<?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[When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28684]]></link><description><![CDATA[When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46633]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes last is commonly best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55585]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my gossip Report be an honest woman of her word. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never measure the height of a mountain until you have reached the top. Then you will see how low it was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35802]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we can do for another is the test of powers; what we can suffer is the test of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rules are mostly made to be broken and are too often for the lazy to hide behind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we did but know how little some enjoy of the great things that they possess, there would not be much envy in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what has worked with what sounded good. In area after area- crime, education, housing, race relations- the situation has gotten worse after the bright new theories were put into operation. The amazing thing is that this history of failure and disaster has neither discouraged the social engineers nor discredited them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17030]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43219]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training is all-encompassing and should be related to everything a unit does, or can have happen to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Training is all-encompassing and should be related to everything a unit does, or can have happen to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27233]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, fathers just have a way of putting everything together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33151]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15946]]></link><description><![CDATA[In suggesting gifts: Money is appropriate, and one size fits all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat  The stronger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59691]]></link><description><![CDATA[But noble souls, through dust and heat, Rise from disaster and defeat  The stronger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49401]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that takes not up a pin, slights his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mmm... Organized Crime ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mmm... Organized Crime]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30652]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think that there's at least an interesting discussion to have in the industry as to whether or not there is a need to have this higher operating authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66731]]></link><description><![CDATA[And finally Winter, with its bitin', whinin' wind, and all the land will be mantled with snow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57120]]></link><description><![CDATA[If my soldiers were to begin to think, not one would remain in the ranks]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1892]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32881]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've done a pretty good job given that it was a very promotional year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61807]]></link><description><![CDATA[What silly people wits are! [Lat., Que les gens d'esprit sont betes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few women care to be laughed at and men not at all, except for large sums of money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  Peace comes when there is no cloud between ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Chad, Abbot of Lastingham, Bishop of Lichfield, Missionary, 672  Peace comes when there is no cloud between us and God. Peace is the consequence of forgiveness, God's removal of that which obscures His face and so breaks union with Him. The happy sequence culminating in fellowship with God is penitence, pardon, and peace -- the first we offer, the second we accept, and the third we inherit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they find (whoever is responsible) in the next 24 hours, so I can get rid of them. I'd rather have an empty apartment than a bad tenant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[General wisdom is not a threat to the gospel, because everything good traces to God. God is merciful and kind; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6547]]></link><description><![CDATA[General wisdom is not a threat to the gospel, because everything good traces to God. God is merciful and kind; he bestows truth, as well as rain and sunshine, upon the just and the unjust. Christ is the "true light that enlightens every man". This bestowal should inspire feelings of joy, not resentment, in the heart of a Christian. Aristotle said many wise things about logic, Confucius many wise things about morals. When a Christian attacks general wisdom in the name of the gospel, the natural man will attack the gospel in the name of general wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53498]]></link><description><![CDATA[True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57380]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much truth can a spirit bear, how much truth can a spirit dare? ... that became for me more and more the real measure of value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May  New blooming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May  New blooming blossoms 'neath the sun are born,   And all poor April's charms are swept away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5692]]></link><description><![CDATA[And thou I bestow all my good to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or something better of the same sort, must form a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life isn't all beer and skittles; but beer and skittles or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two ill meales make the third a glutton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two ill meales make the third a glutton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise Throughout all ages owned,  When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise Throughout all ages owned,  When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod,   And high o'er heaven was throned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This act calls for parental notification to one parent before a minor obtains an abortion, but New Hampshire law also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39781]]></link><description><![CDATA[This act calls for parental notification to one parent before a minor obtains an abortion, but New Hampshire law also contains exceptions and provides adequate safeguards to protect any minor facing emergent health risks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41302]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pressure is growing inside the system to contain him and to pass these four years as quickly as possible without too much damage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And this be the vocation fit, For which the founder fashioned it;  High, high above earth's life, earth's labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4126]]></link><description><![CDATA[And this be the vocation fit, For which the founder fashioned it;  High, high above earth's life, earth's labor   E'en to the heaven's blue vault to soar.    To hover as the thunder's neighbor,     The very firmament explore.      To be a voice as from above       Like yonder stars so bright and clear,        That praise their Maker as they move,         And usher in the circling year.          Tun'd be its metal mouth alone           To things eternal and sublime.            And as the swift wing'd hours speed on             May it record the flight of time!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479]]></link><description><![CDATA[This shows that our law enforcers have yet to become serious about fighting corruption. In contrast, the people seem to have more enthusiasm to bring graft cases out into the open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither praise nor dispraise thy selfe, thy actins serve the turne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54660]]></link><description><![CDATA[If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54660</guid></item></channel></rss>