<?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[Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that eats the hard shall eate the ripe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside;  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19869]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside;  The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend;   This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33164]]></link><description><![CDATA[It looks like it's coming straight for us in Dominica, ... We're going to start preparing the hotel tomorrow by boarding up the windows and collecting food and water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54688]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hawk, the Kite, and the PigeonsThe pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1601]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Hawk, the Kite, and the PigeonsThe pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc and slew a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce upon in a whole year. Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You start out massively over-eating because portions are larger, and things get activated in the brain and liver that fuel ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41067]]></link><description><![CDATA[You start out massively over-eating because portions are larger, and things get activated in the brain and liver that fuel the upward movement in body weight,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58533]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart at leisure from itself, To soothe and sympathise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26977]]></link><description><![CDATA[of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25171]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22400]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. Itis not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certaintythat something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30570]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the last 14 months we have been pumping gas to the national grid but the government is not paying our dues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes an expert to point out the obvious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9919]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes an expert to point out the obvious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8951]]></link><description><![CDATA[College is a place to keep warm between high school and an early marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In men, we various ruling passions find; In women two almost divide the kind;  Those only fix'd, they first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45610]]></link><description><![CDATA[In men, we various ruling passions find; In women two almost divide the kind;  Those only fix'd, they first or last obey.   The love of pleasure, and the love of sway.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cheerfulness is health; its opposite, melancholy, is disease]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is influence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andrew Altman full employment act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andrew Altman full employment act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Straining breaks the bow, and relaxation relieves the mind. [Lat., Arcum intensio frangit, animum remissio.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53642]]></link><description><![CDATA[I admit that the generation which produced Stalin, Auschwitz and Hiroshima will take some beating; but the radical and universal consciousness of the death of God is still ahead of us; perhaps we shall have to colonize the stars before it is finally borne in upon us that God is not out there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to talk about pride, I'm so proud that Fredericksburg could bring this quality of entertainment to town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35431]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to talk about pride, I'm so proud that Fredericksburg could bring this quality of entertainment to town.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond terrorism, this was the one event I was most concerned with always. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beyond terrorism, this was the one event I was most concerned with always.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62156]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in, And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,  Then is the day of crumbling not far off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet to move at summer's eve By Clyde's meandering stream,  When Sol in joy is seen to leave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54328]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet to move at summer's eve By Clyde's meandering stream,  When Sol in joy is seen to leave   The earth with crimson beam;    When islands that wandered far     Above his sea couch lie,      And here and there some gem-like star       Re-opes its sparkling eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The medicine chest of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The medicine chest of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711   [My father's] common salutation of his family ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711   [My father's] common salutation of his family or friends, on the Lord's day in the morning, was that of the primitive Christians: "The Lord is risen, He is risen indeed"; making it his chief business on that day to celebrate the memory of Christ's resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fulfillment of the Lord's mercy does not depend upon believers' works, but... he fulfills the promise of salvation for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fulfillment of the Lord's mercy does not depend upon believers' works, but... he fulfills the promise of salvation for those who respond to his call with upright life, because in those who are directed to the good by his Spirit he recognizes the only genuine insignia of his children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And, may I say to thee, this pride of hers, Upon advice, hath drawn my love from her;  And, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13074]]></link><description><![CDATA[And, may I say to thee, this pride of hers, Upon advice, hath drawn my love from her;  And, where I thought the remnant of mine age   Should have been cherished by her childlike duty,    I now am full resolved to take a wife     And turn her out to who will take her in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a great, great relaxant at the end of the day to come in and get my aggression out and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29157]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a great, great relaxant at the end of the day to come in and get my aggression out and leave it here. It feels great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Internet security threats are rising at an alarming pace, and while consumers are increasingly aware of the risks, to date they have very little ammunition to combat and defend against these threats that are easy to use and cost effective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cellar Roots is not just for art and writing majors at EMU. Any EMU student can contribute. There is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cellar Roots is not just for art and writing majors at EMU. Any EMU student can contribute. There is a common misperception that has perpetuated over time that you must be an art or writing major, but this is not true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty should accompany youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty should accompany youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15210]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40224]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one sure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13605]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We see it every day in our economy. These folks are customers in our stores and employees in our workplace. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39816]]></link><description><![CDATA[We see it every day in our economy. These folks are customers in our stores and employees in our workplace. We hope immigration law gets it figured out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52596]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing gratuitous about my films. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing gratuitous about my films.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876   It is to be acknowledged that many passages in the Bible are abstruse, and not to be easily understood. Yet we are not to omit reading the abstruser texts, which have any appearance of relating to us; but should follow the example of the Blessed Virgin, who understood not several of our Saviour's sayings, but kept them all in her heart. Were we only to learn humility thus, it would be enough; but we shall by degrees come to apprehend far more than we expected, if we diligently compare spiritual things to spiritual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy often inflicts death. [Lat., Mortem misericors saepe pro vita dabit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time learn about adoption today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almes never make poore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almes never make poore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49112</guid></item></channel></rss>