<?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[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392  Why all this strife and zeal about opinions? Death and life go on their own way, carry on their own work, and stay for no opinions... What a delusion it is therefore to grow gray-headed in balancing ancient and modern opinions; to waste the precious uncertain fire of life in critical zeal and verbal animosities; when nothing but the kindling of our working will into a faith that overcometh the world, into a steadfast hope, and ever-burning love and desire of the divine life, can hinder us from falling into eternal death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada's official languages program is arguably the most successful affirmative action program in history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canada's official languages program is arguably the most successful affirmative action program in history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stress is when you wake up screaming and you realize you haven't fallen asleep yet]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known  The pangs of a poetic birth  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46859]]></link><description><![CDATA[They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known  The pangs of a poetic birth   By labours of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no foul play suspected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31667]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no foul play suspected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear can be headier than whiskey, once man has acquired a taste for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24986]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not so much what men suffer, but rather what they miss.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No love is foule, nor prison fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49652]]></link><description><![CDATA[No love is foule, nor prison fair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's one thing to have these services down the road; it's quite another when you're already providing these products. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37611]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's one thing to have these services down the road; it's quite another when you're already providing these products.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53414]]></link><description><![CDATA[In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. [Ephesians 1:7].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more  impressive than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41534]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more  impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is icumen in, Lhude sing Goddamm,  Raineth drop and staineth slop,   And how the wind doth ramm!    Sing: Goddamm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55266]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once made love for an hour and fifteen minutes, but it was the night the clocks are set ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next week is characterized by very low liquidity in Brazilian financial markets, and no major economic data are released. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next week is characterized by very low liquidity in Brazilian financial markets, and no major economic data are released.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,   Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,    The poorer and the baser you appear,     The more you look through still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet will she blush, here be it said, To bear her secrets so bewrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give Me Strength! A petition no doubt directed at our Creator above, these words are uttered in times of complete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give Me Strength! A petition no doubt directed at our Creator above, these words are uttered in times of complete exasperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adopted kids are such a pain - you have to teach them how to look like you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60498]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a reasonable model which could be used in other ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a reasonable model which could be used in other ways.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever there is danger, there lurks opportunity; whenever there is opportunity, there lurks danger. The two are inseparable. They go together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9835]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that sets out to carry a cat by it's tail learns something that will always be useful and which will never grow dim or doubtful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local school districts already have the ability to create anti-bullying policies and curriculum if they deem it necessary, so we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Local school districts already have the ability to create anti-bullying policies and curriculum if they deem it necessary, so we're reviewing whether there's a true need for this legislation in the first place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. [Lat., Levia perpessi sumus  Si flenda ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58206]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have suffered lightly, if we have suffered what we should weep for. [Lat., Levia perpessi sumus  Si flenda patimur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its antihumanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its antihumanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have begun to think that the seventies are the very worst years since the history of life began on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39174]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have begun to think that the seventies are the very worst years since the history of life began on earth...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We appreciate everything they are doing to make the road safer, but the curve needs to be straightened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30365]]></link><description><![CDATA[We appreciate everything they are doing to make the road safer, but the curve needs to be straightened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18437]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The players want to get in the playoffs and win a championship for Bob. We still are very committed to his vision. The foundation of this team happened through Bob.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given these divergent signals from the Bank of Canada and the Fed, look for the Canadian dollar to strengthen in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given these divergent signals from the Bank of Canada and the Fed, look for the Canadian dollar to strengthen in the near term, trading decisively through 90 U.S. cents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45018]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always a need for intoxication: China has opium, Islam has hashish, the West has woman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne;  He held them sixpence all too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58570]]></link><description><![CDATA[King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne;  He held them sixpence all too deere,   Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing happens until something moves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/504]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing happens until something moves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The severity has been high in some cases, and we need to take some action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The severity has been high in some cases, and we need to take some action.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's a man, since the time he fled in 1981, has never had a job, ... He has a rich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41217]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's a man, since the time he fled in 1981, has never had a job, ... He has a rich wife ... he has a magnificent house. He has the method, the means and the money to make his escape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52193]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62334]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever approaches Me walking, I will come to him running; and he who meets Me with sins equivalent to the whole world, I will greet him with forgiveness equal to it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They try to have three pitchers and I have no doubt she'll be there. Pitching is tough and she's done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34154]]></link><description><![CDATA[They try to have three pitchers and I have no doubt she'll be there. Pitching is tough and she's done it at this level. At the next level, they know she'll get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6026]]></link><description><![CDATA[They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60635]]></link><description><![CDATA[If, when the chips are down, the world's most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO is the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13021]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't swim. I can't drive, either. I was going to learn to drive but then I thought, well, what if I crash into a lake?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58777]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tears fall, they're so easy to wipe off onto my sleeve, but how do I erase the stain from my heart?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is found in unlikely places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is found in unlikely places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11156]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend - provided, of course, that he really is dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11156</guid></item></channel></rss>