<?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[He is looking after a few bushes and shrubs and has even placed a circle of white stones around a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29833]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is looking after a few bushes and shrubs and has even placed a circle of white stones around a small palm tree,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24667]]></link><description><![CDATA[When liberty comes with hands dabbled in blood it is hard to shake hands with her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17956]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never advise anyone to go to war or to get married.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. [Matthew].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23711]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13162]]></link><description><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14133]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28473]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more slave States and no more slave territory.   - Salmon Portland Chase, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56579]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more slave States and no more slave territory.   - Salmon Portland Chase,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18961]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not. thanks to Alan Bennett -Mark Twain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a circus--always packing up and moving away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a circus--always packing up and moving away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25198]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very proud of what's taking place in Old Town. We've seen a big increase in traffic there with all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28172]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very proud of what's taking place in Old Town. We've seen a big increase in traffic there with all the new shops.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falling in love is the single most expressive feeling a person can have. Losing that love suddenly, can be the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falling in love is the single most expressive feeling a person can have. Losing that love suddenly, can be the most painful feeling a person can have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I can bring a positive image back to the commission. I think there's some division, and I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I can bring a positive image back to the commission. I think there's some division, and I want to try to bring them all together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one advances confidently in the direction of one's dreams, and endeavors to live the life which one has imagined, one will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws die, Books never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4542]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws die, Books never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visits always give pleasure - if not the arrival, the departure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose. [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not the rose, but I have lived near the rose. [Fr., Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j'ai vecu pres d'elle.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cast their nets in Galilee, just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, before the Lord came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6657]]></link><description><![CDATA[They cast their nets in Galilee, just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, before the Lord came down. Contented, peaceful fishermen, before they ever knew The peace of God that filled their hearts brimful, and broke them too. Young John who trimmed the flapping sail, homeless in Patmos died. Peter, who hauled the teeming net, head-down was crucified. The peace of God, it is no peace, but strife closed in the sod; Yet, brothers, pray for but one thing -- the marvelous peace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63734]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14146]]></link><description><![CDATA[I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52730]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions are never indiscreet: answers sometimes are]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25733]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the mostintelligent, but the one most responsive to change. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21228]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the mostintelligent, but the one most responsive to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;  She, while apostles shrank, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not she with trait'rous kiss her Saviour stung, Not she denied Him with unholy tongue;  She, while apostles shrank, could danger brave,   Last at His cross, and earliest at His grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65382]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me that's one of the great indulgences in life - a hand-tailored suit, and a great pair of handmade shoes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee is rich enough that wants nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee is rich enough that wants nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44815]]></link><description><![CDATA[An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankly, I don't want to see a rapid upturn. I want it to hold until some of these idiotic competitors go bust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14883]]></link><description><![CDATA[I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've found that the more open officials are, the more their constituents feel a part of the process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34475]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've found that the more open officials are, the more their constituents feel a part of the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no question there were challenges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no question there were challenges.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65162]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope! of all ills that men endure, The only cheap and universal cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope! of all ills that men endure, The only cheap and universal cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Utopias of historical progress cannot seduce those who believe in Christ. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Utopias of historical progress cannot seduce those who believe in Christ. Utopias are the straws to which those cling who have no real hope; utopias are as unattractive as they are incredible, for those who know what real hope is. Utopias are not a consequence of true hope but a poor substitute for it and therefore a hindrance and not a help. The hope that is in Jesus Christ is different from all utopias of universal progress. It is based on the revelation of the crucified one. It is, therefore, not an uncertain speculation about the future but a certainty based upon what God has already revealed. One cannot believe in Jesus Christ without knowing for certain that God's victory over all powers of destruction, including death, is the end towards which the time process moves as its own end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faire language grates not the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faire language grates not the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was very afraid. We closed the offices for months. The mullahs went back to their homes. We didn't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was very afraid. We closed the offices for months. The mullahs went back to their homes. We didn't know whether we would find another leader for the council.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29995]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always been a dream of mine to be involved in the America's Cup. I remember when I was a kid sailing Optimists down in Cornwall and there was a British America's Cup challenge that was training in Falmouth,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're devoted to giving children a chance to have a full camp experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31130]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're devoted to giving children a chance to have a full camp experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to say a month out what your league deserves, but we've got six teams playing pretty good basketball. This last month is going to be interesting for our league like it is for all leagues, but when it's all said and done, we'll have a number of teams that deserve attention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manfred: Diego, spit that out. You don't know where it's been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manfred: Diego, spit that out. You don't know where it's been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nation of shopkeepers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18852]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26141]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26141</guid></item></channel></rss>