<?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[Base is the slave that pays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base is the slave that pays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It offers the clinic the opportunity to serve more children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37811]]></link><description><![CDATA[It offers the clinic the opportunity to serve more children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt is a prolific mother of folly and of crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke is a very serious thing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23299]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke is a very serious thing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shall I say to Caesar What you require of him? For he partly begs  To be desired to give. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shall I say to Caesar What you require of him? For he partly begs  To be desired to give. It much would please him   That of his fortunes you should make a staff    To lean upon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And we were pretty much helpless because this was an unarmed UN mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40894]]></link><description><![CDATA[And we were pretty much helpless because this was an unarmed UN mission.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It'll be a solid number, but it won't post the 8.2 percent growth we saw for the third quarter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38037]]></link><description><![CDATA[It'll be a solid number, but it won't post the 8.2 percent growth we saw for the third quarter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have just got a new theory of eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have just got a new theory of eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting for peace is like having sex for virginity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting for peace is like having sex for virginity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  We need to forget the imaginary Christ who has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  We need to forget the imaginary Christ who has been ours too long and to rediscover the real Christ, the Christ of the prophets and the martyrs and the confessors, the Christ who is not only the lover of souls but also master, a monarch with demands to make in industry, in finance, in education, in the arts, in marriage, in the home; the Christ who is teacher of a social ideology which has eternal validity; the Christ who cries aloud with convincing force, "He who would save his life will lose it; only he who is willing to lose his life, can find it.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52421]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62471]]></link><description><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11415]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the Fox run, the chicken hath wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remission is for all prisoners without looking at the type of crimes which had been carried out, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remission is for all prisoners without looking at the type of crimes which had been carried out,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in our wake, and that we still retain some degree of power even when our spirits are low. A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47347]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to have a big bruise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to have a big bruise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15870]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually the greatest boasters are the smallest workers. The deep rivers pay a larger tribute to the sea than shallow brooks, and yet empty themselves with less noise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather be a kitten and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballet-mongers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31017]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started out with comedy in college, but had my major in Recreation Administration - which meant I wasn't going to get a real job - so I started doing a little standup.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63957]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29285]]></link><description><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, so they have internet on computers now! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, so they have internet on computers now!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think anybody could say with a straight face that there hasn't been some of the flow of work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37694]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think anybody could say with a straight face that there hasn't been some of the flow of work hasn't been more challenging. Leadership challenges can rub emotions raw and strain relationships.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah me, why did they build my house by the road to the market town? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah me, why did they build my house by the road to the market town?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's style is his mind's voice. Wooden minds, wooden voices.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint you can at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just don't take any class where you have to read BEOWULF.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let Sunday be taken from you If your soul has no Sunday, it becomes an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64873]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30270]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would take years to rehabilitate all of the large lecture classes. We simply do not have the funding from the government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460   The evidence for Christian truth is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460   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 wanting, and not tried.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All life is an experiment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14658]]></link><description><![CDATA[All life is an experiment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little Falls Community Schools is here for the kids. We will stand up and be counted, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little Falls Community Schools is here for the kids. We will stand up and be counted,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thanksgiving (U.S.) Lord, I am glad for the great gift of living, Glad for Thy days of sun and of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving (U.S.) Lord, I am glad for the great gift of living, Glad for Thy days of sun and of rain; Grateful for joy, with an endless thanksgiving, Grateful for laughter -- and grateful for pain. Lord, I am glad for the young April's wonder, Glad for the fulness of long summer days; And now when the spring and my heart are asunder, Lord, I give thanks for the dark autumn ways. Sun, bloom, and blossom, O Lord, I remember, The dream of the spring and its joy I recall; But now in the silence and pain of November, Lord, I give thanks to Thee, Giver of all!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you read those petitions, some of them cry out that something very bad occurred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36948]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you read those petitions, some of them cry out that something very bad occurred.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Opening Day last year, almost 22,000 fans arrived at the ballpark within an hour of the first pitch. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38500]]></link><description><![CDATA[For Opening Day last year, almost 22,000 fans arrived at the ballpark within an hour of the first pitch. We advise they arrive a lot earlier on Monday. The later the fans wait to arrive, the more difficult it will be to get to and enter the ballpark.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50130]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot hide an eele in a sacke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis--once that crisis can be recognized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is not imprisoned by habit. Great changes in him can be wrought by crisis--once that crisis can be recognized and understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm blown away by the talent of this organization. This agency is peppered with unique and talented individuals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31483]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm blown away by the talent of this organization. This agency is peppered with unique and talented individuals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45330</guid></item></channel></rss>