<?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[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a face like a benediction (blessing). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14856]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a face like a benediction (blessing).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57012]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set the above their betters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51586]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intemperate patient makes a harsh doctor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4170]]></link><description><![CDATA[In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country of the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things well fitted abide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things well fitted abide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18064]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The chief executive who knows his strengths and weaknesses as a leader is likely to be far more effective than the one who remains blind to them. He also is on the road to humility -- that priceless attitude of openness to life that can help a manager absorb mistakes, failures, or personal shortcomings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6988]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make me what Thou wouldst have me. I bargain for nothing. I make no terms. I seek for no previous information whither Thou art taking me. I will be what Thou wilt make me, and all that Thou wilt make me. I say not, I will follow Thee whithersoever Thou goest, for I am weak, but I give myself to Thee, to lead me anywhither.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is like a board with holes in it, and the square men have got into the round holes, and the round into the square.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys don't make passes at female smart-asses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Andrew the Apostle  I would very earnestly ask you to check your conception of Christ, the image ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Andrew the Apostle  I would very earnestly ask you to check your conception of Christ, the image of Him which as a Christian you hold in your mind, with the actual revealed Person who can be seen and studied in action in the pages of the Gospels. It may be of some value to hold in our minds a bundle of assorted ideals to influence and control our conduct. But surely we need to be very careful before we give that "bundle" the name of Jesus Christ the Son of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33604]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/779]]></link><description><![CDATA[I agree with every word you write, and I can prove this in no better way than by taking your advice from beginning to end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violent can be sound and lightin waking us from sleep of night.Gently comes the dawn's twilightEach step taken oh so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violent can be sound and lightin waking us from sleep of night.Gently comes the dawn's twilightEach step taken oh so slight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53752]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34236]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34236</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[There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51830]]></link><description><![CDATA[There should be no strife with the vanquished or the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of love begins when infatuation ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20794]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of love begins when infatuation ends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will loose your sense of solitude on days when all the boaters come streaming by, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33906]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will loose your sense of solitude on days when all the boaters come streaming by,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A homely face and no figure have aided many women heavenward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1305]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candidate Thomas is a sad, sad man, with only one desire: to reunite with his deceased ex-girlfriend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Candidate Thomas is a sad, sad man, with only one desire: to reunite with his deceased ex-girlfriend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16831]]></link><description><![CDATA[A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60905]]></link><description><![CDATA[People of genius do not excel in any profession because they work in it, they work in it because they excel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body;  If nae-body cares for me,   I'll care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body;  If nae-body cares for me,   I'll care for nae-body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's quick as a cat. She came out and was aggressive and that's exactly what we needed. If she's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41727]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's quick as a cat. She came out and was aggressive and that's exactly what we needed. If she's not out there at the 18 and at the girl's feet, then they score easily.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Democrats voiced their argument that Bush is too extreme on abortion for most voters.] Republicans try to avoid the issue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38162]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Democrats voiced their argument that Bush is too extreme on abortion for most voters.] Republicans try to avoid the issue to get nominated, ... They never can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Woman and the Wine-JarAn old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Old Woman and the Wine-JarAn old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old wine and which still retained the fragrant smell of its former contents. She greedily placed it several times to her nose, and drawing it backwards and forwards said, O most delicious! How nice must the Wine itself have been, when it leaves behind in the very vessel which contained it so sweet a perfume! The memory of a good deed lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36876]]></link><description><![CDATA[One woman will rent out her RV for a family until they can find something more permanent here, ... Another couple said they will lend their duplex rent free for as long as it takes until they can get their feet on the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood, He tried the luxury of doing good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, at a certain time, in pleasant mood, He tried the luxury of doing good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63526]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier times.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a fool Who only sees the mischiefs that are past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinion is the main thing which does harm or good in the world. It is our false opinions that ruin us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thin, airy shoals of visionary ghosts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor souls are apt to think that all those whom they read of or hear of to be gone to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor souls are apt to think that all those whom they read of or hear of to be gone to heaven, went thither because they were so good and so holy... Yet not one of them, not any man that is now in heaven (Jesus Christ alone excepted), did ever come thither any other way but by forgiveness of sins. And that will also bring us higher, though we come short of many of them in holiness and grace...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road is long fro the project to its completion. [Fr., Et le chemin est long du projet a la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13786]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road is long fro the project to its completion. [Fr., Et le chemin est long du projet a la chose.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting -- it has been found demanding, and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good wine needs no bush ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good wine needs no bush]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13997]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forest laments in order that Mr. Gladstone may perspire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you any relation to your brother Marv?(spoken to announcer Steve Albert) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you any relation to your brother Marv?(spoken to announcer Steve Albert)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57560</guid></item></channel></rss>