<?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[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35572]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I looked at the tanker, I saw gas pouring out onto the highway. I said, 'Oh my God.' The traffic was driving right through the gasoline,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fostering mother. [Lat., Alma mater.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fostering mother. [Lat., Alma mater.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an important meeting for his administration. He'd like to show there's a new tone to Ottawa-Washington relations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32987]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an important meeting for his administration. He'd like to show there's a new tone to Ottawa-Washington relations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever did, nor ever shall, truly go forth to convert the nations, nor to prophesy in the present state of witnesses against Antichrist, but by the gracious inspiration and instigation of the Holy Spirit of God... I prejudice not an external test and call, which was at first and shall be again in force at the resurrection of the churches, ... but in the present state of things I cannot but be humbly bold to say that I know no other true sender but the most Holy Spirit. And when He sends, His messengers will go, His prophets will prophesy, though all the world should forbid them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the friend who was once your foe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the friend who was once your foe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44680]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have a little than nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind.  What ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, poor our sex! this fault in us I find, The error of our eye directs our mind.  What error leads must error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand ofa neighbor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22690]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand ofa neighbor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Childhood has no forebodings; but then, it is soothed by no memories of outlived sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas O'er half the world to run--  With a cheated crew, to league ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17392]]></link><description><![CDATA[In sight of peace--from the Narrow Seas O'er half the world to run--  With a cheated crew, to league anew   With the Goth and the shameless Hun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,  Blended in dust together; where the slave   Rests from his labors; where th' insulting proud    Resigns his powers; the miser drops his hoard:     Where human folly sleeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing safe in religion, except in such a course of behaviour that leaves nothing for corrupt nature to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7008]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing safe in religion, except in such a course of behaviour that leaves nothing for corrupt nature to feed or live upon; which can only then be done when every degree of perfection we aim at is a degree of death to the passions of the natural man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35940]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill! Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44007]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strong nor'wester's blowing, Bill! Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?  Lord help 'em, how I pities them   Unhappy folks on shore now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One True God requires an encyclopedic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43602]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea that any one of our religions represents the infallible word of the One True God requires an encyclopedic ignorance of history, mythology, and art even to be entertained.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, I could tell you your future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you start asking questions, innocence is gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think Mr. Trump has got his eye on Jen, ... Unfortunately, I think she's going to win. She had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think Mr. Trump has got his eye on Jen, ... Unfortunately, I think she's going to win. She had something that Mr. Trump favored, and it's been apparent. He's been favoring her for a while. But you never know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65912]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50986]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that handles a nettle tenderly is soonest stung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest of flattery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that would be a Gentleman, let him goe to an assault.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;  For all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh Thou, who Man of baser Earth didst make, And ev'n with Paradise devise the snake;  For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man   Is blackened--Man's forgiveness give and take!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3440]]></link><description><![CDATA[To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always had to rebuild. Every school I've coached at always had a losing season before. That was one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always had to rebuild. Every school I've coached at always had a losing season before. That was one of my passions to come to a school and always leave it better than it was.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each time you are honest and conduct yourself with honesty, a success force will drive you toward greater success. Each time you lie, even with a little white lie, there are strong forces pushing you toward failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take no note of time But from its loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51867]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take no note of time But from its loss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27609]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must not deny his manifest abilities, for that is to evade his obligations. - The Treasure of Franchard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23475]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect. The judgement of the intellect is only part of the truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house is a fine house, when good folks are within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23881]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit  Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, January is slow. ... Why not? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, January is slow. ... Why not?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50286]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was intended to be a vase, it has turned out a pot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a disposable society, but here, you keep and reuse. I once ordered a part and had it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a disposable society, but here, you keep and reuse. I once ordered a part and had it delivered. The part was $10. The delivery was $90. After that, you tend to weigh those decisions a little more carefully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been talks for 12 years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37446]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been talks for 12 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,  But will suspect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who finds the heifer dead and bleeding fresh And sees fast-by a butcher with an axe,  But will suspect 'twas he that made the slaughter?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morcelli has four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all those times are at 1500 metres. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morcelli has four fastest 1500-metre times ever. And all those times are at 1500 metres.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you start getting involved in bond math it gets complicated. (But) if you don't understand how it works you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42197]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you start getting involved in bond math it gets complicated. (But) if you don't understand how it works you should do your homework.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42197</guid></item></channel></rss>