<?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[I always wished for this, but it\'s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66723]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always wished for this, but it\'s almost turning into more of a nightmare than a dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31370]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52361]]></link><description><![CDATA[You accept certain unlovely things about yourself and manage to live with them. The atonement for such an acceptance is that you make allowances for others - that you cleanse yourself of the sin of self-righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. •Michael Korda   We ought to see far enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20243]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition. •Michael Korda   We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity. •G. K. Chesterton  Often a noble face hides filthy ways. •Euripides  The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58586]]></link><description><![CDATA[All resources are not obvious; great managers find and develop available talent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. - Broken Vessels, 1991.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32921]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% higher than other areas of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word once spoken cannot be recalled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50180]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word once spoken cannot be recalled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the WolfA shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Shepherd and the WolfA shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye immortal gods! where in the world are we? [Lat., O dii immortales! ubinam gentium sumus?]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I almost die for food, and let me have it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13257]]></link><description><![CDATA[I almost die for food, and let me have it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53498]]></link><description><![CDATA[True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep a good table and attend to the ladies. [Fr., Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames;  The garden-walks are passional   To bachelors and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The April winds are magical, And thrill our tuneful frames;  The garden-walks are passional   To bachelors and dames.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quoth Hudibras, I smell a rat; Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In time there is no present, In eternity no future,  In eternity no past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14212]]></link><description><![CDATA[In time there is no present, In eternity no future,  In eternity no past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32537]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to the U.S. doesn't get you much in return,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools take that up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Missouri Bar runs people through Constitutional curriculum. I would like to see high schools take that up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This deal makes sense for both companies. Bank of New York has been expanding in the custodial business and doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36833]]></link><description><![CDATA[This deal makes sense for both companies. Bank of New York has been expanding in the custodial business and doing a fine job. This shift out of distribution is an ideal fit for J.P. Morgan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wee know not who lives or dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wee know not who lives or dies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honored love,  I rather would entreat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were't not affection chains thy tender days To the sweet glances of thy honored love,  I rather would entreat thy company   To see the wonders of the world abroad    Than, living dully sluggardized at home,     Wear out thy youth with shapeless idleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58883]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how full of briars is this working-day world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51228]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how full of briars is this working-day world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21822]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always tried to do my best on the ball field. I can't do any more than that. I always try to give one hundred percent; and if my team loses, I come back and give one hundred percent the next day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. (Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool, it keeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27424]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Pedro:) In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. (Beatrice:) Yea, my lord; I thank it, poor fool, it keeps on the windy side of care.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are. Anne Frank -John B. Sheerin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  It was the experience of the disciples who knew Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1170  It was the experience of the disciples who knew Jesus both before and after the Resurrection, and the conviction which they communicated to others, that laid the foundation of faith. This faith, once given, proved to be -- like the Person who gave rise to it -- essentially self-authenticating. And ever since, the Church has looked to the Cross, a symbol of weakness, as its unique source of power in preaching the Gospel, its authority both to teach and to preach has been of this kind. No amount of liaison between the Church and the source of any other authority, political or moral, must be allowed to obscure the simplicity -- and the mystery -- of the authority of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29522]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was just a smart move for me, based on me and my family huddling together and doing what was best for me. I came here, my grades improved, everything just turned around completely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the language of the devil.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yours was the 10,000-day war born of the Vietnamese's desire to be free and fueled by communist ideology. You met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yours was the 10,000-day war born of the Vietnamese's desire to be free and fueled by communist ideology. You met the call of duty, shouldered your burdens and returned with valor, courage and commitment. We respect, admire and thank you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hung be the heavens with black, yield day to night! -King Henry VI. Part I. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real contest is always between what you've done and what you're capable of doing. You measure yourself against yourself and nobody else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5548]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change. If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ne'er consider'd it as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth,  And very wisely would lay forth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17432]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ne'er consider'd it as loth To look a gift-horse in the mouth,  And very wisely would lay forth   No more upon it than 'twas worth;    But as he got it freely, so     He spent it frank and freely too:      For saints themselves will sometimes be,       Of gifts that cost them nothing, free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we are getting close to the end of the season it doesn't make sense to press to hard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence is a commitment to achieving the values derivable from life with other people in society, by treating them as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence is a commitment to achieving the values derivable from life with other people in society, by treating them as potential trading partners, recognizing their humanity, independence, and individuality, and the harmony between their interests and ours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While most of us are breathing a sigh of relief I want to remind residents that hurricane season does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31036]]></link><description><![CDATA[While most of us are breathing a sigh of relief I want to remind residents that hurricane season does not end until Nov. 30, ... We have been extremely fortunate this time around, but this is an active hurricane season and more named storms are likely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slowly those who create the wealth of the world are permitted to share it. The future is in labor's strong, rough hands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23951</guid></item></channel></rss>