<?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[Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Or my more dear immortal part,  Is not more fondly dear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48702]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Or my more dear immortal part,  Is not more fondly dear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The situation is getting worse day-by-day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34829]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation is getting worse day-by-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12758]]></link><description><![CDATA[When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  I throw myself down in my chamber, and I call in and invite God and His Angels thither; and when they are there, I neglect God and His Angels for the noise of a fly, for the rattling of a coach, for the whining of a door.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49940]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64171]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many victories worse than a defeat.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64714]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is the foundation of courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is the foundation of courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you play it safe in life, you've decided that you don't want to grow anymore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not about avoiding fish. It is about paying attention to the types and amount of fish you eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32908]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not about avoiding fish. It is about paying attention to the types and amount of fish you eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give my opinion not as being good, but as being my own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27993]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give my opinion not as being good, but as being my own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65765]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s often just enough to be with someone. I don’t need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You’re not alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57163]]></link><description><![CDATA[But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men, To hear, to see, to feel, and to possess,  And roam along, the world's tired denizen,   With none who bless us, none whom we can bless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher, 397   To the good man to die is gain. The foolish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, Teacher, 397   To the good man to die is gain. The foolish fear death as the greatest of evils, the wise desire it as a rest after labors and the end of ills.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54034]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship should be more than biting time can sever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion is the queen of the world. [Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion is the queen of the world. [Lat., Della opinione regina del mondo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven the news and prince of peace. Cease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet Which brought from heaven the news and prince of peace. Cease not, wet eyes, his mercies to entreat; To cry for vengeance sin doth never cease; In your deep floods drown all my faults and fears, Nor let his eye see sin but through my tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974 My God, how endless is Thy love! Thy gifts are every evening new, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974 My God, how endless is Thy love! Thy gifts are every evening new, And morning mercies from above Gently distill like early dew. Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great guardian of my sleeping hours; Thy sov'reign word restores the light, And quickens all my drowsy powers. I yield my powers to Thy command, To Thee I consecrate my days; Perpetual blessings from Thine hand Demand perpetual songs of praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[a snowball that turned into an avalanche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35459]]></link><description><![CDATA[a snowball that turned into an avalanche.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, space the beechen tree!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything comes to those who wait...except a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything comes to those who wait...except a cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men dislike a teaching which lays upon them strict moral requirements that check their natural desires. Yet they like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men dislike a teaching which lays upon them strict moral requirements that check their natural desires. Yet they like to be considered as Christians, and listen willingly to the hypocrites who preach that our righteousness is only that God holds us to be righteous, even if we are bad people, and that our righteousness is without us and not in us, for, according to such teaching, they can be counted as holy people. Woe to those who preach that men of sinful walk can not be considered pious; most are furious when they hear this, as we see and experience, and would like all such preachers to be driven away or even killed; but where that cannot be done, they strengthen their hypocrite preachers with praise, comfort, presents and protection, so that they may go on happily and give no place to the truth, however clear it may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59710]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not solitude, but perfect communion. For this reason the human person, the image of God, realizes himself or herself in love, which is a sincere gift of self.BENEDICT XVI, ANGELUS, Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, Sunday, 22 May 2005]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be who you are and be that well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be who you are and be that well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57763]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. [Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44571]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. [Lat., Inquinat egregios adjuncta superbia mores.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13874]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's greatness can be measured by his enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, you may have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your lifestyle - how you live, eat, emote, and think - determines your health. To prevent disease, you may have to change how you live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58652]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwing sand into the wheels of deeper international economic integration in order to reduce adjustment costs, as contemplated by some, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throwing sand into the wheels of deeper international economic integration in order to reduce adjustment costs, as contemplated by some, is not an attractive option.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10883]]></link><description><![CDATA[The customs and fashions of men change like leaves on the bough, some of which go and others come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48166]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is the creator as well as the channel of devotion. The spirit of devotion is the spirit of prayer. Prayer and devotion are united as soul and body are united, as life and the heart are united. There is no real prayer without devotion, no devotion without prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will not affect the formation of the government and could even be a positive factor to end the political ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42616]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will not affect the formation of the government and could even be a positive factor to end the political volatility we are living through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only so far as a man believes strongly, mightily, can he act cheerfully, or do anything that is worth doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59007]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of life is to live in the present moment, and to make that moment as perfect as we can by the realization that we are the instruments and expression of God Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's an adorable dog. He obviously belonged to someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's an adorable dog. He obviously belonged to someone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would live to study, and not study to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25393]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would live to study, and not study to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. Nothing ain't worth nothing but it's free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60183]]></link><description><![CDATA[In answer to the question of why it happened, I offer the modest proposal that our Universe is simply one of those things which happen from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12790]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I applaud the senator for her efforts, but they are ineffectual and too little. She needs to get real with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I applaud the senator for her efforts, but they are ineffectual and too little. She needs to get real with ... the unions and the special interests that listen to her and have them recognize they are destroying jobs and opportunities in the state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41737</guid></item></channel></rss>