<?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[A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49025]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentlemans grayhound, and a salt-box; seeke them at the fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60165]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never cease or be removed from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7364]]></link><description><![CDATA[This therefore is a certain truth, that hell and death, curse and misery, can never cease or be removed from the creation till the will of the creature is again as it came from God and is only a Spirit of Love that wills nothing but goodness. All the whole fallen creation, stand it never so long, must groan and travail in pain, till every contrariety to the divine will is entirely taken from every creature. Which is only saying, that all the powers and properties of nature are a misery to themselves, can only work in disquiet and wrath, till the birth of the Son of God brings them under the dominion and power of the Spirit of Love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like giving birth to a kindergartener, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40182]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like giving birth to a kindergartener,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the doctrines of the Gospel. A reflecting Christian sees more to excite his astonishment, and to exercise his faith, in the state of things between Temple Bar [in Dublin] and St. Paul's [in London], than in what he reads from Genesis to Revelation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brook! whose society the poet seeks, Intent his wasted spirits to renew;  And whom the curious painter doth pursue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brook! whose society the poet seeks, Intent his wasted spirits to renew;  And whom the curious painter doth pursue   Through rocky passes, among flowery creeks,    And tracks thee dancing down thy water-breaks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you don't fail is the last time you try anything -- and it works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39935]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took a while for us to hit somebody. Just getting them in a game situation and playing full speed with plays coming in every 20 seconds is what we needed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man differs from the animal only by a little; most men throw that little away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man differs from the animal only by a little; most men throw that little away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Study the best and highest things that are; but of yourself humble thoughts retain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5691]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great dowry is a bed full of brables. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49032]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great dowry is a bed full of brables.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15508]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not apt to fear for the fearless, when we are companions in their danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word spoken in due season, how good is it! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48650]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word spoken in due season, how good is it!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48845]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is peculiarly a fool's habit to discern the faults of others, and to forget his own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is a peep-hole on a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is a peep-hole on a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3995]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jests that give pains are no jests. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jests that give pains are no jests.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No person has the right to rain on your dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52368]]></link><description><![CDATA[No person has the right to rain on your dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally dwarfs the problem. The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized a problem a turned it into an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any kid will run any errand for you, if you ask at bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never letting the competition define you. Instead, you have to define yourself based on a point of view you care deeply about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48641]]></link><description><![CDATA[A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's pretty lonely onstage, I have to admit, ... But I felt I needed to do more than just entertain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39929]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's pretty lonely onstage, I have to admit, ... But I felt I needed to do more than just entertain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20842]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you not because of who you are, but because of who I am when I am with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13207]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consummate pleasure (in eating) is not in the costly flavour, but in yourself. Do you seek for sauce for sweating?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51349]]></link><description><![CDATA[With taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15001]]></link><description><![CDATA[As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the team that scores deserves to win. We had more possession but couldn't create any real chances. Now we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the team that scores deserves to win. We had more possession but couldn't create any real chances. Now we have another tough match on Wednesday [against Inter]. We have to win because we don't have any points in the group.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind; the thief doth fear each bush an officer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a trial of which you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20347]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who has no office to go to--I don't care who he is--is a trial of which you can have no conception.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold has worked down from Alexander's time ... When something holds good for two thousand years I do not believe it can be so because of prejudice or mistaken theory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits and valours, like great states, Do sometimes sink with their own weights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Michael had one of his best years in many ways, although the fumbles were a great negative to the team. He took it quite personally, and he's done a very good job of working on everything this offseason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not yet begun to fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54153]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not yet begun to fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64558]]></link><description><![CDATA[I lost some time once. It's always in the last place you look for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again.  If at first you don't succeed,   Try, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59690]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a lesson you should heed, Try, try, try again.  If at first you don't succeed,   Try, try, try again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The groves were God's first temples. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The groves were God's first temples.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16561]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23670]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to him, . . . who has no court of appeal against the world's judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or rather the rejection of the self. Dedication is the obverse side of self-rejection. Man alone is a religious animal because, as Montaigne points out, "it is a malady confined to man, and not seen in any other creature, to hate and despise ourselves.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crowning blessing of life -- to be born with a bias to some pursuit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crowning blessing of life -- to be born with a bias to some pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43909</guid></item></channel></rss>