<?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[Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Football incorporates the two worst elements of American society: violence punctuated by committee meetings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Piglet, the Sheep, and the GoatA young pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1549]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Piglet, the Sheep, and the GoatA young pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently. The Sheep and the Goat complained of his distressing cries, saying, He often handles us, and we do not cry out. To this the Pig replied, Your handling and mine are very different things. He catches you only for your wool, or your milk, but he lays hold on me for my very life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17814]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say golf is like life, but don't believe them. Golf is more complicated than that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888   The Abrahamic Covenant is not only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888   The Abrahamic Covenant is not only totally different from the Mosaic Covenant, but there is no "throw-back" of any feature of the Mosaic period in Genesis. Abraham and Moses not only lived in two uniquely different worlds, but no Old Testament editor tried in any way to soften the glaring contrasts between the two spiritual giants. Abraham had no Tabernacle, with its minute ritual and special clergy. Abraham was given nothing like the detailed code of life demanded by the Sinai Covenant. Abraham was not even furnished with the basic Ten Commandments. And yet, when we turn to the New Testament, it is Abraham who holds the place of honor, and not Moses! Abraham is mentioned over seventy times in the New Testament, and half of these are in the Gospels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28104]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really don't have enemies. It's just that some of our best friends are trying to kill us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even among the married, sexual satisfaction must not be sought in a way which disregards man's character as a person and degrades him to the animal level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindly words do not enter so deeply into men as a reputation for kindness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18631]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have been happy, madame, adds to calamity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge and human power are synonymous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember, happiness is a way of travel not a destination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember, happiness is a way of travel not a destination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven in his own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53544]]></link><description><![CDATA[All religions must be tolerated, for every man must get to heaven in his own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is an order of nobility; from its revelations we come more worthily into nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself has no right to be a tyrant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47405]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself has no right to be a tyrant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they perceive dissension in our looks And that within ourselves we disagree,  How will their grudging stomachs be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12563]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they perceive dissension in our looks And that within ourselves we disagree,  How will their grudging stomachs be provoked   To willfull disobedience, and rebel!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and shewould come in and sink my boats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and shewould come in and sink my boats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Husbands are like fires. They go out when unattended.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43600]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law. [Lat., Quam angusta innocentia est, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20960]]></link><description><![CDATA[What narrow innocence it is for one to be good only according to the law. [Lat., Quam angusta innocentia est, ad legem bonum esse.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35568]]></link><description><![CDATA[All somebody had to do was throw a cigarette out and we have a disaster,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28111]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26031]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: "It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss... ".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66057]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't mind living in a man's world, as long as I can be a woman in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blushing is the colour of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blushing is the colour of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28231]]></link><description><![CDATA[He told me that bin Laden is saying to President Clinton that the battle has not started yet and they will answer these raids with actions, not words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.  You must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mercy that was quick in us but late, By your own counsel is suppressed and killed.  You must not dare for shame to talk of mercy;   For your own reasons turn into your bosoms    As dogs upon their masters, worrying you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're naturally kind you attract a lot of people you don't like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51990]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're naturally kind you attract a lot of people you don't like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody picks on a strong man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64983]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44301]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20394]]></link><description><![CDATA[To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64334]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have more and more ways to communicate, as Thoreau noted, but less and less to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody knew that I could type pretty well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19912]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst thing about work in the house or home is that whatever you do it is destroyed, laid waste or eaten within twenty-four hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30765]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have a lot of information today. I think today is probably a quiet day depending on what the stock market does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty: the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sped up my XT; ran it on 220v! Works greO?_|. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sped up my XT; ran it on 220v! Works greO?_|.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60903]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the first of all problems for a man to find out what kind of work he is to do in this universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10903]]></link><description><![CDATA[You haven't lost your smile at all, it's right under your nose. You just forgot it was there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot of wonderful candidates out there, and to be selected shocked me. It caught me off guard. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33870]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot of wonderful candidates out there, and to be selected shocked me. It caught me off guard. It shows that this award is more than just being a great athlete. It shows you have to work hard in the classroom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33870</guid></item></channel></rss>