<?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[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944]]></link><description><![CDATA[One way to recall the mind easily in the time of prayer, and preserve it more in tranquility, is not to let it wander too far at other times. You should keep it strictly in the Presence of God; and , being accustomed to think of Him often, you will find it easy to keep your mind calm in the time of prayer, or at least to recall it from its wonderings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I make presents to the mother, but think of the daughter. [Ger., Der Mutter schenk' ich,  Die Tochter denk' ich.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the lily That once was mistress of the field and flourished,  I'll hang my head and perish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None of the competitors is stronger than him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28531]]></link><description><![CDATA[None of the competitors is stronger than him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are necessary to life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are necessary to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/306]]></link><description><![CDATA[By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as dot an inland brook   Into the main of waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft, by some accounts, the second most capitalized company on the planet, is the only corporate colossus in history whose entire product line could be eliminated with a giant magnet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, for example, while loading his ark, did Noah find penguins and polar bears in Palestine?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24129]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we know is not much. What we don't know is enormous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good;  Kind hearts are more than coronets, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51699]]></link><description><![CDATA[Howe'er it be, it seems to me, 'Tis only noble to be good;  Kind hearts are more than coronets,   And simple faith than Norman blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.  Sense is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55114]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sense is our helmet, wit is but the plume; The plume exposes, 'tis our helmet saves.  Sense is the diamond, weighty, solid, sound;   When cut by wit, it casts a brighter beam;    Yet, wit apart, it is a diamond still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46107]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17767]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns--you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3985]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49511]]></link><description><![CDATA[If great men would have care of little ones, both would last long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She did a really good job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40327]]></link><description><![CDATA[She did a really good job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11989]]></link><description><![CDATA[We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody can say a word against Greek: it stamps a man at once as an educated gentlemen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate,  I'd weep the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great, good, and just, could I but rate My grief with thy too rigid fate,  I'd weep the world in such a strain   As it should deluge once again;    But since thy loud-tongued blood demands supplies     More from Briareus' hands than Argus' eyes,      I'll sing thy obsequies with trumpet sounds       And write thy epitaph in blood and wounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32274]]></link><description><![CDATA[We suspect the transmission would be very low on airline flights, ... but probably not zero.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60187]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the evidence shows that God was actually quite a gambler, and the universe is a great casino, where dice are thrown, and roulette wheels spin on every occasion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He came in and was able to locate his pitches and we made the plays behind him. He had pinpoint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37289]]></link><description><![CDATA[He came in and was able to locate his pitches and we made the plays behind him. He had pinpoint accuracy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64799]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47043]]></link><description><![CDATA[True patriots we; for be it understood we left our country for our country's good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole world will praise him and all Indians will be forever indebted to him if he does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole world will praise him and all Indians will be forever indebted to him if he does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So as you can see it has constantly evolved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40578]]></link><description><![CDATA[So as you can see it has constantly evolved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4010]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43668]]></link><description><![CDATA[One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had to take one bus trip for eight hours. It was a nice bus, leather seats and all that. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28777]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had to take one bus trip for eight hours. It was a nice bus, leather seats and all that. But eight hours on a bus? That's crazy man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We use all fresh, never frozen ingredients. We use classic cooking methods and it's all in front of our customers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31668]]></link><description><![CDATA[We use all fresh, never frozen ingredients. We use classic cooking methods and it's all in front of our customers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57694]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the fat guys watch me and say to their wives, 'See, there's a fat guy doing okay. Bring me another beer.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19925]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will clean house when Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men represent the triumph of mind over morals, whereas women represent the triumph of matter over mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53552]]></link><description><![CDATA[All human discoveries seem to be made only for the purpose of confirming more and more strongly the truths that come on high and are contained in the sacred writings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be stirring as the time, be fire with fire; Threaten the threat'ner, and outface the brow  Of bragging horror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done: the worst is that which delays them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest eloquence is that which gets things done: the worst is that which delays them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is simply to request equal treatment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37615]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is simply to request equal treatment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like carnivores to carnal pleasuresAs are we to desperate measures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like carnivores to carnal pleasuresAs are we to desperate measures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are serious about your goals, drop the conditions. Go directly to your goal. Be your goal! Conditions often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34569]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are serious about your goals, drop the conditions. Go directly to your goal. Be your goal! Conditions often disguise strategies for escaping accountability. Why not just take charge and create the experience you are looking for?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34569</guid></item></channel></rss>