<?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[It was fabulous, but it was a close one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was fabulous, but it was a close one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47366]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Germany, they first came for the communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Catholic. Then they came for me -- and by that time there was nobody left to speak up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not punished for our sins, but by them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not punished for our sins, but by them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58966]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you listen to the politicians, you might think we are all terrorists]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home, which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon and a cat that comes home late at night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24179]]></link><description><![CDATA[And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50198]]></link><description><![CDATA[By heaven you have destroyed me, my friends!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears;  Are they wet   Even yet    With the thought of other years?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was kind of not publicized very well. Otherwise we may have reacted sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37870]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was kind of not publicized very well. Otherwise we may have reacted sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally, the situation is getting worse and pressure is piling on the weakened people and livestock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally, the situation is getting worse and pressure is piling on the weakened people and livestock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't ask the barber whether you need a haircut.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satisfy a few to please many is bad. [Ger., Mach' es Wenigen recht; vielen gefallen ist schlimm.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of love is seeking variety in your life together, and never letting routine chords dull the melody of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25783]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of love is seeking variety in your life together, and never letting routine chords dull the melody of your romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore trust to thy heart, and to what the world calls illusions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47519]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a personnel perspective, the personnel matter has been resolved. We took what action needed to be taken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38445]]></link><description><![CDATA[From a personnel perspective, the personnel matter has been resolved. We took what action needed to be taken.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. [Fr., Le bruit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silly when deceived exclaim loudly; the fool complains; the honest man walks away and is silent. [Fr., Le bruit est pour le fat, la plainte pour le sot;  L'honnete homme trompe s'eloigne et ne dit mot.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis - a good hot cup of coffee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63247]]></link><description><![CDATA[First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14731]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age come on apace to ravage all the clime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Independent monitors should be given immediate access to any detainees to make sure they are not being mistreated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45633]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24386]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25556]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will attempt no historical or theological classification of [George] Macdonald's thought, partly because I have not the learning to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8517]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will attempt no historical or theological classification of [George] Macdonald's thought, partly because I have not the learning to do so, still more because I am no great friend to such pigeon-holing. One very effective way of silencing the voice of conscience is to impound in an Ism the teacher through whom it speaks; the trumpet no longer seriously disturbs our rest when we have murmured '..Thomist', 'Barthian', or 'Existentialist'. And in Macdonald it is, always the voice of conscience that speaks. He addresses the will: the demand for obedience, for "something to be neither more nor less nor other than done" is incessant. Yet in that very voice of conscience every other faculty somehow speaks as well -- intellect and imagination and humour and fancy and all the affections; and no man in modern times was perhaps more aware of the distinction between Law and Gospel, the inevitable failure of mere morality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After I left that, I wanted to continue programming films, so I started the Jewish film festival. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39226]]></link><description><![CDATA[After I left that, I wanted to continue programming films, so I started the Jewish film festival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War challenges virtually every other institution of society--the justice and equity of its economy, the adequacy of its political systems, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61199]]></link><description><![CDATA[War challenges virtually every other institution of society--the justice and equity of its economy, the adequacy of its political systems, the energy of its productive plant, the bases, wisdom and purposes of its foreign policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is the behavior people take under the pressure of survival. This is misconstrued as looting, as thievery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30049]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the behavior people take under the pressure of survival. This is misconstrued as looting, as thievery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason itself is fallible, and this fallibility must find a place in our logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume that, because we are Christians, in the full biblical sense, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, automatically we shall be free from the influence of what surrounds us. The Holy Spirit can do what He will, but the Bible does not separate His work from knowledge; nor does the work of the Holy Spirit remove our responsibility as parents, pastors, evangelists, missionaries, or teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54203]]></link><description><![CDATA[First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26474]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies--nothing annoys them so much. -Oscar Wilde.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O child! O new-born denizen Of life's great city! on thy head  The glory of morn is shed,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3642]]></link><description><![CDATA[O child! O new-born denizen Of life's great city! on thy head  The glory of morn is shed,   Like a celestial benison!    Here at the portal thou dost stand,     And with thy little hand      Thou openest the mysterious gate       Into the future's undiscovered land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52869]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failure is an event, never a person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failure is an event, never a person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ancient lovers believed a kiss would literally unite their souls, because the spirit was said to be carried in one's breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like more time of course but we're confident he's responding to treatment and he'll have more treatment today. We'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34719]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like more time of course but we're confident he's responding to treatment and he'll have more treatment today. We'd like to make a decision today but may wait until tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many men, so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27003]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many men, so little time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to the Water-Mill: Through the live-long day  How the clicking of its wheel   Wears the hours ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to the Water-Mill: Through the live-long day  How the clicking of its wheel   Wears the hours away!    Languidly the Autumn wind     Stirs the forest leaves,      From the field the reapers sing       Binding up their sheaves:        And a proverb haunts my mind         As a spell is cast,          "The mill cannot grind           With the water that is past."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55203]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good sermon is an engineering operation by which a chasm is bridged so that the spiritual goods on one side-the 'unsearchable riches of Christ' - are actually transported into personal lives upon the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55203</guid></item></channel></rss>