<?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[If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53124]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would guide by the light of reason we must let our minds be bold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good a sleping hound to wake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56628]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good a sleping hound to wake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse.  He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3040]]></link><description><![CDATA[He'd undertake to prove, by force Of argument, a man's no horse.  He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl,   And that a Lord may be an owl,    A calf an Alderman, a goose a Justice,     And rooks, Committee-men or Trustees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most skiers are really motorcyclists in cute clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most skiers are really motorcyclists in cute clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider an enemy may become a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider an enemy may become a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62435]]></link><description><![CDATA[One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Golf and sex are the only things you can enjoy without being good at them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24646]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are certain people whom one feels almost inclined to urge to hurry up and die so that their letters can be published.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13900]]></link><description><![CDATA[England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Division has always been a disease of the church... The Love Feast, which should have been the sign and symbol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Division has always been a disease of the church... The Love Feast, which should have been the sign and symbol of perfect unity, has become a thing of divisions and class distinctions. And here there is something which only the newer translations reveal. In the older translations, it is said that to eat and drink at the sacrament without discerning the Lord's body is the way to judgment and not to salvation. But in the best Greek text, the word Lord's is not included. The sin is not to discern the body; that is to say, not to discern that the church is a body, not to be aware of the oneness of the church, not to be aware of the togetherness in which all its members should be joined.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. [Lat., Illud tamen in primis testandum est, nihil praecepta atque artes valere nisi adjuvante natura.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The job of the poet is to render the world--to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The job of the poet is to render the world--to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King,  Of wedded maid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8640]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King,  Of wedded maid and virgin mother born,   Our great redemption from above did bring,    For so the holy sages once did sing,     That He our deadly forfeit should release,      And with His Father work us a perpetual peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/76]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/76</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada is the essence of not being. Not English, not American, it is the mathematic of not being. And a subtle flavour - we're more like celery as a flavour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5754]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now abideth faith, hope and charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity. [Corinthians].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36620]]></link><description><![CDATA[The decline may also be the first sign of companies using their cash balances to grow their businesses, which is consistent with the small business loan growth we continued to experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33451]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's just a ball hog. He probably could be our best player on offense, but we need him on defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should do whatever we can. If you can donate 5 cents, $1,000 or $100,000, we appreciate it. Or, at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38121]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should do whatever we can. If you can donate 5 cents, $1,000 or $100,000, we appreciate it. Or, at least, put them into your prayers,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow, blow, thou winter wind! Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude. -As You Like It. Act ii. Sc. 7.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35405]]></link><description><![CDATA[They found holes everywhere. Actually, they didn't have to find holes, because they hit the ball right to us and we still missed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65139]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My studies in Speculative philosophy, metaphysics, and science are all summed up in the image of a mouse called man running in and out of every hole in the Cosmos hunting for the Absolute Cheese.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wealth maketh many friends. [Proverbs 19:4].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trained hard - but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we were reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11505]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the greatest disservices you can do a man is to lend him money that he can't pay back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20306]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your religion doesn't teach you the difference between good and evil, your religion is worse than useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62889]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32492]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a moderately fast-moving storm and will be out of here pretty much by Saturday, although there might be some lingering storms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty--the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor ease nor peace that heart can know, That like the needle true,  Turns at the touch of joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor ease nor peace that heart can know, That like the needle true,  Turns at the touch of joy or woe;   But turning, trembles too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I don't think the final ball was there for us tonight. It got tougher as the game went on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I don't think the final ball was there for us tonight. It got tougher as the game went on because they were dropping a little deeper. We had to start putting more long stuff into the box. [Columbus] does well with that with their big guys in the box.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cast their nets in Galilee, just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, before the Lord came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6657]]></link><description><![CDATA[They cast their nets in Galilee, just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, before the Lord came down. Contented, peaceful fishermen, before they ever knew The peace of God that filled their hearts brimful, and broke them too. Young John who trimmed the flapping sail, homeless in Patmos died. Peter, who hauled the teeming net, head-down was crucified. The peace of God, it is no peace, but strife closed in the sod; Yet, brothers, pray for but one thing -- the marvelous peace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52473]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I grew up, the conservatives were the isolationists and the liberals were the idealists. Now it's reversed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape;  Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest   Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61129]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I am asked what we are fighting for, I can reply in two sentences. In the first place, to fulfil a solemn international obligation . . . an obligation of honor which no self-respecting man could possibly have repudiated. I say, secondly, we are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will of a strong and overmastering Power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55160]]></link><description><![CDATA[If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment walking in its sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64508]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wiseman speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22171]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wiseman speaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every kid has a dream of owning and driving a race car. I have always had a love for cars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every kid has a dream of owning and driving a race car. I have always had a love for cars especially fast cars, and this is a dream come true. I'll stick to driving the basketball lane and let P.J. handle the fast lane.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55744]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does it with a better grace, but I do it more natural. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55744</guid></item></channel></rss>