<?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[Art thou a pen, whose task shall be To drown in ink  What writers think?   Oh, wisely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art thou a pen, whose task shall be To drown in ink  What writers think?   Oh, wisely write,    That pages white     Be not the worse for ink and thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10763]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played a good match. We had six minutes of craziness. It was something which can't be explained. It's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30997]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played a good match. We had six minutes of craziness. It was something which can't be explained. It's not the moment of regrets. We are sorry, embittered, but this is soccer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men marry to make an end; women to make a beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011]]></link><description><![CDATA[A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road,  And nailed if fast to his barn door,   That luck might down upon him pour;    That every blessing known in life     Might crown his homestead and his wife,      And never any kind of harm       Descend upon his growing farm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is the hardest work there is. Which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intimates are predestined ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intimates are predestined]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where doth the world thrust forth a vanity (So it be new, there's no respect how vile)  That is not quickly buzzed into his ears?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have designed these two new projectors with features that are essential to business and education professionals. The combination of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35047]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have designed these two new projectors with features that are essential to business and education professionals. The combination of brightness and valuable features at an affordable price makes these projectors perfect for any cost-conscious customer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. -Joseph Joubert. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20544]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. -Joseph Joubert.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought, `This is a good idea. I'll get to live in the tropics and when the dust all settles, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30940]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought, `This is a good idea. I'll get to live in the tropics and when the dust all settles, I'll have a couple million dollars.' That's not even a good month for me anymore. Bodog has killed my expectations, turning into more than I ever even contemplated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character… must be earned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character… must be earned.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51964]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer silent prudence to loquacious folly. [Lat., Malo indisertam prudentiam, quam loquacem stultitiam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63414]]></link><description><![CDATA[I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of his fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whomever the Lord has adopted and deemed worthy of his fellowship ought to prepare themselves for a hard, toilsome, and unquiet life, crammed with very many and various kinds of evil. It is the Heavenly Father's will thus to exercise them so as to put his own children to a definite test. Beginning with Christ, his first-born, he follows this plan with all his children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34774]]></link><description><![CDATA[People from the area have told me that they are pleased to see the pupils wearing uniform and it makes them proud to come from Niddrie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aid the dawning, tongue and pen: Aid it, hopes of honest men! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aid the dawning, tongue and pen: Aid it, hopes of honest men!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32357]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't mind your thinking slowly; I mind your publishing faster than you think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts,"probably lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts,"probably lost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51558]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are certainly encouraging conservation of fuel, at this point, ... We are not at a panic stage at this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38464]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are certainly encouraging conservation of fuel, at this point, ... We are not at a panic stage at this point but we need to be smart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with their minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41629]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an enormous surprise when they called me last Wednesday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a design flaw, ... A little flaw, but they latched on to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54477]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a Prince as soon as his groom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leave because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Energy is going to catch the attention of the market. It's probably a force that's not going to leave because we're in transition from concern about oil to concerns about natural gas and how that will affect consumer spending as we head into winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62017]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64555]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century   What is meant by calling the writings of Moses and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century   What is meant by calling the writings of Moses and the Prophets [the] "Old Testament"? Do they not set forth the covenant of grace? The doctrine of justification by faith -- does not Paul in his Epistle to the Romans prove it from Genesis and from the Psalms? Where is the doctrine of substitution and the vicarious sufferings of the messiah set forth more clearly than in Leviticus and in the 53rd of Isaiah? The term "Old Testament" leads people to fancy it is an antiquated book; whereas, in many respects, it is newer than the New Testament, referring more fully to the age of glory and blessedness on the earth which is still before us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cat has too much spirit to have no heart ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cat has too much spirit to have no heart]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39149]]></link><description><![CDATA[From hence, let fierce contending nations know, What dire effects from civil discord flow]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather deal with it as I am, still have hope until we hear something definite. That's easier for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39241]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather deal with it as I am, still have hope until we hear something definite. That's easier for me to handle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5885]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/858]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13692]]></link><description><![CDATA[This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61136]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inevitableness, the idealism, and the blessing of war, as an indispensable and stimulating law of development, must be repeatedly emphasized.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine;  But might I of Jove's nectar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine;  But might I of Jove's nectar sup,   I would not change for thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire. He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gull shall whistle in his wake, the blind wave break in fire. He shall fulfill God's utmost will, unknowing His desire,  And he shall see old planets pass and alien stars arise,   And give the gale his reckless sail in shadow of new skies.    Strong lust of gear shall drive him out and hunger arm his hand,     To wring his food from a desert nude, his foothold from the sand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren’t real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can’t afford to make changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6994]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wisdom which cannot teach me that God is love, shall ever pass for folly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4670]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saint Luke was a Saint and a Physitian, yet is dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for the robin-red-breast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,  And with leaves and flowers do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call for the robin-red-breast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,  And with leaves and flowers do cover   The friendless bodies of unburied men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54343</guid></item></channel></rss>