<?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[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. •Edmund Burke  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. •Edmund Burke    Which fiddle-strings is weakness to expredge my nerves this night!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44861]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stir not dying embers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stir not dying embers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a blind dog can find a bone every so often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17239]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . in all our efforts to provide "advantages" we have actually produced the busiest, most competitive, highly pressured and over-organized generation of youngsters in our history and possibly the unhappiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sings the praises of his boyhood's days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the key persons 25-54 demographic, all three stations are tied in a statistical dead heat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30276]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the key persons 25-54 demographic, all three stations are tied in a statistical dead heat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence from those we love is self from self - a deadly banishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care;  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ere sin could blight or sorrow fade, Death came with friendly care;  The opening bud to Heaven conveyed,   And bade it blossom there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The perfecting of one's self is the fundamental base of all progress and all moral development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American is the crucible of God. It is the melting pot where all the races are fusing and reforming . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45832]]></link><description><![CDATA[American is the crucible of God. It is the melting pot where all the races are fusing and reforming . . . these are the fires of God you've come to. . . . Into the crucible with you all. God is making the American.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[very significant and an historic statement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30120]]></link><description><![CDATA[very significant and an historic statement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38543]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve no British interest but for the interests of a small clique of utterly unscrupulous men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26483]]></link><description><![CDATA[Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21066]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52677]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parking, traffic, those are issues tied to urban life. It's not necessarily a bad thing, ... I don't know how a merchant can think there's too much traffic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane,  Immovable for three days past,   Points to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane,  Immovable for three days past,   Points to the misty main.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Extraordinary how potent cheap music is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31934]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A blackout is similar to any side effect of drinking too much such as vomiting or abnormal behavior. The implications ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31723]]></link><description><![CDATA[A blackout is similar to any side effect of drinking too much such as vomiting or abnormal behavior. The implications beyond that are people don't know what they did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our supply of ice and water is exceeding the demand right now. The ice and water will not be wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our supply of ice and water is exceeding the demand right now. The ice and water will not be wasted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35531]]></link><description><![CDATA[To insure peace of mind ignore the rules and regulations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Went in at the one eare and out at the other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Went in at the one eare and out at the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing you take with you when you're gone is what you leave behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;  Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;  Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out   At every joint and motive of her body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is the smith of his own fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is the smith of his own fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidential. Do I want it back? Absolutely not. Obviously the sled works for her. Did it work for me? Yes, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidential. Do I want it back? Absolutely not. Obviously the sled works for her. Did it work for me? Yes, it did. But I was looking for other options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before mid-October it will be up and running. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before mid-October it will be up and running.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really do face an incredible leadership vacuum in this state generally, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31853]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really do face an incredible leadership vacuum in this state generally,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18414]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gem cannot be polished without friction, not a man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kennedy cooked the soup that Johnson had to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it is to make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that more people will make more plans in such areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravity is only the bark of wisdom; but it preserves it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And that's the world in a nutshell, which is an appropriate receptacle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardening is not a rational act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accommodated; that is, when a man is, as they say, accommodated; or when a man is, being, whereby a' may be thought to be accommodated,—which is an excellent thing. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will become broken and his torch extinguished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let but the hours of idleness cease, and the bow of Cupid will become broken and his torch extinguished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27274]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.  These are portents; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame.  These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope,   They do not point on me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45617</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[I am the spirit of the morning sea, I am the awakening and the glad surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57396]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the spirit of the morning sea, I am the awakening and the glad surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8683</guid></item></channel></rss>