<?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['Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54212]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas the saying of an ancient sage that humour was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour. For a subject which would not bear raillery was suspicious; and a jest which would not bear a serious examination was certainly false wit.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch,  Is celebrated, not so much   To thank ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58994]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving-day, I fear, If one the solemn truth must touch,  Is celebrated, not so much   To thank the Lord for blessing o'er,    As for the sake of getting more!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53581]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to the root of things, and found nothing but Him alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever feels predestined to see and not to believe will find all believers too noisy and pushy: he guards against them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity, clarity, singleness: These are the attributes that give our lives power and vividness and joy as they are also the marks of great art. They seem to be the purpose of God for his whole creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear!  Forlorn, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48039]]></link><description><![CDATA[And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe, O never, never turn away their ear!  Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,   Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Autry also directly criticized Parks. He said the FPOA] has had some good leaders who put the community first. ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28714]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Autry also directly criticized Parks. He said the FPOA] has had some good leaders who put the community first. ... we are seeing a big departure from that ... Parks would rather operate behind a veil of secrecy, which is not good for the public or the Police Department.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a sucker an even break. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a sucker an even break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved all the Aaron Spelling shows, ‘Beverly Hills 90210' and ‘Models Inc.' At that time, I had pet rats ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46444]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved all the Aaron Spelling shows, ‘Beverly Hills 90210' and ‘Models Inc.' At that time, I had pet rats I was raising and I always named all the baby rats after the characters in the shows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Free men freely work: Whoever fears God, fears to sit at ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing -- that's the Lord's test.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religious politics are restricted to support for the Russian Orthodox Church as opposed to other religious confessions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His head, Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er,  Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18582]]></link><description><![CDATA[His head, Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er,  Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth,   But strong for service still, and unimpair'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13788]]></link><description><![CDATA[All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown. Whate'er the course, the end is the renown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/278]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray," said Lycurgus, "do you first set a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11876]]></link><description><![CDATA[To one that advised him to set up a democracy in Sparta, "Pray," said Lycurgus, "do you first set a democracy in your own house."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the word "homemaker" because "housewife" always implies that there may be a wife someplace else]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52476]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison eith this order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mrs. Schmidt had a meeting with Mr. Tancredo about his support for her. We understood it to be an endorsement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mrs. Schmidt had a meeting with Mr. Tancredo about his support for her. We understood it to be an endorsement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55917]]></link><description><![CDATA[An habitation giddy and unsure Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he's probably done his best work at the bully pulpit. Compare and contrast with his two predecessors, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32875]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he's probably done his best work at the bully pulpit. Compare and contrast with his two predecessors, who either didn't like it or weren't capable of using it to its fullest extent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lately coach has been telling me to be more aggressive and want the ball more. He tells me that he can't just tell the guys that. I have to do it with my body language. I was trying to be active today and keep moving, looking for the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am lonely because I am miserable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46709]]></link><description><![CDATA[I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am lonely because I am miserable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a better option than having to go to Colombia, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a better option than having to go to Colombia,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make it mandatory: wherever they go, that dog must be with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36422]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make it mandatory: wherever they go, that dog must be with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A player whose only offence in the past five years was a financial sanction will be eligible for a five-year ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28458]]></link><description><![CDATA[A player whose only offence in the past five years was a financial sanction will be eligible for a five-year good record.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trafficking in persons for sexual purposes is a debased and degrading practice which must be stopped, ... The department is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trafficking in persons for sexual purposes is a debased and degrading practice which must be stopped, ... The department is committed to eradicating this evil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ama me fideliter!Fidem meam noto:De corde totaliterEt ex mente tota,Sum presentialiterAbsens in remota."Lat: "Love me faithfully!/See how I am faithful:/With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ama me fideliter!Fidem meam noto:De corde totaliterEt ex mente tota,Sum presentialiterAbsens in remota."Lat: "Love me faithfully!/See how I am faithful:/With all my heart/And all my soul/I am with you/Though I am far away. - Carmina Burana, "Omnia Sol Temperat".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People counters at the Community Center recorded one million that came through the doors last fiscal year; obviously, not all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31106]]></link><description><![CDATA[People counters at the Community Center recorded one million that came through the doors last fiscal year; obviously, not all of them were different. There were 650,000 the year before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live you life in a manner so that when you die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11381]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.Live you life in a manner so that when you die the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Solid pudding against empty praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Solid pudding against empty praise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is when you talk to God; meditation is when you listen to God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was hoping they would respond, unsolicited, in some way, shape or form and that's disappointing. When you sit in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was hoping they would respond, unsolicited, in some way, shape or form and that's disappointing. When you sit in a meeting and hear them say what they're going to do and the results are insignificant and you don't hear anything about how are things going or can we do anything differently, it's just very disappointing. They're simply hoping we go away. that's the feeling I get.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to add political impetus required to reach an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15900]]></link><description><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43747]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11544]]></link><description><![CDATA[The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is the infrastructure of proprietorship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great and good are seldom the same man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great and good are seldom the same man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928  Let a clergyman but intend to please ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Eglantine Jebb, Social Reformer, Founder of 'Save the Children', 1928  Let a clergyman but intend to please God in all his actions, as the happiest and best thing in the world, and then he will know that there is nothing noble in a clergyman but a burning zeal for the salvation of souls; nor anything poorer in his profession [than] idleness and a worldly spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7125</guid></item></channel></rss>