<?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[Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knots was about the relationships that were built over many years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37120]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I picked up those little girls that drowned, all I could think about was my grandbabies,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners -- your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards -- who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35681]]></link><description><![CDATA[This airline is grateful for his extensive contributions and we will miss his friendship and support. We extend our deepest sympathies to the Casey family on its personal loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7279]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is only a higher moral truth; but to turn to Christ is far more important than to turn to higher moral truth: it is to turn the face towards Him in whom is all moral truth; it is to turn to HIm in whom is not only the virtue which corresponds to the known vice from which the penitent wishes to flee, but all virtue; it is to turn the face to all holiness, all purity, all grace. It was this repentance which the apostles preached after Pentecost.  ... Roland Allen, Pentecost and the World  ... Also see comments on this book in Bookworms August 23, 2000 Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617 Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly, To love his fellow men sincerely, To act from honest motives purely, To trust in God and heaven securely.   ... Henry van Dyke August 24, 2000 Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle Beginning a short series on the Bible:  The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46032]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be when you kill them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's jockeying to get a piece of what they hope is the big growth industry,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  I am not what I ought to be. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  I am not what I ought to be. I am not what I want to be. I am not what I hope to be. But still, I am not what I used to be. And by the grace of God, I am what I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever envies another confesses his superiority ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever envies another confesses his superiority]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then he will talk--good gods, how he will talk!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's projects that have been on the program and on hold for so many years,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11234]]></link><description><![CDATA[One might say, for example, that a patient has a kind of St Vitus's dance; a kind of dropsy; a kind of nerve fever; a kind of ague. One would never say, however (to end once and for all the confusion of these names) "He has St. Vitus's dance," "He has nerve fever," "He has dropsy," "He has ague," since there simply are not any fixed, unchanging diseases to be known by such names.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under any system, an element of discretions has to be exercised, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under any system, an element of discretions has to be exercised,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why have a cake if I can't eat it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why have a cake if I can't eat it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; You can't do that way when you're flying words.  "Careful with fire," is good advice we know   "Careful with words," is ten times doubly so.    Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead;     But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you count all your assets you always show a profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/85]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you count all your assets you always show a profit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/85</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the Mercies multiplied;  They sit at the Feet, they hear the Word, they see how truly the Promise runs;   They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and--the Lord He lays it on Martha's sons!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boys and the FrogsSome boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great, great relaxant at the end of the day to come in and get my aggression out and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great, great relaxant at the end of the day to come in and get my aggression out and leave it here. It feels great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every action in our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesters do oft prove prophets]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our content Is our best having. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our content Is our best having.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,  Still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field,  Still on their dinner turn--   Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home,    And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started very well but I got unlucky while he scored on almost every ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41638]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started very well but I got unlucky while he scored on almost every ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said it wur draains, For she hedn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56245]]></link><description><![CDATA[An' I thowt 'twur the will o' the Lord, but Miss Annie she said it wur draains, For she hedn't naw coomfut in 'er, an' arn'd naw thanks fur 'er paains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. -W. B. Yeats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10020]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was an awful rainbow once in heaven; We know her woof, her texture; she is given  In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52949]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was an awful rainbow once in heaven; We know her woof, her texture; she is given  In the dull catalogue of common things.   Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, a little more tepid than what markets were expecting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, a little more tepid than what markets were expecting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though those that are betrayed Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor  Stands in worse case of woe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though those that are betrayed Do feel the treason sharply, yet the traitor  Stands in worse case of woe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Envy not greatness: for thou mak'st thereby Thyself the worse, and so the distance greater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remedy for wrongs is to forget them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remedy for wrongs is to forget them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a great win for Cliff. His opponent is a tough guy from a tough gym and is one of the top fighters at that gym, but Cliff had the endurance. He had a lot of heart and persevered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You said in [the preliminary hearing] that it looked like the gun flipped past her onto the floor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38148]]></link><description><![CDATA[You said in [the preliminary hearing] that it looked like the gun flipped past her onto the floor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27595]]></link><description><![CDATA[To some of us, hunger was more academic than real, but we must try to develop the ability to feel the urgency of such a situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches only the teachable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches only the teachable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look back, and smile on perils past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look back, and smile on perils past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9474]]></link><description><![CDATA[An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A DEEP-SWORN VOWOthers because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine; Yet always when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A DEEP-SWORN VOWOthers because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine; Yet always when I look death in the face, When I clamber to the heights of sleep, Or when I grow excited with wine, Suddenly I meet your face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, The fields his study, nature was his book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strange to the world, he wore a bashful look, The fields his study, nature was his book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soccer is simple, but it is difficult to play simple.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13122]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43353]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the modern, intelligent, independent-type woman. In other words, a girl who can not get a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All team members know we have a responsibility to get help for guests who ask. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29268]]></link><description><![CDATA[All team members know we have a responsibility to get help for guests who ask.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29268</guid></item></channel></rss>