<?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[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941  Paul does not forbid you to use rites and ceremonies, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Maximilian Kolbe, Franciscan Friar, Priest, Martyr, 1941  Paul does not forbid you to use rites and ceremonies, but it is not his wish that he who is free in Christ should be bound by them. He does not condemn the law of works if only one uses it lawfully. Without these things perhaps you will not be pious; but they do not make you pious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make the coming hour o'erflow with joy, And pleasure drown the brim. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make the coming hour o'erflow with joy, And pleasure drown the brim. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't choose up sides on a round world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21511]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't choose up sides on a round world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started out with nothing. I still have most of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started out with nothing. I still have most of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the ultimate weapon of power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But over all things brooding slept The quiet sense of something lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25586]]></link><description><![CDATA[But over all things brooding slept The quiet sense of something lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3327]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire.  I cried, "Behold! the barren beach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun was down, And all the west was paved with sullen fire.  I cried, "Behold! the barren beach of hell   At ebb of tide."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65638]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54630]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54630</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[Therefore they thought it good for hear a play And frame your mind to mirth and merriment,  Which bars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore they thought it good for hear a play And frame your mind to mirth and merriment,  Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were just hanging around. I just didn't feel comfortable with our lead at the half. That third quarter really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37888]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were just hanging around. I just didn't feel comfortable with our lead at the half. That third quarter really helped us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50153]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may cry, Church! Church! at ev'ry word, With no pore piety than other people--  A daw's not reckoned a religious bird   Because it keeps a-cawing from a steeple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is not diminished by being shared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is not diminished by being shared.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52229</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[The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.  His preaching much, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48083]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proud he tam'd, the penitent he cheer'd: Nor to rebuke the rich offender fear'd.  His preaching much, but more his practice wrought;   (A living sermon of the truths he taught:)    For this by rules severe his life he squar'd:     That all might see the doctrines which they heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preaching is heady wine. It is pleasant to tell people where they get off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness. - The Art of Being Ruled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sadistic excess attempts to reach roughly and by harshness what art reaches by fineness. - The Art of Being Ruled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This guelder rose, at far too slight a beck Of the wind, will toss about her flower-apples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54424]]></link><description><![CDATA[This guelder rose, at far too slight a beck Of the wind, will toss about her flower-apples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;  And all who told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54555]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flying rumours gather'd as the roll'd, Scarce any tale was sooner heard than told;  And all who told it added something new.   And all who heard it made enlargements too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46046]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the best year as far as vehicles produced and sold, probably one of the worst in terms of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the best year as far as vehicles produced and sold, probably one of the worst in terms of corresponding profitability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22966]]></link><description><![CDATA[INTIMACY, n. A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It feels good to know you've got this time to know you're going to be in the top 20. We're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35235]]></link><description><![CDATA[It feels good to know you've got this time to know you're going to be in the top 20. We're going to have to work hard in (winter) mat drills, things like that, to hopefully keep it there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children have more need of models than critics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children have more need of models than critics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is entrusted to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ears that gape after secrets retain not faithfully what is entrusted to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What were vices have become the fashion of the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51209]]></link><description><![CDATA[What were vices have become the fashion of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea! thou soft, thou sober, sage, and venerable liquid, . . . thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, heart-opening, wind-tippling cordial, to whose glorious insipidity I owe the happiest moment of my life, let me fall prostrate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a man is on hand, a woman tends to stop believing in her own beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27155]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once a man is on hand, a woman tends to stop believing in her own beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our common life is not a common course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6928]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our common life is not a common course of humility, self-denial, renunciation of the world, poverty of spirit, and heavenly affection, we do not live the lives of Christians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All impediments in fancy's course Are motives of more fancy. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55731]]></link><description><![CDATA[All impediments in fancy's course Are motives of more fancy. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64985]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter is the shortest distance between two people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is through dying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Boniface (Wynfrith) of Crediton, Archbishop of Mainz, Apostle of Germany, Martyr, 754  It is through dying to concern for self that we are born to new life with God and others; in such dying and rebirth, we find that life is lent to be spent; and in such spending of what we are lent, we find there is an infinite supply.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,  This many summers in a sea of glory, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,  This many summers in a sea of glory,   But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride    At length broke under me, and now has left me,     Weary and old with service, to the mercy      Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer  In the earthen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48069]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the preacher's merit or demerit, It were to be wished that the flaws were fewer  In the earthen vessel, holding treasure,   But the main thing is, does it hold good measure    Heaven soon sets right all other matters!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's really a robust mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32596]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's really a robust mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget all time: All seasons and their change, all please alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10101]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget all time: All seasons and their change, all please alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5823]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5823</guid></item></channel></rss>