<?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[You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30862]]></link><description><![CDATA[You never heard of a comedy team that didn't fight, did you?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is not bliss - it is oblivion]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must maintain our competitive advantage on commerce traffic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29479]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must maintain our competitive advantage on commerce traffic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11076]]></link><description><![CDATA[...Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole earth is the brave man's country. [Lat., Omne solum forti patria est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2015]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aura of the theocratic death penalty for adultery still clings to America, even outside New England, and multiple divorce, which looks to the European like serial polygamy, is the moral solution to the problem of the itch. Love comes into it too, of course, but in Europe we tend to see marital love as an eternity which encompasses hate and also indifference: when we promise to love we really mean that we promise to honor a contract. Americans, seeming to take marriage with not enough seriousness, are really taking love and sex with too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love matches are made by people who are content, for a month of honey, to condemn themselves to a life of vinegar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be a very foolish person who made any kind of judgement from how he answered tabloid questions at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33184]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be a very foolish person who made any kind of judgement from how he answered tabloid questions at a press conference,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pedigree and ancestry and what we ourselves have not achieved, I scarcely recognize as our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writ in the climate of heaven, in the language spoken by angels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only things they did were headers and throw-ins. But they were good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only things they did were headers and throw-ins. But they were good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11024]]></link><description><![CDATA[On with the dance! let joy be unconfin'd; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even though they bring gifts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be responsible for that. If you can't love and respect yourself - no one else will be able to make that happen. Accept who you are - completely; the good and the bad - and make changes as YOU see fit - not because you think someone else wants you to be different.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For sure it is not to our advantage but they still have some good squad players, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33642]]></link><description><![CDATA[For sure it is not to our advantage but they still have some good squad players,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61583]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no chance, no destiny, no fate, that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danger comes on us more speedily when we treat it with contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51955]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48820]]></link><description><![CDATA[So was hir jolly whistel wel y-wette.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were hoping to get a better handle on it. We knew the plume was fairly widespread. I think the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40496]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were hoping to get a better handle on it. We knew the plume was fairly widespread. I think the testing changed our perspective from looking for one source to looking for multiple sources.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wages are 70 percent of the cost of production. That puts pressure on the cost structure of business, and the propensity is to increase consumer prices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men conceal the past scenes of their lives. [Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men conceal the past scenes of their lives. [Lat., Vitae poscaenia celant.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27787]]></link><description><![CDATA[War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58697]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a good tax.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6800]]></link><description><![CDATA[With what presumption have we dared to voice "Thank You for home (although we hold the deed), Our acre, trees, and flowers (ours by choice), Our faithful dog and cat (though it's agreed No one can own the latter), each good book (A gift, or purchased), all else we foresaw That we should cherish, and have made to look Ours by possession (nine points of the law)." With what presumption have we called them ours, And even felt unselfish when we shared them--  When, if the truth be known, they have been Yours From the beginning, Lord! You have prepared them For us to borrow, using as our own: So thank You, Father, for this generous loan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  It should be noted, at least by those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Samuel & Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 & 1936  It should be noted, at least by those who accept Christ's claim to be God, that he by no means fits into the picture of the "mystic saint". Those who are fascinated by the supposed superiority of the mystic soul might profitably compile a list of its characteristics and place them side by side with those of Christ. The results would probably expose a surprising conclusion. There is, in fact, no provision for a "privileged class" in genuine Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3740]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17457]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sinews of business (or state).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lesser you hear that people say about you, the more you succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58146]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lesser you hear that people say about you, the more you succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is characteristic of the thinking of our time that the problem of guilt and forgiveness has been pushed into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is characteristic of the thinking of our time that the problem of guilt and forgiveness has been pushed into the background and seems to disappear more and more. Modern thought is impersonal. There are, even today, a great many people who understand that man needs salvation, but there are very few who are convinced that he needs forgiveness and redemption... Sin is understood as imperfection, sensuality, worldliness -- but not as guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43239]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would much rather have regrets about not doing what people said, than regretting not doing what my heart led me to and wondering what life had been like if I'd just been myself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58532]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  ... for one good never clashes with another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray you, love, remember. And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is untaught ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is untaught ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That Was Zen; This Is Tao ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62652]]></link><description><![CDATA[That Was Zen; This Is Tao]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53887]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many worthy men have we seen survive their own reputations!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29792]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of the blackouts by your media, are only the losses of the initial clashes. ... You will soon experience horrors that will make you forget the horrors you have encountered in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a tough match because Ruben is a clay-court player, ... But I think I was playing very well. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a tough match because Ruben is a clay-court player, ... But I think I was playing very well. I was doing the things I needed to do, playing from the back but also looking to come in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875</guid></item></channel></rss>