<?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[With hand on the spade and heart in the sky Dress the ground and till it;  Turn in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62085]]></link><description><![CDATA[With hand on the spade and heart in the sky Dress the ground and till it;  Turn in the little seed, brown and dry,   Turn out the golden millet.    Work, and your house shall be duly fed:     Work, and rest shall be won;      I hold that a man had better be dead       Than alive when his work is done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30585]]></link><description><![CDATA[When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20655]]></link><description><![CDATA['Impossible' is not a scientific term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers! O for an iceberg or two at control!  O for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58264]]></link><description><![CDATA[O for a lodge in a garden of cucumbers! O for an iceberg or two at control!  O for a vale that at midday the dew cumbers!   O for a pleasure trip up to the pole!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36411]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as I accepted my captaincy I knew I wanted Marie-Laure to be my vice captain. I am so pleased that she agreed. Marie-Laure is a great friend, she has a huge amount of experience and she will bring a lot to the team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  The glory of God is a living man; and the life of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  The glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever does not destroy me makes me stronger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40045]]></link><description><![CDATA[This case was brought by his family to justice and is handled by the judiciary, which is independent. But the government of Afghanistan is still committed to the respect of human rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the law of supply and demand. Demand is down, supply is up, so the price is down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the law of supply and demand. Demand is down, supply is up, so the price is down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17488]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27480]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none: for salvation, but it is far off from us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call;  For what is worth, in anything, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62323]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call;  For what is worth, in anything,   But so much money as 't will bring?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may -make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29719]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the independents are doing well because they've found their special niche and can do it for less than a lot of the major chains can and they've been able to capitalize on it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15368]]></link><description><![CDATA[What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45912]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our friends, the enemy. [Fr., Nos amis, les ennemis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  Our thoughtful observer who is outside the Churches has done a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  Our thoughtful observer who is outside the Churches has done a good deal of thinking on his own. The discoveries of modern physical and biological science, of astronomy, and of psychology, have profoundly influenced his conception of the "size" of God. If there be a Mind behind the immense complexities of the phenomena that man can observe, then it is that of a Being tremendous in His power and wisdom: it is emphatically not that of a little god. It is perfectly conceivable that such a Being has a moral purpose which is being worked out on the stage of this small planet. It is even possible to believe that such a God deliberately reduced Himself to the stature of humanity in order to visit the earth in Person, as all Christians affirm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17913]]></link><description><![CDATA[There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the person who year after year reaches the highest limits in his field.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy costs are a growing concern among Maine?s working families. Providing contractors with information on how to build energy-efficient homes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy costs are a growing concern among Maine?s working families. Providing contractors with information on how to build energy-efficient homes will give them the tools to meet the needs of homeowners seeking to reduce energy costs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's just one of those things, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31388]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's just one of those things,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger. [Ephesians 4:26].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He [Greenspan] is going to say we're not in a recession, but the risks are very, very high, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37045]]></link><description><![CDATA[He [Greenspan] is going to say we're not in a recession, but the risks are very, very high,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series of verse on Christ:   ... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series of verse on Christ:   ... They haled him, trembling, to the Judgement Seat.  "O Lord, behold the man who made the nails that pierced Thy feet!"  The Master laid a thin, scarred hand upon the shame-bowed head.  "They were good nails," he said...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15691]]></link><description><![CDATA[One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers have enabled people to make more mistakes faster than almost any invention in history, with the possible exception of tequila and hand guns]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... being a Linux user is sort of like living in a house inhabited by a large family of carpenters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25150]]></link><description><![CDATA[... being a Linux user is sort of like living in a house inhabited by a large family of carpenters and architects. Every morning when you wake up, the house is a little different. Maybe there is a new turret, or some walls have moved. Or perhaps someone has temporarily removed the floor under your bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I scored a lot in high school. Changing from a shooting guard to a point guard is different. You have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29688]]></link><description><![CDATA[I scored a lot in high school. Changing from a shooting guard to a point guard is different. You have the ball as much, but it?s not to score. It?s to assist people in scoring.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our pitchers were missing spots. When you miss spots against a team like that, they make you pay. It unraveled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our pitchers were missing spots. When you miss spots against a team like that, they make you pay. It unraveled from there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59781]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's common for fissures to occur, in the last days of any administration. Many leaders no longer feel beholden to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32950]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's common for fissures to occur, in the last days of any administration. Many leaders no longer feel beholden to the governor. They're also concerned about their next election -- and carrying the albatross of the previous administration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55845]]></link><description><![CDATA[And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise; And that it was great pity, so it was, This villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly; and but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We create our fate every day we live ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15363]]></link><description><![CDATA[We create our fate every day we live]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   Thus was the Cross of Christ, in St. Paul's day, the glory of Christians; not as it signified their not being ashamed to own a master that was crucified, but as it signified their glorying in a religion which was nothing else but a doctrine of the Cross that called them to the same suffering spirit, the same sacrifice of themselves, the same renunciation of the world, the same humility and meekness, the same patient bearing of injuries, reproaches and contempts, and the same dying to all the greatness, honours, and happiness of this world, which Christ showed on the Cross.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He seemed a cherub who had lost his way And wandered hither, so his stay  With us was short, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3645]]></link><description><![CDATA[He seemed a cherub who had lost his way And wandered hither, so his stay  With us was short, and 'twas most meet,   That he should be no delver in earth's clod,    Nor need to pause and cleanse his feet     To stand before his God:      O blest word--Evermore!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55557]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thank God for competition. When our competitors upset our plans or outdo our designs, they open infinite possibilities of our own work to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're particularly concerned with the lack of disclosure in the '50s, '60s and '70s around the potential damages of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35510]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're particularly concerned with the lack of disclosure in the '50s, '60s and '70s around the potential damages of this product.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news media] have helped create them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66642]]></link><description><![CDATA[As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12612]]></link><description><![CDATA[God heals, and the Doctor takes the Fees]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12612</guid></item></channel></rss>