<?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[Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is deliberate confidence in the character of God whose ways you may not understand at the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's for sure. That's a tough format. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37697]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's for sure. That's a tough format.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense and beauty have close connections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44597]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense and beauty have close connections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress has not followed a straight ascending line, but a spiral with rhythms of progress and retrogression, of evolution and dissolution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51899]]></link><description><![CDATA[A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18544]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24373]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24373</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[We weren't even sure we were going to be here but to have the medals around our necks is just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30050]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't even sure we were going to be here but to have the medals around our necks is just amazing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How a farmer controls corn rootworm in Indiana really depends on what sort of pest pressure they face. In southern ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32133]]></link><description><![CDATA[How a farmer controls corn rootworm in Indiana really depends on what sort of pest pressure they face. In southern Indiana, most farmers wouldn't treat for it at all because there are very few corn rootworm larvae in that part of the state. In the moderate region in northeast and central Indiana, farmers may use soil insecticides or seed treatments for control. In the high pressure northwest corner of Indiana, most farmers use soil insecticides and some use seed treatments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32088]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[I used to believe] the government was the answer to all our problems. But the . . . government, I've ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23574]]></link><description><![CDATA[[I used to believe] the government was the answer to all our problems. But the . . . government, I've concluded, is now an insufferable jungle of self-serving bureaucrats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray,  A hapless lover courts thy lay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay, Nor quit for me the trembling spray,  A hapless lover courts thy lay,   Thy soothing, fond complaining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought it was an earthquake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36375]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought it was an earthquake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64186]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me an actress who isn't a personality and I'll show you a woman who isn't a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I saw the chair in design magazines. It was also in Child Magazine. The designers really thought about who their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I saw the chair in design magazines. It was also in Child Magazine. The designers really thought about who their user was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't even get an allowance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't even get an allowance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shout now! The months with loud acclaim, Take up the cry and send it forth;  May breathing sweet her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11567]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shout now! The months with loud acclaim, Take up the cry and send it forth;  May breathing sweet her Spring perfumes,   November thundering from the North.    With hands upraised, as with one voice,     They join their notes in grand accord;      Hail to December! say they all,       It gave to Earth our Christ the Lord!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107   Grace is the incomprehensible fact that God is well pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107   Grace is the incomprehensible fact that God is well pleased with a man, and that a man can rejoice in God. Only when grace is recognized to be incomprehensible is it grace. Grace exists, therefore, only where the Resurrection is reflected. Grace is the gift of Christ, who exposes the gulf which separates God and man, and, by exposing it, bridges it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids gave it all they had. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket, and we've had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32456]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids gave it all they had. We just couldn't put the ball in the basket, and we've had a hard time doing that all season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To each man at his birth nature has given some fault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50953]]></link><description><![CDATA[To each man at his birth nature has given some fault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's housing markets remained robust in early 2006, despite slightly higher mortgage rates. However, the dominant theme lurking beneath the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada's housing markets remained robust in early 2006, despite slightly higher mortgage rates. However, the dominant theme lurking beneath the national average results is clear signs that speculation has picked up in Western Canada, while housing markets in Central Canada appear to be coming in for a soft-landing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47274]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we let people see that kind of thing, there would never again be any war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self- determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football linemen are motivated by a more complicated, self- determining series of factors than the simple fear of humiliation in the public gaze, which is the emotion that galvanizes the backs and receivers]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rule goes that all prisoners can get remission as long as they have displayed good behavior, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36229]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rule goes that all prisoners can get remission as long as they have displayed good behavior,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortune.... Ah, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43341]]></link><description><![CDATA['Why don't you come up sometime 'n see me? I'm home every evening.... Come up. I'll tell your fortune.... Ah, you can be had.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944]]></link><description><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the Presence of God; and , being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wonderings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And from his ashes may be made The violet of his native land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51732]]></link><description><![CDATA[And from his ashes may be made The violet of his native land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642   It has pleased God that divine verities should not enter the heart through the understanding, but the understanding through the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47381]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new poll showed that if the election was held today, people would be confused because it is normally held in November.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27391]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jay is a guy who is always going to put the ball in play. He's a decent hitter, a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jay is a guy who is always going to put the ball in play. He's a decent hitter, a good hitter. Fortunately, with the bases loaded, he was able to hit a home run for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62982]]></link><description><![CDATA[I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
I got you to walk with me
I got you to talk with me
I got you to kiss goodnight
I got you to hold me tight
I got you, I won't let go
I got you to love me so
I got you babe!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the worse appear the better reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule . . . as making the worse appear the better reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32539]]></link><description><![CDATA[He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10099]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years' study of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Embarrassment of riches. [Fr., Embarras des richesse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Embarrassment of riches. [Fr., Embarras des richesse.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18514]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56268]]></link><description><![CDATA[But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The AstronomerAn astronomer used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1567]]></link><description><![CDATA[The AstronomerAn astronomer used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21134</guid></item></channel></rss>