<?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[An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49129]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old mans staffe is the rapper of deaths doore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency to work up a subjective state which, if we succeeded, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8549]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency to work up a subjective state which, if we succeeded, we should describe as "faith", with the idea that this will somehow ensure the granting of our prayer. We have probably all done this as children. But the state of mind which desperate desire working on a strong imagination can manufacture is not faith in the Christian sense. It is a feat of psychological gymnastics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407  You must not lose confidence in God because you lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople, Teacher, 407  You must not lose confidence in God because you lost confidence in your pastor. If our confidence in God had to depend upon our confidence in any human person, we would be on shifting sand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1463]]></link><description><![CDATA[A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impossible is often the untried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impossible is often the untried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32548]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mom says for a good half-hour he searches for me everywhere, so it's hard to leave him when I know he does that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that surprised me the most is the housing need in the area despite FEMA trailers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32176]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that surprised me the most is the housing need in the area despite FEMA trailers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57606]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a 4-wheel-drive pickup type of guy. So is my wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57936]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977  Prodigal sons, forgiven and reconciled with their heavenly Father, could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr, 1977  Prodigal sons, forgiven and reconciled with their heavenly Father, could they do other than forgive one another? A fellowship of prodigal sons came into being -- the church of Christ. Love begets love. A new power ... was let loose upon our suffering world, the power to love those who have not deserved love, the unworthy, the unlovely and unlovable, a man's enemies, and even his torturers. Christians, in imitation of the Saviour, became, as it were, Christs to one another and to the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not who you can see yourself with. It is who you can’t see yourself without. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not who you can see yourself with. It is who you can’t see yourself without.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though there is an element of fairness in that proposal, we wouldn't recommend it. It sets a dangerous precedent. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though there is an element of fairness in that proposal, we wouldn't recommend it. It sets a dangerous precedent. We'd just prefer that other states stop imposing their taxes on Washington athletes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59918]]></link><description><![CDATA[How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To marry unequally is to suffer equally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36452]]></link><description><![CDATA[To marry unequally is to suffer equally.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like champagne. When you listen to it, you start to sway with the tune. It works as well today ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31583]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like champagne. When you listen to it, you start to sway with the tune. It works as well today as it ever did.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44600]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little nonsense, now and then, is relished by the wisest men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,  May I express thee unblam'd? since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam,  May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light   And never but in unapproached light    Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee,     Bright effluence of bright essence increate!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about how cruel and unfair it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This book gave me back the passionate optimism of my youth. This young generation of women will have a tremendous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36764]]></link><description><![CDATA[This book gave me back the passionate optimism of my youth. This young generation of women will have a tremendous impact on the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49101]]></link><description><![CDATA[All flesh is not venison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5880]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given that our first quarter is usually negatively affected by a number of seasonal factors, I am encouraged that these positive results reflect a very good start to 2006.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[VAT is levied according to national laws, so the nine countries would have to amend their legislation accordingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41586]]></link><description><![CDATA[VAT is levied according to national laws, so the nine countries would have to amend their legislation accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sales to the Arab market take place two or three times a year, and they sometimes, but not always, place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sales to the Arab market take place two or three times a year, and they sometimes, but not always, place considerable orders. For the time being we offer a good product at accessible prices, but the appreciation of the dollar (against the Brazilian Real) may pose a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56475]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only poverty that makes celibacy contemptible. A single woman of good fortune is always respectable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19740]]></link><description><![CDATA[What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21598]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of them had done things that really, really stun you when you hear about them. Nothing would ever be considered a breakthrough unless it first seemed a little ridiculous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed? Anybody going slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Television is a corporate vulgarity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Television is a corporate vulgarity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The debate in Washington will focus on ideology, ... will be no less important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38988]]></link><description><![CDATA[The debate in Washington will focus on ideology, ... will be no less important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't do half of a job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't do half of a job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,  Each in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray,  Each in the south melting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63132]]></link><description><![CDATA[True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble pair of brothers. [Lat., Par nobile fratum.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only normal people are the one's you don't know very well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what is I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is different. Everybody deserves to be given an individual plan that's best suited for them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38906</guid></item></channel></rss>