<?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[God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24498]]></link><description><![CDATA[God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons we could not learn in any other way. The way we learn those lessons is not to deny the feelings but to find the meanings underlying them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage. [Lat., Les soupcons importuns  Sont d'un second hymen les ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disagreeable suspicions are usually the fruits of a second marriage. [Lat., Les soupcons importuns  Sont d'un second hymen les fruits les plus communs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18105]]></link><description><![CDATA[How inimitably graceful children are before they learn to dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30124]]></link><description><![CDATA[The timing of the bombings was clearly designed to wreak the greatest level of havoc and carnage. They are an attack on the democratic process and cannot be justified by any political cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not condone the sale of Kentucky Derby tickets for higher than face value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38757]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not condone the sale of Kentucky Derby tickets for higher than face value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23725]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My cake is dough. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55710]]></link><description><![CDATA[My cake is dough. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be awfully nice to them going up, because you're gonna meet them all coming down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27915]]></link><description><![CDATA[If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. - "In the Nature of the Physical World", 1928.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A buck of the first head. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55488]]></link><description><![CDATA[A buck of the first head. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Multimedia? As far as I'm concerned, it's reading with the radio on!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3786]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental toughness is to physical as four is to one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20673]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inaction may be the biggest form of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inaction may be the biggest form of action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094]]></link><description><![CDATA[All Nature seems at work, slugs leave their lair-- The bees are stirring--birds are on the wing--  And Winter, slumbering in the open air,   Wears on his smiling face a dream of Spring!    And I the while, the sole unbusy thing,     Nor honey make, nor pair, nor build, nor sing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deciding whether to trust or credit a person is always an uncertain task.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A difference in your life today will start when you choose to move on from what happened yesterday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62897]]></link><description><![CDATA[A difference in your life today will start when you choose to move on from what happened yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8150]]></link><description><![CDATA[To stand on one leg and prove God's existence is a very different thing from going on one's knees and thanking Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going in and telling schools what to do is just going to make everybody mad and not get to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42015]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going in and telling schools what to do is just going to make everybody mad and not get to the goal,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/344]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to see a nude opera, because when they hit those high notes, I bet you can really see it in those genitals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25580]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you lend is lost; when you ask for it back, you may find a friend made an enemy by your kindness. If you begin to press him further, you have the choice of two things--either to lose your loan or lose your friend. [Lat., Si quis mutuum quid dederit, sit pro proprio perditum;  Cum repetas, inimicum amicum beneficio invenis tuo.   Si mage exigere cupias, duarum rerum exoritur optio;    Vel illud, quod credideris perdas, vel illum amicum, amiseris.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35777]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only given as much as you can handle at any given time. Whether it's true or not, it gives you the strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly the notion of putting music video on phones will increase over time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly the notion of putting music video on phones will increase over time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,  And fight our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! must it ever be so? Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,  And fight our own shadows forever?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have exceeded forecasts. Such large growth was not expected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have exceeded forecasts. Such large growth was not expected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51640]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have acquired wealth is with many not to end but to change the nature of their troubles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is the most powerful scream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is the most powerful scream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lehigh Valley economy in 2005 is a lot healthier than it has been in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39399]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lehigh Valley economy in 2005 is a lot healthier than it has been in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no trend as of yet, because most people aren't really back yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30724]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no trend as of yet, because most people aren't really back yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17218]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you aren't room temperature, your situation can always be improved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Times change and we change with them. The stars rule men but God rules the stars. [Lat., Tempora mutantur, nos ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Times change and we change with them. The stars rule men but God rules the stars. [Lat., Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis.  Astra regunt homines, sed regit astra Deus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throwing sand into the wheels of deeper international economic integration in order to reduce adjustment costs, as contemplated by some, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throwing sand into the wheels of deeper international economic integration in order to reduce adjustment costs, as contemplated by some, is not an attractive option.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion . . . . I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Rejoice in God, O ye tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833 Rejoice in God, O ye tongues; give the glory to the Lord, and the Lamb. Nations, and languages, and every creature, in which is the breath of Life. Let man and beast appear before him, and magnify his name together. Let Noah and his company approach the throne of Grace, and do homage to the Ark of their Salvation. Let Abraham present a Ram, and worship the God of his Redemption. Let Jacob with his speckled Drove adore the good Shepherd of Israel. ... Let Daniel come forth with a Lion, and praise God with all his might, through faith in Christ Jesus. ... Let David bless with the bear --  The beginning of victory to the Lord --  to the Lord the perfection of excellence --  Hallelujah from the heart of God, and from the hand of the artist inimitable, and from the echo of the heavenly harp in sweetness magnifical and mighty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion in LoveA lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1551]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion in LoveA lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to grant, and yet afraid to refuse his request, hit upon this expedient to rid himself of his importunities. He expressed his willingness to accept the Lion as the suitor of his daughter on one condition: that he should allow him to extract his teeth, and cut off his claws, as his daughter was fearfully afraid of both. The Lion cheerfully assented to the proposal. But when the toothless, clawless Lion returned to repeat his request, the Woodman, no longer afraid, set upon him with his club, and drove him away into the forest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I usually get my stuff from people who promised somebody else that they would keep it a secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55766]]></link><description><![CDATA[More matter for a May morning. -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55766</guid></item></channel></rss>