<?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[They just made the tough shots. We were there in their face and they made things happen. We can't hang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39525]]></link><description><![CDATA[They just made the tough shots. We were there in their face and they made things happen. We can't hang our heads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39763]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know how busy other mayors are, but these types of things, if I'm notified early enough, I'll definitely keep my calendar open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chip is an outstanding executive with solid resources industry experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chip is an outstanding executive with solid resources industry experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mystery is a resource, like coal or gold, and its preservation is a fine thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is fossil poetry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is fossil poetry.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, And therein stay. Look not through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Build a little fence of trust around today; Fill the space with loving deeds, And therein stay. Look not through the sheltering bars Upon tomorrow; God will help thee bear what comes of joy and sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17114]]></link><description><![CDATA[We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anwser is no untill you ask the question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anwser is no untill you ask the question.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, little old Noisyville-on-the-Subway is good enough for me. . . . Me for it from the rathskellers up. Sixth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, little old Noisyville-on-the-Subway is good enough for me. . . . Me for it from the rathskellers up. Sixth Avenue is the West now to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A novel is a mirror carried along a main road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25321]]></link><description><![CDATA[A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28894]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you were a poor Indian with no weapons, and a bunch of conquistadors came up to you and asked where the gold was, I don't think it would be a good idea to say, "I swallowed it. So sue me.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the middle of church, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33782]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the middle of church,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26450]]></link><description><![CDATA[One advantage of marriage is that, when you fall out of love with him or he falls out of love with you, it keeps you together until you fall in again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18126]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that tells a secret is anothers servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49403]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that tells a secret is anothers servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continued from yesterday:  The result of all this is that the Christian is a free man. It is here to be observed that the term "freedom" is ambiguous in common usage. It is sometimes used to imply that a man can do just as he likes, undetermined by any external force. To this the determinist replies that as a matter of fact this freedom is so limited by the laws which condition man's empirical existence as to be illusory. The rejoinder from the advocates of free will is that no external force can determine a man's moral conduct (and with mere automatism we are not concerned), unless it is presented in consciousness, and that in being so presented it becomes a desire, a temptation, or a motive. In suffering himself to be determined by these, the man is not submitting to external control, but to something which he has already made a part of himself, for good or ill. When, however, we have said that, we are faced with a further problem. Not all that is desired is desirable, and in being moved by my immediate desire I may be balking myself of that ultimate satisfaction which is the real object of all effort. If that is so, then to "do as I like" may well be no freedom at all. There is a law of our being which forbids satisfaction to be found along that line, as it is written, "He gave them their desire, and sent leanness into their souls." (Ps. 106:15) (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodness is the only investment that never fails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accursed be he who plays with the devil. [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a bum show has been saved by the flag. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a bum show has been saved by the flag.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we want another which will be eternal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25078]]></link><description><![CDATA[And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The castled crag of Drachenfels, Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine,  Whose breast of waters broadly swells  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The castled crag of Drachenfels, Frowns o'er the wide and winding Rhine,  Whose breast of waters broadly swells   Between the banks which bear the vine,    And hills all rich with blossom'd trees,     And fields which promise corn and wine,      And scatter'd cities crowning these,       Whose far white walls along them shine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16908]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. -Samuel Johnson.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dodgerest of all the dodgers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dodgerest of all the dodgers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59781]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The Truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is the recovery of childhood at will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:  There all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind:  There all in sweet confusion sought the shade,   And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great choice. The man is a major American playwright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34495]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great choice. The man is a major American playwright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12331]]></link><description><![CDATA[All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14839]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books had instant replay long before televised sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books had instant replay long before televised sports.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66735]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three secrets to managing. The first secret is have patience. The second is be patient. And the third most important secret is patience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11601]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22918]]></link><description><![CDATA[He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16821]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is someone you can be alone with and have nothing to do and not be able to think of anything to say and be comfortable in the silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of misery Is when a nature framed for noblest things  Condemns itself in youth to petty joys, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of misery Is when a nature framed for noblest things  Condemns itself in youth to petty joys,   And, sore athirst for air, breathes scanty life    Gasping from out the shallows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our defense just flat got after them. They just played special, hard-nosed, consistent football. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our defense just flat got after them. They just played special, hard-nosed, consistent football.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! Star of Eternity! The only star  By which the bark of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most wondrous book! bright candle of the Lord! Star of Eternity! The only star  By which the bark of man could navigate   The sea of life, and gain the coast of bliss    Securely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste. [Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20519]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more fearful than imagination without taste. [Ger., Es ist nichts furchterlicher als Einbildungskraft ohne Geschmack.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's getting better every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40723]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's getting better every day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26998]]></link><description><![CDATA[A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12776</guid></item></channel></rss>