<?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[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51073]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1286]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain That can't be kissed into smiles again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63228]]></link><description><![CDATA[All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But certain winds will make men's temper bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61643]]></link><description><![CDATA[But certain winds will make men's temper bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41296]]></link><description><![CDATA[We follow the parliament and will definitely implement its bills,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57380]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,  Long may thy hardy sons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25953]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,  Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil   Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, good digestion wait on appetite, and health on both!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My great concern is that the tax will not benefit anyone because trading activity will decrease and the revenue collected ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35877]]></link><description><![CDATA[My great concern is that the tax will not benefit anyone because trading activity will decrease and the revenue collected by the government will therefore fall as well, and the trading will go to other markets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   [In nineteenth-century America] religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   [In nineteenth-century America] religion became a matter of conduct, of good deeds, of works, with only a vague background of faith. It became highly functional, highly pragmatic; it became a guarantee of success, moral and material. "The proper study of mankind is man," was the evasion by which many American divines escaped the necessity for thought about God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50188]]></link><description><![CDATA[As many men as there are existing, so many are their different pursuits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something terrible happens, and you might say, "God help us!", or "Jesus Christ!" -- the poor, crippled prayers that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something terrible happens, and you might say, "God help us!", or "Jesus Christ!" -- the poor, crippled prayers that are hidden in the minor blasphemies of people for whom in every sense God is dead, except that they still have to speak to him, if only through clenched teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10068]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civilization in which there is not a continuous controversy about important issues is on the way to totalitarianism and death]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes 26 muscles to smile, and 62 muscles to frown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56666]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes 26 muscles to smile, and 62 muscles to frown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that serves, must serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49394]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that serves, must serve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it comes to finances, remember that there are no withholding taxes on the wages of sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness.Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness.Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means forcorrecting our misperceptions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who lies for you will lie against you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who lies for you will lie against you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that happens is a jolt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that happens is a jolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider  Of dusty and old titles, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61131]]></link><description><![CDATA[O great corrector of enormous times, Shaker of o'er-rank states, thou grand decider  Of dusty and old titles, that healest with blood   The earth when it is sick, and curest the world    O' the pleurisy of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44222]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mingle a little folly with your wisdom; a little nonsense now and then is pleasant. [Lat., Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem:  Dulce est desipere in loco.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And his best riches, ignorance of wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20415]]></link><description><![CDATA[And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12838]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fulfillment of the Lord's mercy does not depend upon believers' works, but... he fulfills the promise of salvation for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fulfillment of the Lord's mercy does not depend upon believers' works, but... he fulfills the promise of salvation for those who respond to his call with upright life, because in those who are directed to the good by his Spirit he recognizes the only genuine insignia of his children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39538]]></link><description><![CDATA[[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calculated risks of abuse are taken in order to preserve higher values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4432]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . I rarely draw what I see. I draw what I feel in my body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25418]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to "create" rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long open panegyric drags at best, And praise is only praise when well address'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  From time immemorial men have quenched their thirst with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929  From time immemorial men have quenched their thirst with water without knowing anything about its chemical constituents. In like manner we do not need to be instructed in all the mysteries of doctrine, but we do need to receive the Living Water which Jesus Christ will give us and which alone can satisfy our souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was so awesome. The work that we've put in during the season and out of season was great. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36499]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was so awesome. The work that we've put in during the season and out of season was great. When it comes to a climax like that, it makes it all worthwhile. You reflect back to when they weren't in shape and not doing the little things. When you see it all come together at the state meet, it is very rewarding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem is never finished, only abandoned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28006]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem is never finished, only abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is as effectually destroyed by bigotry as by indifference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38504]]></link><description><![CDATA[This merger accelerates our long-term earnings growth potential by expanding our Tennessee market. It will allow us to extend our growing Knoxville-based presence toward Chattanooga and on to our existing north Georgia franchise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46178</guid></item></channel></rss>