<?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[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11362]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only paradise is paradise lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only paradise is paradise lost]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only true wisdom consists in knowing that you know nothing. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2807]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy neck is a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21960]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate. It is indifference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21960</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is never certain. Failure is never final. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is never certain. Failure is never final.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is as bright as the promises of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is as bright as the promises of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top shape after finishing well in the Tour and later having the time to prepare himself and spend time with his family without being troubled by injuries, illness or stressful contract negotiations. But just before a race starts you always get a little nervous anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60054]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime you're competing on large animals, there's a chance someone's going to get hurt. They're competing on the ragged edge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime you're competing on large animals, there's a chance someone's going to get hurt. They're competing on the ragged edge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A closed mouth catches no flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12458]]></link><description><![CDATA[A closed mouth catches no flies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true gentleman is subtly poised between an inner tact and an outer defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To feed were best at home; From thence, the sauce is meat to ceremony:  Meeting were bare without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5447]]></link><description><![CDATA[To feed were best at home; From thence, the sauce is meat to ceremony:  Meeting were bare without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29287]]></link><description><![CDATA[These surveys confirm the country's growing concern about excessive secrecy. They also show that citizens overwhelmingly believe that open government is good government. The public understands that openness - to the greatest degree possible - will produce government that is more efficient, more honest and more responsive to the citizens it serves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job early in the game but were able to come on late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity,  The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity,  The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A parlous boy. -King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A parlous boy. -King Richard III. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces there should be none alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14847]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many millions of faces there should be none alike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, so far as he comprehends Jesus Christ, so far as he can get any knowledge of Him, is His servant -- the man who makes Christ a teacher of his intelligence and the guide of his soul -- the man who obeys Christ as far as he has been able to understand him... I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12628]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes all doctrines plain and clear?-- About two hundred pounds a year.  And that which was prov'd true before   Prove false again? Two hundred more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expensive, because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28206]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always more expensive to do something than nothing. But in the long run, it will be less expensive, because you're not creating as many lifetime criminals and you're helping more kids to become successful members of society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31984]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a complete stretch to get it to do that, which saved the mission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to create a dorm room environment for the event. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33228]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to create a dorm room environment for the event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32311]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life will be sour grapes and ashes without you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like--but oh! how different! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like--but oh! how different!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a person who goes on a diet finds out in short order that they are poor losers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a person who goes on a diet finds out in short order that they are poor losers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20856]]></link><description><![CDATA[He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the highest kite that one can fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill your pipe with that 'ere reflection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill your pipe with that 'ere reflection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her great merit is finding out mine -- there is nothing so amiable as discernment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20200]]></link><description><![CDATA["Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings solid, don't hesitate."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5703]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is truly great who hath a great charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44185]]></link><description><![CDATA[To begin to think with purpose, is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remarkable thing is that we really love our neighbors as ourselves: we do unto others as we do unto ourselves. We hate others when we hate ourselves. We are tolerant of others when we tolerate ourselves. We forgive others when we forgive ourselves. We are prone to sacrifice others when we are ready to sacrifice ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60630]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that when you know something's going wrong, you make it right. That's what I learned in Vietnam. When I came back from that war I saw that it was wrong. Some people don't like the fact that I stood up to say no, but I did]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That went a long way to helping our confidence. Anyone we face now probably won't be better than him. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35544]]></link><description><![CDATA[That went a long way to helping our confidence. Anyone we face now probably won't be better than him. When you face someone like that, you probably won't face someone who throws harder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35544</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 craving for sympathy is the common boundary-line between joy and sorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58523]]></link><description><![CDATA[The craving for sympathy is the common boundary-line between joy and sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61180]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an extremely small percentage, although the impact - when a teacher engages in this - on the student, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30502]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an extremely small percentage, although the impact - when a teacher engages in this - on the student, the parents and the community is widespread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All our geese are swans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58443]]></link><description><![CDATA[All our geese are swans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58443</guid></item></channel></rss>