of all you feel:  I am the impact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all you see In Nature: part of all you feel:  I am the impact of the bee   Upon the blossom; in the tree    I am the sap--that shall reveal     The leaf, the bloom--that flows and flutes      Up from the darkness through its roots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20387]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cow is nothing but a machine which makes grass fit for us people to eat]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[McClellan (4-0) threw a great game. He settled down and got us out of a couple of tense innings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31316]]></link><description><![CDATA[McClellan (4-0) threw a great game. He settled down and got us out of a couple of tense innings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale and cider.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49277]]></link><description><![CDATA[God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52406]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5283]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of these guys will back down from anything. I don't think they're afraid of the big crowds or the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33942]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of these guys will back down from anything. I don't think they're afraid of the big crowds or the moment. I think they'll thrive on that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3286]]></link><description><![CDATA[You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude is expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude is expensive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weight justly and sell dearely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weight justly and sell dearely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37076]]></link><description><![CDATA[As any policeman today will tell you, it's not the idea of getting the first shot off, it's hitting your target. Often the first guy that shoots misses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expect me nigga like you'd expect jesus to come back expect me nigga im coming. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expect me nigga like you'd expect jesus to come back expect me nigga im coming.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63041]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that two people are connected at the heart, and it doesn't matter what you do, or who you are or where you live; there are no boundaries or barriers if two people are destined to be together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and an actualizer... He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and an actualizer... He can visualize something, and when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hated every minute of training, but I said, \'Don\'t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66754]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hated every minute of training, but I said, \'Don\'t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.\']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59057]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work -- the night watchman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33260]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a visceral reaction to a horrible event. He feels a sense of responsibility, not just as a senator, but as an African-American senator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make sure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/790]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writers against religion, whilst they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set up any of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matters and take full heed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matters and take full heed to thyself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one thing we learned in 2005 is there is no simple answer or smoking gun for this. This is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31901]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one thing we learned in 2005 is there is no simple answer or smoking gun for this. This is a tough problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17950]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience in government is that when things are non-controversial and beautifully coordinated, there is not much going on]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45156]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Bigotry's] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots and schemes are hatched for the persecution and oppression of other human beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shouldn't have trusted her. It was wrong, I've realized it now. But she was there, she was friendly, she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shouldn't have trusted her. It was wrong, I've realized it now. But she was there, she was friendly, she was warm, someone I thought I could trust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34212]]></link><description><![CDATA[yet the ratings kept going down. We finally figured it out; people don't dislike John, they're just tired of bad news. When they flip on the TV, they want to get AWAY from their problems, not hear about people getting thrown overboard tied to their boat anchor or working out so they can strangle innocent kids faster and better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48947]]></link><description><![CDATA[If gaming does an aged sire entice, Then my young master swiftly learns the vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56194]]></link><description><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigged,   Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats    Instinctively have quit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24793]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who foretells the future lies, even if he tells the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710   Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710   Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God's gift of himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62247]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think it hits you when you're in the audience how big a crowd actually is. When we look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42665]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think it hits you when you're in the audience how big a crowd actually is. When we look out at Carnegie Hall, we will feel so small in comparison (to the audience). But then you realize you're there because you worked so hard for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Bright portals of the sky, Emboss'd with sparkling stars, Doors of eternity, With diamantine bars, Your arras rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7445]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY Bright portals of the sky, Emboss'd with sparkling stars, Doors of eternity, With diamantine bars, Your arras rich uphold, Loose all your bolts and springs, Ope wide your leaves of gold, That in your roofs may come the King of Kings. O well-spring of this All! Thy Father's image vive; Word, that from nought did call What is, doth reason, live; The soul's eternal food, Earth's joy, delight of heaven; All truth, love, beauty, good: To thee, to thee be praises ever given! O glory of the heaven! O sole delight of earth! To thee all power be given, God's uncreated birth! Of mankind lover true, Indearer of his wrong, Who doth the world renew, Still be thou our salvation and our song!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when we think we lead, we are most led. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24476]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when we think we lead, we are most led.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24476</guid></item></channel></rss>