<?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[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15836]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way I feel now, I'm 45 years old and I have a new life. I feel reborn. I'm alive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way I feel now, I'm 45 years old and I have a new life. I feel reborn. I'm alive again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're good. We had a setback. I think we've got something to prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37267]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're good. We had a setback. I think we've got something to prove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the world. The other kind lives with the world, afraid to face himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles  Every man hath greater assurance that God is good and just than he can have of any subtle speculations about predestination and the decrees of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks  You teach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3935]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks  You teach me how a beggar should be answered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Houses that are priced right are still selling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's some ill planet reigns. I must be patient till the heavens look  With an aspect more favorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3405]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's some ill planet reigns. I must be patient till the heavens look  With an aspect more favorable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26353]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26565]]></link><description><![CDATA[My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dog gnawes the bone because he cannot swallow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   [In nineteenth-century America] religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933   [In nineteenth-century America] religion became a matter of conduct, of good deeds, of works, with only a vague background of faith. It became highly functional, highly pragmatic; it became a guarantee of success, moral and material. "The proper study of mankind is man," was the evasion by which many American divines escaped the necessity for thought about God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36240]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's clear Israel has suspended the peace process, despite the so-called moderation of the Arab world, because it has no interest in peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me another horse! Bind up my wounds!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let it serve for table-talk. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let it serve for table-talk. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who we strive to benefit Dear to our hearts soon grow to be;  I love my Rich, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who we strive to benefit Dear to our hearts soon grow to be;  I love my Rich, and I admit   That they are very good to me.    Succor the poor, my sisters,--I     While heaven shall still vouchsafe me health      Will strive to share and mollify       The trials of abounding wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go farther than a great idea that inspires no one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where's the coward that would not dare To fight for such a land?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise man's mouth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4194]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13715]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else . . . was to be indifferent to that difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so ugly - My father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15408]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so ugly - My father carries around a picture of the kid who came with his wallet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Tenet's charmcovers his armsas a velvet sheathcovers a bloodied sword.***George Tenet head of Murder Inc. whose agency hashad Afghanis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43409]]></link><description><![CDATA[George Tenet's charmcovers his armsas a velvet sheathcovers a bloodied sword.***George Tenet head of Murder Inc. whose agency hashad Afghanis die under their interrogationcannot be trusted not to plant WMD's in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11768]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh, no," I said. "Disneyland burned down."  He cried and cried, but I think that deep down, he thought it was a pretty good joke.  I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31509]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got frustrated. You know how it is when seniors know they might be playing their last game. They get a little frustrated and lose their poise a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25177]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sooner or later we've got to beat them. We rushed a few shots and that's when the lead spreads from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sooner or later we've got to beat them. We rushed a few shots and that's when the lead spreads from seven or eight to 14 or 15.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65954]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Movies, obviously, are a little more lucrative. The initial paycheck is better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No disrespect to Dean, but we're playing to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32768]]></link><description><![CDATA[No disrespect to Dean, but we're playing to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting a bull not to attack you because you are a vegetarian]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be proud if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together; our virtues would be proud if our faults whipped them not, and our crimes would despair if they were not cherished by our virtues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For birth control, I rely on my personality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4275]]></link><description><![CDATA[For birth control, I rely on my personality]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45419]]></link><description><![CDATA[A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16843]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The joy of meeting not unmixed with pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The joy of meeting not unmixed with pain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. [Galatians 5:23, 24]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21121]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. [Galatians 5:23, 24].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He got out of a big jam when he got Hilliard. The bottom line is he hit his spots and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31518]]></link><description><![CDATA[He got out of a big jam when he got Hilliard. The bottom line is he hit his spots and let the defense do the work for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no guilty man escape, if it can be avoided. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10709]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crisis is a close encounter of the third kind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know the Golden League has existed for many years now but this is the year when I can do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31809]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know the Golden League has existed for many years now but this is the year when I can do it,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31809</guid></item></channel></rss>