<?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[Lap of providence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lap of providence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is but a dream, tomorrow but a vision. But today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness, and every tomorrow | a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36876]]></link><description><![CDATA[One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another couple said they will lend their duplex rent free for as long as it takes until they can get their feet on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never find fault with the absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never find fault with the absent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieveit through not dying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieveit through not dying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get a little frustrated and lose their poise a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile, damn it !! Smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile, damn it !! Smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest meliorator of the world is selfish, huckstering trade.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49791]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the best gowne that goes up and downe the house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57865]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to inspire confidence, give plenty of statistics. It does not matter that they should be accurate, or even intelligible, as long as there is enough of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66384]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the people I forgot, you weren't on my mind for some reason and you probably don't deserve any thanks anyway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And many an ante-natal tomb When butterflies dream of the life to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5153]]></link><description><![CDATA[And many an ante-natal tomb When butterflies dream of the life to come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why does pouring Oil on the Sea make it Clear and Calm? Is it that the winds, slipping the smooth oil, have no force, nor cause any waves?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35941]]></link><description><![CDATA[This used to be a government of checks and balances. Now it's all checks and no balances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a grim one-horse hearse in a jolly round trot; To the churchyear a pauper is going I wot;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60071]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a grim one-horse hearse in a jolly round trot; To the churchyear a pauper is going I wot;  The road it is rough, and the hearse has no springs,   And hark to the dirge that the sad driver sings--    Rattle his bones over the stones,     He's only a pauper whom nobody owns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33575]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12651]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're sort of the soundtrack to these wonderful, wonderful images, ... The subject is the universe, but we interpret that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31146]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're sort of the soundtrack to these wonderful, wonderful images, ... The subject is the universe, but we interpret that loosely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All kings is mostly rapscallions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54526]]></link><description><![CDATA[All kings is mostly rapscallions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sin except stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56422]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sin except stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57134]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66437]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresy is another word for freedom of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once we lost scholarships our staff had to make some difficult personnel decisions. As a result, we have lost retention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once we lost scholarships our staff had to make some difficult personnel decisions. As a result, we have lost retention points because student-athletes have transferred when we were not able to renew their aid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That's dedication.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47770]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air. [Fr., Les Anglais, nation trop fiere  S'arrogent l'empire des mers;   Les Francais, nation legere,    S'emparent de celui des airs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Asia, for a long time we have been in denial about the sustainability of high oil prices. There is tremendous potential for Asia to improve efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11871]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by his Maker, divine Truth and Love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10884]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us be thankful for the fools; but for them the rest of us could not succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37094]]></link><description><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An envious man grows lean at another's fatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50185]]></link><description><![CDATA[An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9343]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good morning exercise for a research scientist to discard a pet hypothesis every day before breakfast. It keeps him young.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dress that zips up the back will bring a husband and wife together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mill cannot grind with water that's past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mill cannot grind with water that's past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2481]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[formation of a fully represented, broad-based government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28280]]></link><description><![CDATA[formation of a fully represented, broad-based government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dress up in my costume, and I do the laundry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29203]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dress up in my costume, and I do the laundry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to break [the course record of 57:37], but it just didn't go my way, ... A couple wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to break [the course record of 57:37], but it just didn't go my way, ... A couple wrong turns, I was by myself from the beginning. It's tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History will mark its day of sadness when a great liberator of the Filipino people and a champion of God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35863]]></link><description><![CDATA[History will mark its day of sadness when a great liberator of the Filipino people and a champion of God passed away, ... his wisdom and profound love for the poor and oppressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then wonder what to do with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then wonder what to do with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didn't choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26869</guid></item></channel></rss>