<?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[Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle. (1640).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those were still the same shots I normally take, but my shot wasn't falling. But in no way was this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those were still the same shots I normally take, but my shot wasn't falling. But in no way was this a bad season for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3533]]></link><description><![CDATA[An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49123]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ill labourer quarrells with his tooles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jupiter has placed upon us two wallets. Hanging behind each person's back he has given one full of his own faults; in front he has hung a heavy one full of other people's. [Lat., Peras imposuit Jupiter nobis duas.  Propriis repletam vitiis post tergum dedit;   Alienis ante pectus supendit gravem.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45003]]></link><description><![CDATA[People say I'm cocky, but am I supposed to sit here and be insecure and not know where my future's going or not realize that moviemaking is the greatest thing to happen to me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2267]]></link><description><![CDATA[People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher or better than themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. (after the team's co-captain, offensive guard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57533]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time. (after the team's co-captain, offensive guard Robert Pratt, pulled a hamstring running onto the field for the coin toss against St. Louis)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[head of international mafia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36708]]></link><description><![CDATA[head of international mafia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He only does it to annoy you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50448]]></link><description><![CDATA[He only does it to annoy you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26881]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this: When you die, will YOU be happy when everybody else is crying?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. [Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. [Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57186]]></link><description><![CDATA[A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The devil is and always has been a gentleman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14236]]></link><description><![CDATA[The devil is and always has been a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents an invasion of the dearest rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're pleased when a test like this is able to demonstrate the efficacy of our technology. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37490]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're pleased when a test like this is able to demonstrate the efficacy of our technology.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology were the only two really great subjects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3049]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always admired Mrs. Grote's saying that politics and theology were the only two really great subjects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25243]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep!  A single step, and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, yes, the sea is still and deep, All things within its bosom sleep!  A single step, and all is o'er,   A plunge, a bubble, and no more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24645]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man sends you an impudent letter, sit right down and give it back to him with interest ten times compounded, and then throw both letters in the wastebasket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24645</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[True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58311]]></link><description><![CDATA[True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discover Greatness: An Illustrated History of Negro Leagues Baseball,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be nice to people on your way up because you might meet 'em on your way down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ didn't waste his time trying to change the social order. Christ spent all his time fighting sin. Therefore it behooves the witnesses of Christ to say that we do not have to abolish capitalism and establish socialism or communism, that sin can flourish under those systems as well. Christianity is not opposed to any social order, but to sin.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 Continuing a short series on prayer:   I have so much to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546 Continuing a short series on prayer:   I have so much to do (today) that I should spend the first three hours in prayer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2922]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world, is the highest applause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it, you'd have good people doing good things and evil people doing bad things, but for good people to do bad things, it takes religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nemo unquam bonis artibus exercuit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got unsung heroes in that school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40562]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got unsung heroes in that school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such is our dependence upon God that we are obliged not only to do everything for His sake, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such is our dependence upon God that we are obliged not only to do everything for His sake, but also to seek from Him the very power. This happy necessity of having recourse to Him in all our wants, instead of being grievous to us, should be our greatest consolation. What a happiness is it that we are allowed to speak to Him with confidence; to open our hearts and hold familiar conversation with him, by prayer! He Himself invites us to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the one unpardonable sin against our fellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is ever done beautifully which is done in rivalship: or nobly, which is done in pride.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41131]]></link><description><![CDATA[From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In addition to the economic impact dollar figure, of particular interest to us was that the All-Star Game and related ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40411]]></link><description><![CDATA[In addition to the economic impact dollar figure, of particular interest to us was that the All-Star Game and related events generated nearly 20,000 hotel room nights, with an average lodging expense of $403 per group.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12528]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all wear some disguise, make some professions, use some artifice, to set ourselves off as being better than we are; and yet it is not denied that we have some good intentions and praiseworthy qualities at bottom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9904]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25471]]></link><description><![CDATA[So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it doesn't work out how you want it to. I really put down the best run I could. Sometimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it doesn't work out how you want it to. I really put down the best run I could. Sometimes you get in and sometimes you don't. But the judges do the best they can. If they saw something that kept me out of the top three, I have to respect that and keep working on my riding. All I can do is improve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can refute a sneer? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can refute a sneer?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44188]]></link><description><![CDATA[To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do want your big guns for the play-offs. We'll just have to knuckle down and work as a unit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32588]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do want your big guns for the play-offs. We'll just have to knuckle down and work as a unit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that credit is money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that credit is money.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, not force, rides the horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, not force, rides the horse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20199]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three husbands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20199</guid></item></channel></rss>