<?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[No man is born an Artist nor an Angler. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16085]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is born an Artist nor an Angler.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complete adaptation to environment means death. The essential point in all response is the desire to control environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the number of a man's friends, there will be times in his life when he has one too few; but if he has only one enemy, he is lucky indeed if he has not one too many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was frustrating because I didn't know how he died. I felt it was a suspicious death, the way he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41893]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was frustrating because I didn't know how he died. I felt it was a suspicious death, the way he fell down. The TV in his room was knocked off its stand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until the county has a hospital, industry is not going to come here. Industries want to be able to provide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36998]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until the county has a hospital, industry is not going to come here. Industries want to be able to provide medical care for their workers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/790]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a wise man gives thee better counsel, give me mine again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we see celebrity's ugly messes, including their drug and alcohol abuse, which, for many who admire these people, translates into a very dangerous message.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With me, it's just about playing football. I look at it like, when you're a kid, you're just out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39144]]></link><description><![CDATA[With me, it's just about playing football. I look at it like, when you're a kid, you're just out there playing football. That's what you want to do. Just be out there on the field. Whatever position they put me at, I'll play it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somebody took something that belonged to us, that we had taken care of. That's the frustrating part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somebody took something that belonged to us, that we had taken care of. That's the frustrating part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's still frustrating to us that a national environmental organization that's never seen it or knows nothing about it is trying to preserve a piece of land that's got oil wells all over it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dawn: When men of reason go to bed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, before I commit a sin, it seems to me so shallow that I may wade through it dry-shod from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, before I commit a sin, it seems to me so shallow that I may wade through it dry-shod from any guiltiness; but when I have committed it, it often seems so deep that I cannot escape without drowning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't beat somebody with nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36855]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't beat somebody with nobody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36855</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[Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In order to grow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Larger U.S. retailers have recognized for a number of years that the domestic market is mature. In order to grow sales, they have to look outside of the U.S.. China, however, is a big emerging opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! well away! Seasons flower and fade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! well away! Seasons flower and fade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3428]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19215]]></link><description><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7325]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance.  Lesse at thine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least: For wit is news only to ignorance.  Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest   Thy person share, and the conceit advance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first woman was created from the rib of a man. She was not made from his head to top him, nor from his feet to be trampled on by him, but out of his side to be equal to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the same boat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9111]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the same boat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I was ever in my teens, I knew exactly what I wanted to be when I grew up. My goal was to be the greatest athlete that ever lived.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14483]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow.Fruit flies like a banana. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time flies like an arrow.Fruit flies like a banana.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56403]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50538]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17460]]></link><description><![CDATA[My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The story of a love is not important - what is important is that one is capable of love. It is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Traffic is like a bad dog. It isn't important to look both ways when crossing the street. It's more important to not show fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are the touchstones of our character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are the touchstones of our character.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58658]]></link><description><![CDATA[One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will be able to actually walk where the villagers walked and explore the mound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33879]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will be able to actually walk where the villagers walked and explore the mound.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look to the past for guidance into the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look to the past for guidance into the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bat and the WeaselsA BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bat and the WeaselsA BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, you have no other proof but your word. So I hope they are going to believe her, as they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, you have no other proof but your word. So I hope they are going to believe her, as they believed me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25987]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fir-Tree and the BrambleA fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses. The Bramble answered: 'You poor creature, if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down, you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble, not a Fir-Tree. Better poverty without care, than riches with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ordinary person can simply walk into a shop and feel that they can participate in helping the needy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35791]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ordinary person can simply walk into a shop and feel that they can participate in helping the needy by simply buying a perfume.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41595]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41759]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379   All angels, all saints, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379   All angels, all saints, all the devils, all the world shall know all the deeds that ever thou didest, though thou have been shriven of them and contrite. But this knowledge shall be no shame to thee if that thou be saved, but rather a witness to God -- right as we read of the deeds of Mary Magdalene [as] her witness to God and not to her reproof.   ... Middle English Sermons  July 20, 2002 Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566   Our union with God -- his presence with us, in which our aloneness is banished and the meaning and full purpose of human existence is realized -- consists chiefly in a conversational relationship with God while we are each consistently and deeply engaged as his friend and colaborer in the affairs of the kingdom of the heavens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a good poet's made, as well as born, And such wast thou! Look how the father's face  Lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55325]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a good poet's made, as well as born, And such wast thou! Look how the father's face  Lives in his issue; even so the race   Of Shakespeare's mind and manner brightly shine    In his well-turned and true-filed lines;     In each of which he seems to shake a lance,      As brandished at the eyes of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55325</guid></item></channel></rss>