<?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[I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56286]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where's the snow That fell the year that's fled--where's the snow? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where's the snow That fell the year that's fled--where's the snow?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63815]]></link><description><![CDATA[When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou have passed through. Forbearance is the root of all quietness and assurance forever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is the art which is most nigh to tears and memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3092]]></link><description><![CDATA[I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this, and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14125]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59679]]></link><description><![CDATA[No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/211]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made her; her beauty cost her nothing,   Her virtues were so rare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58785]]></link><description><![CDATA[So bright the tear in Beauty's eye, Love half regrets to kiss it dry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47792]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62746]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our geese are swans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58443]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our geese are swans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39788]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble you can get into, just cause you want 5, 000 bucks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble you can get into, just cause you want 5, 000 bucks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is a sure sign your thinking is unnatural.*HS was the amanuensis for the Course In Miracles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is a sure sign your thinking is unnatural.*HS was the amanuensis for the Course In Miracles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47764]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may be said of them [the Hollanders], as of the Spaniards, that the sun never sets upon their Dominions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21269]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47900]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value of the gifts useful to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63255]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to enjoy the rainbow, be prepared to endure the storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63255</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[We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47311]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once in royal David's city / Stood a lowly cattle shed, / Where a Mother laid her Baby / In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once in royal David's city / Stood a lowly cattle shed, / Where a Mother laid her Baby / In a manger for His bed: / Mary was that Mother mild, / Jesus Christ her little Child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseases desperate grown By desparate appliance are relieved,  Or not at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diseases desperate grown By desparate appliance are relieved,  Or not at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52707]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.  [Fr., L'or donne aux plus laids certain charme pour plaire,   Et que sans lui le reste est une triste affaire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet - when one sings, the other claps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52503]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and not for the benefit of an individual or a party.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a healthy two-way trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41446]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a healthy two-way trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men expect that religion should cost them no pains, that happiness should drop into their laps without any design and endeavor on their part, and that, after they have done what they please while they live, God should snatch them up to heaven when they die. But though "the commandments of God be not grievous", yet it is fit to let men know that they are not thus easy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much love between you and me as between the wolf and the lamb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say that every individual has the right to religious freedom is not to condone religious indifferentism or irresponsibility, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34983]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say that every individual has the right to religious freedom is not to condone religious indifferentism or irresponsibility, nor is it to promote the installation of a supermarket of religions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50894]]></link><description><![CDATA[To ask that which is unjust at the hands of the just, is an injustice in itself; to expect that which is just from the unjust, is simple folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50894</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[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41754]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a fun group and I knew there was a competitive bent, but I just didn't know how competitive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968   Our knowledge of God is paradoxically not of him as the object of our scrutiny, but of ourselves as utterly dependent on his saving and merciful knowledge of us. It is in proportion, as we are known to him that we find our real being and identity in Christ. We know him in and through ourselves in so far as his truth is the source of our being and his merciful love is the very heart of our life and existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity keeps persons in favor with themselves who are out of favor with all others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43958]]></link><description><![CDATA[How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and of oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think this is a bearish report because average hourly earnings are ticking up significantly, ... That is obviously a direct driver of inflation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24565]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is it that so often . . . I get the feeling I've worked hard to learn something I already know, or knew, once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24565</guid></item></channel></rss>