<?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[The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30279]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Southern Baptist Convention today would be part of the religious right and 20 years ago it would have been more mainstream. I think it would also be fair to say the conservatives have developed pretty strong ties to the Republican Party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60031]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is that indescribable freshness and unconsciousness about an illiterate person that humbles and mocks the power of the noblest expressive genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without attachment is light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without attachment is light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a leaf moved. Everything was gray. All the houses were the same one color. There were no squirrels, no birds. If you saw something move, it was either a dog or a cat. They clung onto trees. We would bark like dogs and the dogs would bark back at us. I took a speakerphone to amplify my voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15434]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little "personal characteristics."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Authority forgets a dying king, Laid widow'd of the power in his eye  That bow'd the will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Authority forgets a dying king, Laid widow'd of the power in his eye  That bow'd the will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou water turn'st to wine, fair friend of life; Thy foe, to cross the sweet arts of Thy reign,  Distils from thence the tears of wrath and strife,   And so turns wine to water back again.   - Richard Crashaw,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is God's joke on us. It's our mission to figure out the punch line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is God's joke on us. It's our mission to figure out the punch line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buy a tin of food with no wrapper and be surprised at tea time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we play like we did today we'll do good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42307]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we play like we did today we'll do good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every people sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is there evil but on earth? Or pain in every people sphere? Well, be grateful for the sounding watchword "Evolution" here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16198]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our necessities never equal our wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our necessities never equal our wants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is it better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Etheldreda, Abbess of Ely, c.678  The soul which gives itself wholly and without reserve to God is filled with His own Peace; and inasmuch as we are prone to grow like that to which we are closely united, the closer we draw to our God, so much the stronger and more steadfast and more tranquil shall we become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62899]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Future shock [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Future shock [is] the shattering stress and disorientation that we induce in individuals by subjecting them to too much change in too short a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not only the living who are killed in war.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64356]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not only the living who are killed in war.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel  (Who had no doubt some noble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56195]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, I have suffered With those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel  (Who had no doubt some noble creature in her)   Dashed all to pieces! O, the cry did knock    Against my very heart! Poor souls, they perished!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35546]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be insured just like I'm insured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51611]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29792]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you have seen, O Americans, in New York and Washington and the losses you are having in Afghanistan and Iraq, in spite of the blackouts by your media, are only the losses of the initial clashes. ... You will soon experience horrors that will make you forget the horrors you have encountered in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58751]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you be a lover of instruction, you will be well instructed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25394]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61372]]></link><description><![CDATA[That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24106]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the lark that sings so out of tune, Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26205]]></link><description><![CDATA[That the desires of the majority of the people are often for injustice and inhumanity against the minority, is demonstrated by every page of the history of the whole world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A substitute shines brightly as a king Until a king be by, and then his state  Empties itself, as dot an inland brook   Into the main of waters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord Goderich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord Goderich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody knew that I could type pretty well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36863]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angel stood and met my gaze, Through the low doorway of my tent;  The tent is struck, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60880]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angel stood and met my gaze, Through the low doorway of my tent;  The tent is struck, the vision stays;   I only know she came and went.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5090]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not your salary that makes you rich, it's your spending habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think they just wrestled hard. The guys who won, the guys who lost, every single one of them wrestled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28352]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think they just wrestled hard. The guys who won, the guys who lost, every single one of them wrestled tough. Windsor is a well-coached team. We knew they were going to come in and just get after us. In order to prevent that, we've got to make sure we're even more prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a goode booke, kills reason it selfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18677</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[A credulous thing is love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A credulous thing is love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/975]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever turns away from truth perishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever turns away from truth perishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day hath put on his jacket, and around His burning bosom buttoned it with stars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day hath put on his jacket, and around His burning bosom buttoned it with stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spheres of influence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spheres of influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56360</guid></item><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/24941]]></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. -Indian saying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're the truest representatives right now of their genres. The experience between us is over 50 years. They're not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41428]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're the truest representatives right now of their genres. The experience between us is over 50 years. They're not the hottest thing right now because they have a No. 1 single. What they embody is . . . music in the truest form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around, around, Companions all, take your ground,  And name the bell with joy profound!   Concordia is the world we've found    Most meet to express the harmonious sound,     That calls to those in friendship bound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends forsake us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59403]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a health to poverty; it sticks by us when all friends forsake us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59403</guid></item></channel></rss>