<?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[Only a mediocre person is always at his best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a mediocre person is always at his best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I felt like we got in a rhythm there in the second half. I think it was a definite improvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35378]]></link><description><![CDATA[I felt like we got in a rhythm there in the second half. I think it was a definite improvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45163]]></link><description><![CDATA[A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38232]]></link><description><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities multiply as they are seized. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities multiply as they are seized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3282]]></link><description><![CDATA[The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can only be forgiven not forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5807]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few virtuous women who are not bored with their trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1965]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47438]]></link><description><![CDATA[The search for moral guidance which shall not depend upon external authority has invariably ended in the acknowledgment of some new authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37546]]></link><description><![CDATA[So you see, we offer a lot more than just sports.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14118]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this talk about equality. The only thing people really have in common is that they are all going to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28349]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me, Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;  For I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou that so stoutly hast resisted me, Give me thy gold, if thou hast any gold;  For I have bought it with an hundred blows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever profits by the crime is guilty of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mechanics of industry is easy. The real engine is the people : Their motivation and direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3631]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is so little to be so large! Why, a train of cars, or a whale-back barge  Couldn't carry the freight   Of the monstrous weight    Of all of his qualities, good and great.     And tho' one view is as good as another      Don't take my word for it. Ask his mother!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look you! I myself am nearest to myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look you! I myself am nearest to myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802]]></link><description><![CDATA[The corporate charter that we have is very strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22592]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say, "well done" to any bit of good work is to take hold of the powers which have made the effort and strengthen them beyond our knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24037]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can remember the lush spring excitement of language in childhood. Sitting in church, rolling it around my mouth like marbles--tabernacle and pharisee and parable, tresspass and Babylon and covenant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman asked a coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman asked a coachman, "Are you full inside?" Upon which Lamb put his head through the window and said, "I am quite full inside; that last piece of pudding at Mr. Gillman's did the business for me."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist  Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Luke the Evangelist  Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two: your life preaches all week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your ministry. Give yourself to prayer, and get your texts, your thoughts, your words, from God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8716]]></link><description><![CDATA[For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather show us to be what we are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40222]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will the U.S. senators have to say if there is, as many over here and in the rest of the world suspect, no substance to the allegations against my father and me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not always at ease who laughs. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24173]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not always at ease who laughs. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, often have I thought to myself, I will sin but this one sin more, and then I will repent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, often have I thought to myself, I will sin but this one sin more, and then I will repent of it, and of all the rest of my sins together. So foolish was I, and ignorant. As if I should be more able to pay my debts when I owe more: or as if I should say, I will wound my friend once again, and then I will lovingly shake hands with him -- but what if my friend will not shake hands with me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theatergoing is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very, very impressive. In a way, he pulled a mini version of Normann last year. He got away and made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very, very impressive. In a way, he pulled a mini version of Normann last year. He got away and made it hold up with a solid run. He's the real deal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56324]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like vending machines, because snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at the store, oftentimes I will drop it so that is achieves its maximum flavor potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor prevents a "hardening of the attitudes." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor prevents a "hardening of the attitudes."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher, 367 Commemoration of Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde & Cumbria, 603   Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be the miracle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/794]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fly from, need not be to hate, makind: All are not fit with them to stir and toil, Nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25511]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fly from, need not be to hate, makind: All are not fit with them to stir and toil, Nor is it discontent to keep the mind Deep in its fountain. - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 1818.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He play'd an ancient ditty long since mute, In Provence call'd, "La belle dame sans merci." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He play'd an ancient ditty long since mute, In Provence call'd, "La belle dame sans merci."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan the envious said with a sigh: Christians know more about their hell than I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friday afternoon is usually not the best time to get people's attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friday afternoon is usually not the best time to get people's attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness, so far as we can return it, is agreeable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51665</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[All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15721]]></link><description><![CDATA[All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately clamoring for the products it turns out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would want to look at the land carefully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39577]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would want to look at the land carefully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sensual pleasures are like soap bubbles, sparkling, effervescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunger is sharper than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunger is sharper than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20146</guid></item></channel></rss>