<?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[Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men after death are understood worse than men of the present, but heard better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find,- nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44056]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would eat the kernel, must crack the shell. [Lat., Qui e nuce nucleum esse vult, frangat nucem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20802]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing or in disbelieving; it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64286]]></link><description><![CDATA[When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water which is too pure has no fish ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water which is too pure has no fish]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel like I could fly, I am so happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel like I could fly, I am so happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is rocking, the skies are riven-- Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion,  Is breaking the crystal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is rocking, the skies are riven-- Jove in a passion, in god-like fashion,  Is breaking the crystal urns of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66011]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why was I born with such contemporaries? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why was I born with such contemporaries?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is not anything I know which hath done more mischief to Religion... than the disparaging of Reason, under pretense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8300]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is not anything I know which hath done more mischief to Religion... than the disparaging of Reason, under pretense of respect and favour to it. For hereby the very Foundations of Christian Faith have been undermined, and the World prepared for Atheism. And if Reason must not be beard, the Being of a God, and the Authority of Scripture, can neither be proved nor defended; and so our Faith drops to the Ground like a House that hath no Foundation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm religiously opposed to religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm religiously opposed to religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.(on whether he had visited the Parthenon during ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't really remember the names of the clubs that we went to.(on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60951]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're taking action to protect the city up to 52 feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29943]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're taking action to protect the city up to 52 feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53194]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11832]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not accept; if drafted, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5593]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were a little lazy in the first half. Coming off the weekend we were a little down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32166]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were a little lazy in the first half. Coming off the weekend we were a little down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of politics in the ensuing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearly, issues of ethics and corruption will be playing a significant role in our discussions of politics in the ensuing months. The longer this goes on, the more pressure on candidates from both parties to discuss how they will clean up the system.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9960]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships based on obligation lack dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships based on obligation lack dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, definitely. We'll have to see what the defense files, but we plan to bring it back to trial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, definitely. We'll have to see what the defense files, but we plan to bring it back to trial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the Mass the matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62299]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the Mass the matters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3176]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Every true prayer has its background and its foreground. The foreground of prayer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Every true prayer has its background and its foreground. The foreground of prayer is the intense, immediate desire for a certain blessing which seems to be absolutely necessary for the soul to have; the background of prayer is the quiet, earnest desire that the will of God, whatever it may be, should be done. What a picture is the perfect prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane! In front burns the strong desire to escape death and to live; but behind there stands, calm and strong, the craving of the whole life for the doing of the will of God... Leave out the foreground, let there be no expression of the will of him who prays, and there is left a pure submission which is almost fatalism. Leave out the background, let there be no acceptance of the will of God, and the prayer is only an expression of self-will, a petulant claiming of the uncorrected choice of him who prays. Only when the two are there together, the special desire resting on the universal submission, the universal submission opening into the special desire, is the picture perfect and the prayer complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20432]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50726]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics makes estranged bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics makes estranged bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The focus should be on making sure that the Palestinian infiltration is studied by the government and that it takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42617]]></link><description><![CDATA[The focus should be on making sure that the Palestinian infiltration is studied by the government and that it takes responsibility for how to deal with the situation,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take it personally. The nation's Guardian readers all just arrived at our incredibly right-on jobs and are wondering if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take it personally. The nation's Guardian readers all just arrived at our incredibly right-on jobs and are wondering if drinking seven fair trade coffees in a row will make us feel better about third world debt. It's hard to get involved in a game between a porcine American and small, dull looking Belgian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16610]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; garlands from window to window; golden chains from star to star, and I dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19832]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some couples go over their budgets very carefully every month. Others just go over them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Y'ought to hyeah dat gal a-warblin' Robins, la'ks an' all dem things  Heish de mouffs an' hides dey faces ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Y'ought to hyeah dat gal a-warblin' Robins, la'ks an' all dem things  Heish de mouffs an' hides dey faces   When Malindy sings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65908]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loathe the expression "What makes him tick." It is the American mind, looking for simple and singular solution, that uses the foolish expression. A person not only ticks, he also chimes and strikes the hour, falls and breaks and has to be put together again, and sometimes stops like an electric clock in a thunderstorm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;  An' what he thought 'e ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46641]]></link><description><![CDATA[When 'Omer smote 'is bloomin' lyre, He'd 'eard men sing by land an' sea;  An' what he thought 'e might require,   'E went an' took--the same as me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our Lord's words and actions is possible if we persist in denying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever notice that life seems to follow certain patterns? Like I noticed that every year around this time, I hear Christmas music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Dennis. I want Dennis long-term. I love what Dennis does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40687]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Dennis. I want Dennis long-term. I love what Dennis does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40687</guid></item></channel></rss>