<?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[There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64938]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39604]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year finances are on people's mind. And this is the time to think about that and make small changes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman doesn't need a perfect man. she just needs a special guy who can accept her the way she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman doesn't need a perfect man. she just needs a special guy who can accept her the way she is and make her feel special.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17566]]></link><description><![CDATA[True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees,  And shape the whisper of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57853]]></link><description><![CDATA[And lives to clutch the golden keys, To mould a mighty state's decrees,  And shape the whisper of the throne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In hell there is no retention. [Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19128]]></link><description><![CDATA[In hell there is no retention. [Sp., Quien ha infierene nula es retencio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much better to get wisdom than gold,    to choose understanding rather than silver!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A greater liar than the Parthians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50175]]></link><description><![CDATA[A greater liar than the Parthians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Invite the rook who high amid the boughs, In early spring, his airy city builds,  And ceaseless caws amusive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Invite the rook who high amid the boughs, In early spring, his airy city builds,  And ceaseless caws amusive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52842]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38360]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going through the bad times the last three seasons not making the playoffs and right now still cheering for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going through the bad times the last three seasons not making the playoffs and right now still cheering for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade,  Where rumour of oppression and deceit, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade,  Where rumour of oppression and deceit,   Of unsuccessful or successful war,    Might never reach me more!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At his age, he is outstanding. He's got that speed and he's got those quick legs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30071]]></link><description><![CDATA[At his age, he is outstanding. He's got that speed and he's got those quick legs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58474]]></link><description><![CDATA[To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst abuse of process is that the United States senators ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â the majority of which were for John Bolton ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst abuse of process is that the United States senators ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â the majority of which were for John Bolton ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â were denied the opportunity to have the fairness of an up or down vote, ... What they ought to be doing, instead of diminishing and criticizing John Bolton, they ought to get behind him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment. [Lat., Quem dii diligunt, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50904]]></link><description><![CDATA[He whom the gods love dies young, whilst he is full of health, perception, and judgment. [Lat., Quem dii diligunt,  Adolescens moritur, dum valet, sentit, sapit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38398]]></link><description><![CDATA[By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the shore.. one looksupward to the sanddune grass.. 10,000green brushes attemptingwhere they laidto paint the blue skyjade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3220]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the shore.. one looksupward to the sanddune grass.. 10,000green brushes attemptingwhere they laidto paint the blue skyjade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death will be a great relief. No more interviews. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every quarter against West, they're going to come out ready to play. It's a matter of matching their intensity and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every quarter against West, they're going to come out ready to play. It's a matter of matching their intensity and getting the momentum. If you don't come out and play every single play, you slack for even 2 minutes and game's over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, the group must keep remembering that true growth in grace is not to be achieved by our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, the group must keep remembering that true growth in grace is not to be achieved by our own efforts or contriving, but must be received as the gift of God's Spirit, working in and among us. The work of the group is to keep open the channels of receptiveness through study, discipline, prayer, and self-offering. When a group learns to live in this faith, it can keep the lines of endeavor tentative and sensitive to new headings and possibilities, on the one hand; and, on the other, move forward resolutely under such light as is now given.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51771]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes people can be a little fickle. They'll go for the newest, hottest thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes people can be a little fickle. They'll go for the newest, hottest thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,  Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ round,  And gladness hides her face in scorn,  Put off the shadow from thy brow:  No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven -  The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth - Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,  The inhabitants of earth. Have Love. Not love alone for one,  But man, as man, thy brother call;  And scatter, like a circling sun,  Thy charities on all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is one big road with lots of signs. So when you riding through the ruts, don't complicate your mind. Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy. Don't bury your thoughts, put your vision to reality. Wake Up and Live!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253  Thou knowest how far Thou hast already changed me, who first healed me of the lust of vindicating myself, that so Thou mightest forgive all the rest of my iniquities, and heal all my infirmities, and redeem my life from corruption, and crown me with mercy and pity, and satisfy my desire with good things; who didst curb my pride with Thy fear, and tame my neck to Thy yoke. And now I bear it and it is light unto me, because so hast Thou promised, and hast made it; and verily it was so, and I knew it not, when I feared to take it.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    October 10, 1999  Feast of Paulinus, Bishop of York, Missionary, 644  Wilberforce, Lord Shaftesbury, and many other evangelicals, have been leaders in social reform, but it was not their religion. Their efforts succeeded because they put first things first, and believed firmly in the Word of God, in the conversion of the individual, in prayer, and in using spiritual means for spiritual work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23937]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have spent my life laboriously doing nothing. [Lat., Vitam perdidi laboricose agendo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61891]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman was taken out of man; not out of his head to top him, nor out of his feet to be trampled underfoot; but out of his side to be equal to him, under his arm to be protected, and near his heart to be loved]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield: Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke:  How jocund did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield: Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke:  How jocund did they drive their team a-field!   How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was time I got real aggressive inside. The coaches have been telling me when I get the ball inside, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40556]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was time I got real aggressive inside. The coaches have been telling me when I get the ball inside, to score it instead of passing it back outside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/95]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/95</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May  New blooming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May  New blooming blossoms 'neath the sun are born,   And all poor April's charms are swept away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting is just like a guy playing an instrument; it's something to look forward to the next day. When I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting is just like a guy playing an instrument; it's something to look forward to the next day. When I was painting in Dixon, I was out of the place . . . and I made some money selling paintings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness is the repose of Passion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37158]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parenthood is one long exercise in relinquishing control -- or the illusion that we ever had it. Postparenthood is about acceptance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60086]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36031]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were very wrong in October.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58104]]></link><description><![CDATA[The flowery style is not unsuitable to public speeches or addresses, which amount only to compliment. The lighter beauties are in their place when there is nothing more solid to say; but the flowery style ought to be banished from a pleading, a sermon, or a didactic work.   - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire),]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The alternative is to do nothing and be ignored.] Once the penalties are levied, it's a silent message unless it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40979]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The alternative is to do nothing and be ignored.] Once the penalties are levied, it's a silent message unless it's collected, ... So we make every effort to collect those outstanding penalties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After the interception, we wanted to stick with what was safe at the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37699]]></link><description><![CDATA[After the interception, we wanted to stick with what was safe at the time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas in Trafalgar's bay The saucy Frenchmen lay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61122]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas in Trafalgar's bay The saucy Frenchmen lay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2631</guid></item></channel></rss>