<?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[The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28895]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safest way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their silence cries aloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their silence cries aloud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20338]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valor, gradually overpowered by the delicious poison of sloth, grows torpid. [Lat., Blandoque veneno  Desidiae virtus paullatim evicta senescit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some make a conscience of spitting in the Church, yet robbe the Altar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about them? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ninety percent of the things we tend to worry about we have no control over, so why worry about them?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49687]]></link><description><![CDATA[One father is enough to governe one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50862]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning men deal in generalizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning men deal in generalizations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3103]]></link><description><![CDATA[The different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great necessities call forth great leaders. -Abigail Adams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56425]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And this I know; whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,  One flash ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25057]]></link><description><![CDATA[And this I know; whether the one True Light Kindle to Love, or Wrath consume me quite,  One flash of it within the Tavern caught   Better than in the temple lost outright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60753]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  Let no one suppose that we may attain to this true light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Charles Simeon, Pastor, Teacher, 1836  Let no one suppose that we may attain to this true light and perfect knowledge, or life of Christ, by much questioning, or by hearsay, or by reading and study, nor yet by high skill and great learning. Yea, so long as a man taketh account of anything which is this or that, whether it be himself, or any other creature; or doeth anything, or frameth a purpose, for the sake of his own likings or desires or opinions or ends, he cometh not unto the life of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18225]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was able to go to Iraq.. to the place my son died..and fill my promise to my wife to put a crucifix onthe spot.. and bring home some of the blooddrenched dirt..and plant a white rose bush in itMilitary Families Speak Out.. broadcast on C Span.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42752]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46598]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FORTY DAYS is a social, spiritual and learning experiment in which people experience the intensity of monastic life. The purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32900]]></link><description><![CDATA[FORTY DAYS is a social, spiritual and learning experiment in which people experience the intensity of monastic life. The purpose is not religious conversion per se, but it is to expose people to the reality of unplugging from modern life completely and creating the opportunity to explore their beliefs in a contemplative environment. The tone of the series will be thoughtful and respectful to the brothers and sisters who have made their monastery home to our production team and the participants in the series.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43205]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's love Is mighty, but a mother's heart is weak,  And by its weakness overcomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are like wine. Some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God dropped a spark down into everyone, And if we find and fan it to a blaze,  It'll spring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53821]]></link><description><![CDATA[God dropped a spark down into everyone, And if we find and fan it to a blaze,  It'll spring up and glow, like--like the sun,   And light the wandering out of stony ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the rights of women, the greatest is to be a mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25948]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2723]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I do mean to say, I have heard her declare, When at the same moment she had on a dress  Which cost five hundred dollars, and not a cent less,   And jewelry worth tem times more, I should guess,    That he had not a thing in the wide world to wear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a million miles away from rock and roll, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36656]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a million miles away from rock and roll,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This, this is misery! the last, the worst, That man can feel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42760]]></link><description><![CDATA[This, this is misery! the last, the worst, That man can feel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disease is an experience of mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body. Divine Science takes away this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disease is an experience of mortal mind. It is fear made manifest on the body. Divine Science takes away this physical sense of discord, just as it removes a sense of moral or mental inharmony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The active part of man consists of powerful instincts, some of which are gentle and continuous; others violent and short; some baser, some nobler, and all necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theory provides the maps that turn an uncoordinated set of experiments or computer simulations into a cumulative exploration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theory provides the maps that turn an uncoordinated set of experiments or computer simulations into a cumulative exploration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19841]]></link><description><![CDATA[An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others had contacted her, but these were the two others she seriously considered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others had contacted her, but these were the two others she seriously considered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have no idea what's going on in industry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36012]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have no idea what's going on in industry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's about always showing new stuff. Do not become stagnant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40624]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's about always showing new stuff. Do not become stagnant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22275]]></link><description><![CDATA[No person is ever good for much, that hasn't been swept off their feet by enthusiasm between ages twenty and thirty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Would you kick an opponent when he was down? Yes, if I thought he might get up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one inevitable criterion of judgment touching religious faith in doctrinal matters. Can you reduce it to practice? If not, have none of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: for surely this hudling of many meats one upon another of divers tastes is pestiferous. But sundrie sauces are more dangerous than that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the cat] nine lives instead of one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5311]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been the providence of Nature to give this creature [the cat] nine lives instead of one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of them seem to convince themselves that this is a relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of them seem to convince themselves that this is a relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Central depth of purple, Leaves more bright than rose,  Who shall tell what brightest thought   Out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Central depth of purple, Leaves more bright than rose,  Who shall tell what brightest thought   Out of darkness grows?    Who, through what funereal pain,     Souls to love and peace attain?   - Leigh Hunt (James Henry Leigh Hunt),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope, withering, fled--and Mercy sighed farewell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard, than in the tombs of the Capulets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18213]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard, than in the tombs of the Capulets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting full periods together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're playing okay but we haven't put 60 minutes together. We're inconsistent and we're not putting full periods together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54232</guid></item></channel></rss>