<?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[Spare your breath to cool your porridge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spare your breath to cool your porridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delay is the deadliest form of denial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11834]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delay is the deadliest form of denial.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those accused have the right to know who the court members are. He might have a personal or political enmity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those accused have the right to know who the court members are. He might have a personal or political enmity with a court member,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52027]]></link><description><![CDATA[The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtney's students, teachers and other students have signed up to volunteer to work the different shifts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45187]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you've got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13918]]></link><description><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where English minds and manners may be found,   Shall be constrained to love thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For her, the lilies hang their heads and die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25089]]></link><description><![CDATA[For her, the lilies hang their heads and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you put yourself in a situation where your back is against the wall and you come out and hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28383]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you put yourself in a situation where your back is against the wall and you come out and hold them to three points then you have done your job.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17389]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what happened Tuesday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having more money does not insure happiness. People with ten million dollars are no happier than people with nine million dollars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41599]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cry out upon the stars for doing Ill offices, to cross their wooing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cry out upon the stars for doing Ill offices, to cross their wooing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6615]]></link><description><![CDATA[The radical failure in so-called religion is that its way is from man to God. Starting with man, it seeks to rise to God; and there is no road that way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long ago, people used to host Sunday afternoon dances with desserts and tea. We figured with the growing popularity of the tango, we might be able to bring back two lost traditions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little does the sick man consult his own interests, who makes his physician his heir.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2510]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love without reason, and without reason we hate. [Fr., On aime sans raison, et sans raison l'on hait.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love without reason, and without reason we hate. [Fr., On aime sans raison, et sans raison l'on hait.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42507]]></link><description><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65727]]></link><description><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15549]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise: An amiable arrangement between husband and wife whereby they agree to let her have her own way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t recall it, forget ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35882]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have discovered the secret formula for a carefree old age: iycri = fi (if you canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â„Â¢t recall it, forget it).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never take my own side in a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52689]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never take my own side in a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious of preferments in the courts of princes; they who make use of poison to show their skill in curing it; and they who intrust women with their secrets.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea appears all golden Beneath the sun-lit sky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44892]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea appears all golden Beneath the sun-lit sky.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flea in his ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48513]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flea in his ear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberality consists less in giving a great deal than in gifts well-timed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will not become a saint through other people's sins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52424]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will not become a saint through other people's sins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the movies and the movies are us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33113]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the movies and the movies are us]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sound, sound the clarion, fill the fife! Throughout the sensual world proclaim, One crowded hour of glorious life Is worth an age without a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of race, creed, and color. The race is to first base. The creed is the rules of the game. The color? Well, the home team wears white uniforms, and the visiting team wears gray.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46096]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see what is right, and not do it, is want of courage, or of principle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21111]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And neglected his task for the flowers on the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50670]]></link><description><![CDATA[And neglected his task for the flowers on the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am doomed to retrace my steps under the illusion that I am exploring, doomed to try and learn what I should simply recognize, learning a mere fraction of what I have forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Although we ought always to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Although we ought always to raise our minds upwards towards God, and pray without ceasing, yet such is our weakness, which requires to be supported, such our torpor, which requires to be stimulated, that it is requisite for us to appoint special hours for this exercise, hours which are not to pass away without prayer, and during which the whole affections of our minds are to be completely occupied; namely, when we rise in the morning, before we commence our daily work, when we sit down to food, when by the blessing of God we have taken it, and when we retire to rest. This, however, must not be a superstitious observance of hours, by which, as it were, performing a task to God, we think we are discharged as to other hours. It should rather be considered a discipline by which our weakness is exercised and stimulated. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26990]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what they want.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5327</guid></item></channel></rss>