<?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[Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mark my hours by shadow; Mayest thou mark thine  By sunshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58314]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mark my hours by shadow; Mayest thou mark thine  By sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no secret, we took a lot of sh-- for Ang Lee's 'Hulk,' for all the wrong reasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29742]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no secret, we took a lot of sh-- for Ang Lee's 'Hulk,' for all the wrong reasons,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62296]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43659]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes think I was born to live up to my name. How could I be anything else but what I am having been named Madonna? I would either have ended up a nun or this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do only what a man can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We like to think our fees and services, the charges we apply, are competitive. ... For things that we don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33759]]></link><description><![CDATA[We like to think our fees and services, the charges we apply, are competitive. ... For things that we don't control, the charges the tugs charge to provide assistance is competitive to other ports. The same holds true for our pilots, the guys who physically guide the ship in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58743]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is you, and you are he; there is a teaching; and by no unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever quite lose the benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a real comfortable fit for me. The campus, everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30030]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a real comfortable fit for me. The campus, everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more a man hath unity and simplicity in himself, the more things and the deeper things he understandeth; and that without labour, because he receiveth the light of understanding from above. The spirit which is pure, sincere and steadfast, is not distracted though it hath many works to do, because it doth all things to the honour of God, and striveth to be free from all thoughts of self-seeking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65619]]></link><description><![CDATA[I run because it's my passion, and not just a sport. Every time I walk out the door, I know why I'm going where I'm going and I'm already focused on that special place where I find my peace and solitude. Running, to me, is more than just a physical exercise... it's a consistent reward for victory!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are pauses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are pauses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58014]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one who cannot rejoice in the discovery of his own mistakes deserves to be called a scholar]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For fools admire, but me of sense approve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/613]]></link><description><![CDATA[For fools admire, but me of sense approve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown,  Have stirred up many zealous souls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terms ill defined, and forms misunderstood, And customs, when their reasons are unknown,  Have stirred up many zealous souls   To fight against imaginary giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56901]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us necessarily hold many casual opinions that are ludicrously wrong simply because life is far too short for us to think through even a small fraction of the topics that we come across.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester, 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'  And since, methinks, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18401]]></link><description><![CDATA['Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester, 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'  And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,   Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, My morning incense. and my evening meal,  The sweets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, My morning incense. and my evening meal,  The sweets of Hasty-Pudding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. If FERC accepts this settlement and thereby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40281]]></link><description><![CDATA[This state followed the federal government's lead and totally deregulated our electricity markets. If FERC accepts this settlement and thereby punishes Maine for restructuring, it will be a clear message that they have abandoned the nation's experiment with electric power sector deregulation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52295]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is truly literate who cannot read his own heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18625]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's afterwards you realize that the feeling of happiness you had with a man didn't necessarily prove that you loved him]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know who you are, and I am not impressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55053]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know who you are, and I am not impressed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt. [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt. [Lat., Nimia familiaritas parit contemptum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will prepare and some day my chance will come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will prepare and some day my chance will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13924]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Channel is that silver strip of sea which severs merry England from the tardy realms of Europe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Mill gets by going. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49894]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Mill gets by going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will is the dynamic soul-force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will is the dynamic soul-force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope he wins - I'm rooting for him now. I think he's ready to win a state championship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope he wins - I'm rooting for him now. I think he's ready to win a state championship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14922]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or your foe, depending on his bringing up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody in this room cares about kids and nobody wants to trash the Constitution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody in this room cares about kids and nobody wants to trash the Constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our goal from the beginning is to be the Suffolk County small school champion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42150]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our goal from the beginning is to be the Suffolk County small school champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scale at which we have been sending it now is unprecedented. I haven't slept in days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scale at which we have been sending it now is unprecedented. I haven't slept in days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martin Luther, Teacher, Reformer, 1546  Let every man recognize what he is, and be certain that we are all equally priests, that is, we have the same power in the word and in any sacrament whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59548]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two tragedies in life: one is to lose your heart's desire, the other is to gain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35520]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a 'self-made' man. We are made up of thousands of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43987]]></link><description><![CDATA[O pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song of gladness in the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63554]]></link><description><![CDATA[The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid and stable business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who must account for himselfe and others, must know both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50102</guid></item></channel></rss>