<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Between truth and the search for it, I choose the second.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62125]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessed--they know the angels are on their side: They know in them is the Grace confessed, and for them are the Mercies multiplied;  They sit at the Feet, they hear the Word, they see how truly the Promise runs;   They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and--the Lord He lays it on Martha's sons!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18187]]></link><description><![CDATA[True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. -.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The creative conquest of space will serve as a wonderful substitute for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19395]]></link><description><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like they have a backer, and it's always all about the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34327]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like they have a backer, and it's always all about the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I firmly believe that if the whole materia medica could be sunk to the bottom of the sea, it would be all the better for mankind and all the worse for the fishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29765]]></link><description><![CDATA[They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60607]]></link><description><![CDATA[As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in disguise, and is calling us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity is the story of how the rightful King has landed, you might say in disguise, and is calling us all to take part in His great campaign of sabotage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health and sicknesse surely are mens double enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he  Did that they did in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44585]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was the noblest Roman of them all. All the conspirators save only he  Did that they did in envy of great Caesar;   He, only in a general honest thought    And common good to all, made one of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They inspected the shell casings and determined they were empty. They said it would be safe to remove the remaining ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38695]]></link><description><![CDATA[They inspected the shell casings and determined they were empty. They said it would be safe to remove the remaining slabs. They came back today with a crew from the Crane Naval Depot and determined they were empty and harmless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are those that nought expect, For they shall not be disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are those that nought expect, For they shall not be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3814]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,  Like to the wall that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19132]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,  Like to the wall that circles it about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3242]]></link><description><![CDATA[An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53289]]></link><description><![CDATA[With renunciation life begins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doctors are the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mordre wol out, that see we day by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mordre wol out, that see we day by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18227]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave; legions of angels can't confine me there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24375]]></link><description><![CDATA[How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the violet, which alone Prospers in some happy shade,  My Castara lives unknown   To no looser ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the violet, which alone Prospers in some happy shade,  My Castara lives unknown   To no looser eye betrayed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he does, whether he's a vice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48333]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he [Archie Bunker] is in every man my age, no matter what he does, whether he's a vice president at Chase or a cab driver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In campaigns, the goal is to be a stable leader, clear on your record, accomplishments and base, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31215]]></link><description><![CDATA[In campaigns, the goal is to be a stable leader, clear on your record, accomplishments and base,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36187]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come to the edge, he said. They said: We are afraid. Come to the edge, he said. They came. He pushed them and they flew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science and art belong to the whole world, and before them vanish the barriers of nationality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been an intense process. It's been harrowing at times, but we've made it through and it's been a joy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36904]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been an intense process. It's been harrowing at times, but we've made it through and it's been a joy to work with the cast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many things by season season'd are To their right praise and true perfection! -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55618]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many things by season season'd are To their right praise and true perfection! -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33621]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took a big step between Monroe and Lake. That has to continue to be competitive in our league, because everyone in our league is a challenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546   All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546   All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired, although not in the hour or in the measure, or the very thing which they ask; yet they will obtain something greater and more glorious than they had dared to ask.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34222]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is structural: retail consolidation, difficulties in the classified auto space and competition from other media.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the Thing that I was born to do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11680]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the Thing that I was born to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . his master was in a manner always in a wrong Boxe and building castels in the ayre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20509]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . his master was in a manner always in a wrong Boxe and building castels in the ayre or catching Hares with Tabers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of the greatest number. [Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest happiness of the greatest number. [Lat., La massima felicita divisa nel maggior numero.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how complicated this industry can make saying 'Hello,' ... actually will save consumers money because it's simple, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42516]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how complicated this industry can make saying 'Hello,' ... actually will save consumers money because it's simple, it's any day and all day, it's straightforward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bill is completely ignoring the economic, political and social reality of the United States. Immigrants have been and will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37759]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bill is completely ignoring the economic, political and social reality of the United States. Immigrants have been and will continue to be an integral part of the country's social fabric.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We weren't wrapping up. We weren't tackling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29481]]></link><description><![CDATA[We weren't wrapping up. We weren't tackling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63427]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money talks...but all mine ever says is good-bye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24775</guid></item></channel></rss>