<?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[At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows;  But like of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8646]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Christmas I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shows;  But like of each thing that in season grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You never find yourself until you face the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2072]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never find yourself until you face the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concentrated political power is the most dangerous thing on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back of ninety-nine out of one-hundred assertions that a thing cannot be done is nothing, but the unwillingness to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three;  "Pull, if ye never pulled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three;  "Pull, if ye never pulled before;   Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.    "Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells!     Ply all your changes, all your swells,      Play uppe The Brides of Enderby."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut quisque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut quisque est vir optimus, ita difficillime esse alios improbos suspicatur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sincere student of Scripture cannot avoid the truth of God's choice of individuals from among the sinful race of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6359]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sincere student of Scripture cannot avoid the truth of God's choice of individuals from among the sinful race of men. We may not understand this, but we must never deny it. Scripture is filled with this great truth: it is not an isolated doctrine of the Word.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on Romans 8:   [Of vv. 4-13]   You must not understand flesh here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on Romans 8:   [Of vv. 4-13]   You must not understand flesh here as denoting only unchastity or spirit as denoting only the inner heart. Here St. Paul calls flesh (as does Christ in John 3) everything born of flesh, i.e. the whole human being with body and soul, reason and senses, since everything in him tends toward the flesh. That is why you should know enough to call that person "fleshly" who, without grace, fabricates, teaches and chatters about high spiritual matters. You can learn the same thing from Galatians, chapter 5, where St. Paul calls heresy and hatred works of the flesh. And in Romans, chapter 8, he says that, through the flesh, the law is weakened. He says this, not of unchastity, but of all sins, most of all of unbelief, which is the most spiritual of vices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11100]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, 'Don't worry about finding the right woman- concentrate on becoming the right man.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make aliving. The other should teach us how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21092]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make aliving. The other should teach us how to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have read somewhere or other, in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think, that history is philosophy teaching by examples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor ; spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12356]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have neither the pretension to solve all the problems of these deaf children nor the intention to sit down and feel sorry for these poor children, knowing that we could have made a difference in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45167]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Friend is someone who will help you move; A GOOD friend is someone who will help you move a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17003]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Friend is someone who will help you move; A GOOD friend is someone who will help you move a body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are gentlemen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11789]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated...it is finished when it surrenders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you ain't got no money, you gotta get an attitude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let my enemies devour each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let my enemies devour each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19206]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great deal of human nature in man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19931]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great deal of human nature in man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you understand life----you understand life's potential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you understand life----you understand life's potential.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's something the defense can hang their hat on. We're trying to establish our character and our identity. This was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28379]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's something the defense can hang their hat on. We're trying to establish our character and our identity. This was a great game, especially for our defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,Each note of which calls like a little sister,Those airs slow, slow ascending, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices,Each note of which calls like a little sister,Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreathsRise from the hearthstones of our native hamletsCyrano Act 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adaptability: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adaptability: A wise man adapts himself to circumstances as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49088]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wolfe will never make war against another wolfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kiss you take is paid by that you give: The joy is mutual, and I'm still in debt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is reacting to worries over supplies during the coming driving season. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is reacting to worries over supplies during the coming driving season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee Which bore my Love away  I'le seek him in your Bonnet brave, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3905]]></link><description><![CDATA[For pitty, Sir, find out that Bee Which bore my Love away  I'le seek him in your Bonnet brave,   I'le seek him in your eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're getting a little out of hand, a little ridiculous. I still like a couple of them, but it gets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29453]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're getting a little out of hand, a little ridiculous. I still like a couple of them, but it gets old after a while.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're doing exactly what the City Council has asked us to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40677]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're doing exactly what the City Council has asked us to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am still progressing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am still progressing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not treasured wealth, nor the consul's lictor, can dispel the mind's bitter conflicts and the cares that flit, like bats, about your fretted roofs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be seen in the frying of the eggs. [Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be seen in the frying of the eggs. [Sp., Al freir de los huevos lo vera.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're in the minority. They're on the fringe and we need to keep them there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39499]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're in the minority. They're on the fringe and we need to keep them there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65168]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every conceivable manner, the family is link to our past, bridge to our future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every fool finds a greater one to admire them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fool finds a greater one to admire them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17860]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Lyons skin is never cheape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Lyons skin is never cheape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11532]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice au mensonge.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great acts are made up of small deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great acts are made up of small deeds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fesaunt excedeth all fowles in sweetnesse and holsomnesse, and is equall to capon in nourishynge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tresses, that wear Jewels, but to declare  How much themselves more precious are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tresses, that wear Jewels, but to declare  How much themselves more precious are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18583</guid></item></channel></rss>