<?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[God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender; God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;  But who the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54454]]></link><description><![CDATA[God bless the King--I mean the faith's defender; God bless (no harm in blessing) the pretender;  But who the pretender is, or who is King--   God bless us all--that's quite another thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9150]]></link><description><![CDATA[At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's character is his fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's character is his fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into thereoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can make a trade every day if I want to, but that's not going to help us. A trade ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32635]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can make a trade every day if I want to, but that's not going to help us. A trade that would get us better rarely comes along. They're very difficult to find. Good trades are very difficult in our league and don't happen very often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Open thy gate of mercy, gracious God, My soul flies through these wounds to seek out thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Undeclared: The Complete Series ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Undeclared: The Complete Series]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is lost in men's capricious minds, but in women s, it fills all the room it finds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is lost in men's capricious minds, but in women s, it fills all the room it finds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Craftsbury played really strong, skill-based soccer for an entire game. Though we were outplayed, we played hard and right through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Craftsbury played really strong, skill-based soccer for an entire game. Though we were outplayed, we played hard and right through to the end of game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.(7:3).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45673]]></link><description><![CDATA[The days of rejoicing are gone forever. [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20671]]></link><description><![CDATA[How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15574]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loveliest of lovely things are they On earth that soonest pass away.  The rose that lives its little hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loveliest of lovely things are they On earth that soonest pass away.  The rose that lives its little hour   Is prized beyond the sculptured flower.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9040]]></link><description><![CDATA[To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. -King Henry VIII. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39427]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can provide any number of medical [or] social work interventions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52352]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race or his holy cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..words to dehumanizeand demonize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Huns, wops, gooks, Japs..words to dehumanizeand demonize.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day. Give him a religion, and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void   The world can never fill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-help must precede help from others. Even for making certain of help from heaven, one has to help oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the castle and some health-and-safety issues, but suggestions were made to resolve these and with a bit of goodwill and better joint working it could have happened. At the time, I don't think there was a meaningful attempt to do so but we need to ensure that these concerts happen next year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advanced data services activity in the U.K. is following the classic pattern of adoption -- first gaining traction within the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advanced data services activity in the U.K. is following the classic pattern of adoption -- first gaining traction within the technologically savviest group and then spreading across the rest of the majority. Time plays a critical factor, as the services with an established utility from an extended period on the market are first to gain the most from the mainstream audience, who demand products and services that are relatively glitch-free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose, words in their best order. Poetry, the best words in the best order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50425]]></link><description><![CDATA[A third heir seldom profits by ill-gotten wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps, moreover, he whose genius appears deepest and truest excels his fellows in nothing save the knack of expression; he throws out occasionally a lucky hint at truths of which every human soul is profoundly though unutterably conscious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one;  But I can tell you, anyhow,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10526]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never saw a Purple Cow, I never hope to see one;  But I can tell you, anyhow,   I'd rather see than be one!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52159]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47832]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states Israel, Athens, Florence, Elizabethan England]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2599]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man is wrong and won't admit is, he always gets angry. -Thomas Haliburton.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me your profession, and I will anticipate your beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me your profession, and I will anticipate your beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces until I was at least ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20458]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a series of childhood illnesses; scarlet fever, pneumonia, polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My life wasn't like the average person who grew up and decided to enter the world of sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations-- Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;  I pray ye flog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48754]]></link><description><![CDATA[O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations-- Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;  I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,   It mends their morals--never mind the pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17787]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a choice between the natural stability of gold and the honesty and intelligence of the members of government. And with all due respect for those gentlemen, I advise you, as long as the capitalist system lasts, vote for gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39163]]></link><description><![CDATA[They'd say, 'Thank you, but it's the people on the coast we're most concerned about,']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grudge no expense -- yield to no opposition -- forget fatigue -- till, by the strength of prayer and sacrifice, the spirit of love shall have overcome . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nay, if he take you in hand, sir, with an argument, He'll bray you in a mortar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3056</guid></item></channel></rss>