<?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[Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roosevelt plays an up-tempo -- I call it helter-skelter -- kind of game, and they try to pull you into it. If they get you into it, you're in trouble. They play a bumping and pushing style, and if it's not called, your kids try to do it, too. It worked (for them) tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest people to reach with the love of God are not the bad people. They know they are bad. They have no defense. The hardest ones to win for God are the self-righteous people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25290]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64714]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47010]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caring is a powerful business advantage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caring is a powerful business advantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12989]]></link><description><![CDATA[If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beautiful relay. You play ball like that you're going to win a bunch of games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beautiful relay. You play ball like that you're going to win a bunch of games.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Royko said it was the worst thing anybody could ever do to him, ... Here he had been gratuitously nasty, and the guy calls up and makes a joke about it. He said it was totally disarming. It was also totally brilliant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be a 'No', ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28267]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be a 'No',]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that’ll get you home earlier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Middle age is having a choice between two temptations and choosing the one that’ll get you home earlier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he has his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jonathan Edwards - he has his faith, his health, his wife and his children, but more importantly, he has his Olympic gold medal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22885]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner. The fragments of an intellect are always good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22569]]></link><description><![CDATA[No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13998]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36959]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2255]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3954]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high school and college, we're also going to be really aggressive with the guys that are in the system already. If they show us that they're strong enough, they're going to go out there, and if they can go 90-100 pitches, they're going to do that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62729]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed lest you stumble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed lest you stumble.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am delighted to see him back again. He's a creative player who will help the club move forward over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30676]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am delighted to see him back again. He's a creative player who will help the club move forward over the next few years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179   Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179   Reading is good, hearing is good, conversation and meditation are good; but then, they are only good at times and occasions, in a certain degree, and must be used and governed with such caution as we eat and drink and refresh ourselves, or they will bring forth in us the fruits of intemperance. But the spirit of prayer is for all times and occasions; it is a lamp that is to be always burning, a light to be ever shining: everything calls for it; everything is to be done in it and governed by it, because it is and means and wills nothing else but the totality of the soul -- not doing this or that, but wholly ... given up to God to be where and what and how He pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be cheerful, if you are wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be cheerful, if you are wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17204]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people will believe anything if you whisper it to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence!   - Horace Smith and James Smith, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hence, dear delusion, sweet enchantment hence!   - Horace Smith and James Smith,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15037]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know how to live the time that is given you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know how to live the time that is given you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest spirit is most strongly attracted by the love of glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With swimming looks of speechless tenderness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48787]]></link><description><![CDATA[With swimming looks of speechless tenderness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're old, don't try to change yourself, change your environment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded that some have scarce any better or more forcible argument to satisfy their own minds that they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7235]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded that some have scarce any better or more forcible argument to satisfy their own minds that they are in the right in religion than the inclination they find in themselves to hate and persecute them whom they suppose to be in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,  Seems nowhere to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields,  Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air   Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven,    And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end.     The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet      Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit       Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed        In a tumultuous privacy of storm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is on inflation watch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is on inflation watch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59818]]></link><description><![CDATA[How awful to reflect that what people say of us is true!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits should be conferred gradually; and in that way they will taste better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61594]]></link><description><![CDATA[To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61594</guid></item></channel></rss>