<?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[Drawing is the true test of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drawing is the true test of art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In after-dinner talk, Across the walnuts and the wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57929]]></link><description><![CDATA[In after-dinner talk, Across the walnuts and the wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Officials offered to take four percentage points off that,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at first and in fear, she soon rises to heaven, Walks upon land and hides her head in the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945   Come to the Bible, not to study the history of God's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945   Come to the Bible, not to study the history of God's divine action, but to be its object; not to learn what it has achieved throughout the centuries and still does, but simply to be the subject of its operation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seem'd as if each thought and look And motion were that minute chain'd  Fast to the spot such ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55142]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seem'd as if each thought and look And motion were that minute chain'd  Fast to the spot such root she took,   And--like a sunflower by a brook,    With face upturn'd--so still remain'd!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those holidays add to the magnitude of the after-Christmas shopping day. This year we planned extended hours to anticipate the shoppers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55380]]></link><description><![CDATA[No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35740]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the buying of new machinery meant not only the possibility of production, but even the new technology, 'cos as I mentioned before, we were back of seven, eight years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27743]]></link><description><![CDATA[In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The loss of jobs is never a pleasant thing. I know short term this is unpleasant, but I know long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31939]]></link><description><![CDATA[The loss of jobs is never a pleasant thing. I know short term this is unpleasant, but I know long term we'll come out on top.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can come to a decision that positively impacts all three of those then you've made the best decision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33917]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can come to a decision that positively impacts all three of those then you've made the best decision.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8818]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to put a ding in the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to put a ding in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46027]]></link><description><![CDATA[You write with ease, to show your breeding, But easy writing's curst hard reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Neither have I said we have got to do this because of some pharmaceutical advantage there may or may not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Neither have I said we have got to do this because of some pharmaceutical advantage there may or may not be. The moral issue is that we should not impoverish this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, art for art's sake is ridiculous. Art is for the sake of one's needs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41699]]></link><description><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The light upon her face Shines from the windows of another world.  Saints only have such faces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14863]]></link><description><![CDATA[The light upon her face Shines from the windows of another world.  Saints only have such faces.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10077]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study of books]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I give not gold for mere expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I give not gold for mere expectations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23333]]></link><description><![CDATA[A parliament speaking through reporters to Buncombe and the Twenty-seven millions, mostly fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe Maddock did a good job in the centre last week and he deserves to stay in the side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joe Maddock did a good job in the centre last week and he deserves to stay in the side.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone started shooting, and they had their caribou. They came to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone started shooting, and they had their caribou. They came to us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30806]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when they look at Africa, but these countries have turned it around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't try to fix the students, fix ourselves first. The good teacher makes the poor student good and the good student superior. When our students fail, we, as teachers, too, have failed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Matrimony) is not by any to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26549]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Matrimony) is not by any to be entered into unadvisedly or lightly; but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly, and in the fear of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35940]]></link><description><![CDATA[When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody is so rushed, they don't take time for the whimsical, the light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10334]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am very excited for Josh and the opportunity that he has earned. He has worked very hard of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33943]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am very excited for Josh and the opportunity that he has earned. He has worked very hard of the past four years and been an invaluable ember of our team. He will have a degree from a great university and a chance at a professional career in soccer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899]]></link><description><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and of noon!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23742]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28959]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one looks at the results so far for Stephen King, it is something of a wash, ... He simply has made back the money it cost him to pursue this means of reaching his audience with his latest work. For authors who don't have the track record, reputation and built-in audience following of a Stephen King, obviously his example is one that doesn't necessarily encourage them to go out and dismiss their publishers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can hide all things, excepting twain-- That he is drunk, and that he is in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54969]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can hide all things, excepting twain-- That he is drunk, and that he is in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179   "He cannot deny Himself" [II Tim. 2:13], means at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179   "He cannot deny Himself" [II Tim. 2:13], means at the same time He cannot deny His grace to the sinful, and He cannot deny the moral order in which alone He can live in fellowship with men; and we see the inviolableness of both asserted in the death of Jesus. Nothing else in the world demonstrates how real is God's love to the sinful, and how real the sin of the world is to God. And the love which comes to us through such an expression, bearing sin in all its reality, yet loving us through and beyond it, is the only love which at once forgives and regenerates the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4802]]></link><description><![CDATA[There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idle men are the devil's playfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idle men are the devil's playfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well in the first half, but lost our composure in the second. We won the game, but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well in the first half, but lost our composure in the second. We won the game, but we still have a lot of work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59755]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a Saint, such an offering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a Saint, such an offering.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49771</guid></item></channel></rss>