<?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 feels good to be able to contribute on a senior-dominated team. I just got some openings and made some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It feels good to be able to contribute on a senior-dominated team. I just got some openings and made some shots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59131]]></link><description><![CDATA[In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing.  The Ten Commandments will not budge   And stealing will continue stealing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15042]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not dying for faith that's so hard, it's living up to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Investment itself has evolved, and we try to evolve with it. It's different than it was 20 years ago.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many of us have a Christian vocabulary rather than a Christian experience. We think we are doing our duty when we're only talking about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the number of fethers in his cappe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59903]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The Ottoman Empire] has the body of a sick old man, who tried to appear healthy, although his end was near.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings,  Nor as she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings,  Nor as she turns the giddy wheel around,   Revolves the sad vicissitudes of things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47242]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you knew it, people raised their hands and started arranging things. One person made a tool-sharing list and another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you knew it, people raised their hands and started arranging things. One person made a tool-sharing list and another a baby-sitting list.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who fears not to do ill fears the name, And free from conscience, is a slave to fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clown waits for the river to run itself dry. [Crossing Cheapside.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has outstanding athletic ability and great hands. We used him at every position you can imagine on the football field. He played quarterback, running back, wide receiver, linebacker, safety, wherever we needed him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35617]]></link><description><![CDATA[But leave me to my beer! Gold is dross, love is loss, so if I gulp my sorrows down, or see them drown in foamy draughts of old nut-brown, then I do wear the crown, without the cross!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who gathers thistles, may expect pricks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51048</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[Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3127]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30467]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew our pitching staff was the backbone of the team. The question mark is our hitting. It isn't over yet. We've still got two weeks to go, and the offense has to come around. We're day to day with our offense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1971]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Pentecost  From his baptism until his return to Galilee, Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Pentecost  From his baptism until his return to Galilee, Jesus lived in the company of the disciples of the Baptist. It was there that he received the first public witness of his Messianic role and found his first followers. The gospel was to be rooted in John's teaching of asceticism and regeneration. But we see from the start that the gospel of Jesus was to be quite different. To the baptism of water would be added the baptism of the Spirit, and the new message was to be addressed to all. The widening of the circle of hearers and converts, which had preoccupied John, was to expand still further with the gospel of Jesus. Of the hundreds of thousands of Jews, the Essenes only regarded as saved a few thousand elect. Jesus was soon to offer the Covenant of God to all men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some relate ... that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some relate ... that the eagle tries the eyes of her young by turning them to the sun; which if they cannot look steadily on, she rejects them as spurious. We may truly try our faith by immediate intuitions of the Sun of Righteousness. Direct faith to act itself, immediately and directly on the incarnation of Christ and His mediation; and if it be not the right kind and race, it will turn its eyes aside to anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play;  No sense have they of ills to come,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! regardless of their doom, The little victims play;  No sense have they of ills to come,   Nor care beyond to-day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30855]]></link><description><![CDATA[They liked me so long as the liquor flowed at my house, but I haven't seen any of them around lately.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise,  His steeds to water at those springs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, hark, the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus gins arise,  His steeds to water at those springs   On chaliced flowers that lies;    And winking Mary-buds begin     To ope their golden eyes.      With every thing that pretty is,       My lady sweet, arise,        Arise, arise!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want this issue hanging over our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40539]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want this issue hanging over our heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30197]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the things that create blight, there's a common thread that runs through all of them. If we were to pull that string tight at one time through all of them, we'd make a lot of headway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are my hobby, if I ever got married I'd have to give it up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind tohimself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22672]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind tohimself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We basically sell anything that you would see at a deli. Our highest marked meal would be approximately $3.95, so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40501]]></link><description><![CDATA[We basically sell anything that you would see at a deli. Our highest marked meal would be approximately $3.95, so it's a good deal come lunchtime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended, but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward toward to those things which are ahead, I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every minute you spend with someone gives them a part of your life and takes part of theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market was quiet due to the uncertain economic situation. It was not supported by the recent strengthening in oil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market was quiet due to the uncertain economic situation. It was not supported by the recent strengthening in oil prices or the strengthening in other world stock markets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I went away I was deceiving my mum. I'd tell her I was going to school but I'd be out on the street playing football. I always had a ball on my feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In other circumstances it would not be a very big deal, but I would say the Election Commission was too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35928]]></link><description><![CDATA[In other circumstances it would not be a very big deal, but I would say the Election Commission was too complacent about explaining the changes to the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57366</guid></item></channel></rss>