<?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[Take up the cross if thou the crown would'st gain. [Lat., Tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take up the cross if thou the crown would'st gain. [Lat., Tolle crucem, qui vis auferre coronam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10217]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Zealand is a country of thirty thousand million sheep, three million of whom think they are human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14521]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you haven't got the time to do it right, when will you find the time to do it over?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skips (elevators) that once lifted about 4 tons of salt to the surface were eventually replaced with hydraulic hoists that can bring up as much as 19 tons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877  It is the recognition of this divine necessity -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877  It is the recognition of this divine necessity -- not to forgive, but to forgive in a way which shows that God is irreconcilable to evil, and can never treat it as other or less than it is -- it is the recognition of this divine necessity, or the failure to recognise it, which ultimately divides interpreters of Christianity into evangelical and non-evangelical, those who are true to the New Testament and those who cannot digest it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is obviously the most thorny problem. The situation is still brittle, even though the Gate Gourmet dispute is nearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31738]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is obviously the most thorny problem. The situation is still brittle, even though the Gate Gourmet dispute is nearly over and BA is back working. There remains the possibility things will erupt again,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foul whisp'rings are abroad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foul whisp'rings are abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46421]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say good-bye er howdy-do-- What's the odds betwixt the two?  Comin'--goin'--every day--   Best friends first to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say good-bye er howdy-do-- What's the odds betwixt the two?  Comin'--goin'--every day--   Best friends first to go away--    Grasp of hands you'd ruther hold     Than their weight in solid gold,      Slips their grip while greetin' you,--       Say good-bye er howdy-do?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those first seven 3-point shots were basically the ball game. We had to fight our best just to get back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those first seven 3-point shots were basically the ball game. We had to fight our best just to get back in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body. [A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49066]]></link><description><![CDATA[A piece of a Churchyard fitts every body. [A piece of a Churchyard fits every body.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O sweet September, they first breezes bring the dry leaf's rustle and the squirrel's laughter, the cool fresh air whence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35618]]></link><description><![CDATA[O sweet September, they first breezes bring the dry leaf's rustle and the squirrel's laughter, the cool fresh air whence health and vigor spring and promise of exceeding joy hereafter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Save a little money each month and at the end of the year you'll be surprised at how little you have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43996]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would help others out of a fellow-feeling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23751]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would help others out of a fellow-feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.Someone to love, something to do, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21722]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world.Someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday   Jesus invites His saints   To meet around His board; Here pardon'd rebels sit and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maundy Thursday   Jesus invites His saints   To meet around His board; Here pardon'd rebels sit and hold   Communion with their Lord.   For food He give His flesh,   He bids us drink His blood; Amazing favor! matchless grace   Of our descending God!   This holy bread and wine   Maintains our fainting breath, By union with our living Lord   And interest in His death.   Let all our powers be join'd   His glorious name to raise; Pleasure and love fill every mind,   And every voice be praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Millions of hells of sinners cannot come near to exhaust infinite grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The burden shouldn't always fall on the taxpayers of Union City; everyone new to the city should pay taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The burden shouldn't always fall on the taxpayers of Union City; everyone new to the city should pay taxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine. [Fr., Le veritable Amphitryon  Est l'Amphitryon ou l'on dine.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The genuine Amphitryon is the Amphitryon with whom we dine. [Fr., Le veritable Amphitryon  Est l'Amphitryon ou l'on dine.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50533]]></link><description><![CDATA[When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man fails to become a thinker only because his memory is too good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows, marriage does.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They played really well. We didn't execute very well. I thought we tackled poorly and we coughed the ball up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33626]]></link><description><![CDATA[They played really well. We didn't execute very well. I thought we tackled poorly and we coughed the ball up a couple times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,   'Tis sweethearts of glory,    'Tis lads who are unafraid!     Ferryman ho!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56670]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's useful to know how large your zero is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's useful to know how large your zero is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Given the amount of unjust suffering and unhappiness in the world, I am deeply grateful for, sometimes even perplexed by, how much misery I have been spared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45208]]></link><description><![CDATA[An optimist is a fellow who believes what's going to be will be postponed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housekeeping ain't no joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it; it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature adds to reality, it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is a second self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is a second self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37186]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39549]]></link><description><![CDATA[For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lye on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lye on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Endangered Species Act has been a dismal failure, and in 25 years the act has yet to bring a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Endangered Species Act has been a dismal failure, and in 25 years the act has yet to bring a single species off the list into recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2971]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can men produce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Security is the priceless product of freedom. Only the strong can be secure, and only in freedom can men produce those material resources which can secure them from want at home and against aggression from abroad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, ... he was telling the guys not to take things for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, ... he was telling the guys not to take things for granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From many to make one. [Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2393]]></link><description><![CDATA[From many to make one. [Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2393</guid></item></channel></rss>