<?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[Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intuition is truly a feminine quality, but women should not mistake rash conclusions for this gift]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All powerful is the rule of fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51584]]></link><description><![CDATA[All powerful is the rule of fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54394]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am at Rome I fast as the Romans do; when I am at Milan I do not fast. So likewise you, whatever church you come to, observe the custom of the place, if you would neither give offence to others, nor take offence from them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51618]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a most miserable lot to be without an enemy. [No man can be successful without being envied and hated.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55560]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, nor pray with you. What news on the Rialto? -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13160]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray with your intelligence. Bring things to God that you have thought out and think them out again with Him. That is the secret of good judgment. Repeatedly place your pet opinions and prejudices before God. He will surprise you by showing you that the best of them need refining and some the purification of destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is worth more. [Fr., Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;  Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28618]]></link><description><![CDATA[We swear there will be an earthquake of retaliation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To teach is to learn twice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58752]]></link><description><![CDATA[To teach is to learn twice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day,  And woman's plighted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three things a wise man will not trust, The wind, the sunshine of an April day,  And woman's plighted faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall: Some run from breaks of ice, and answer none,  And some condemned for a fault alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do they rate a movie "R" for "adult language?" The only people I hear using that language are teenagers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do they rate a movie "R" for "adult language?" The only people I hear using that language are teenagers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5969]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wasted youth is better by far than a wise and productive old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is sorrow's salve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is sorrow's salve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to talk to people and hear their concerns, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41616]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to talk to people and hear their concerns,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense  Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense  Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough,   Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary    And pitch our evils there?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55732]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O what is it proud slime will not believe Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised  Thus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47949]]></link><description><![CDATA[O what is it proud slime will not believe Of his own worth, to hear it equal praised  Thus with the gods?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have had problems playing teams that don't have good records. This is the first time this year we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have had problems playing teams that don't have good records. This is the first time this year we have led wire to wire. One of our goals was to run and if we didn't have anything, to set it up in the half court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The abstract metaphysical monotheism, the constant emphasis laid on God's unity and infinite and incomprehensible essence, could not give light ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7160]]></link><description><![CDATA[The abstract metaphysical monotheism, the constant emphasis laid on God's unity and infinite and incomprehensible essence, could not give light to the mind or peace to the heart... How human is the God of the Old Testament -- the God who appears, speaks, guides, who loves and is loved, even as the Man of the New Testament, Christ Jesus, is divine! This difference between the idea of an absolute and infinite God and the God of Scripture is, after all, that which separates the true believer and Christian from the natural man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who eat their corn while yet 'tis green At the true harvest can but glean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45922]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an unfortunate fact that we can secure peace only by preparing for war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46998]]></link><description><![CDATA[The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41063]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is two kinds of music the good and bad. I play the good kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52258]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most gifted members of the human species are at their creative best when they cannot have their way, and must compensate for what they miss by realizing and cultivating their capacities and talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our lives improve only when we take chances -- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42340]]></link><description><![CDATA[We employ a variety of formations depending upon what the team we play dictates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15799]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9551]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17631]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're climbing the ladder of life, you go rung by rung, one step at a time. Don't look too far up, set your goals high but take one step at a time. Sometimes you don't think you're progressing until you step back and see how high you've really gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the air of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the air of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12482]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Diseases] crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, shrivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very tough to deal with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30335]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very tough to deal with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21684]]></link><description><![CDATA[When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28296]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25665]]></link><description><![CDATA[First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity: no really self-respecting woman would take advantage of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who hath a Wolfe for his mate, needes a Dog for his man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12135]]></link><description><![CDATA[His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/589]]></link><description><![CDATA[If addiction is judged by how long a dumb animal will sit pressing a lever to get a "fix" of something, to its own detriment, then I would conclude that netnews is far more addictive than cocaine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?  She 'as ships ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54479]]></link><description><![CDATA['Ave you 'eard o' the Widow at Windsor With a hairy old crown on 'er 'ead?  She 'as ships on the foam--she 'as millions at 'ome,   An' she pays us poor beggars in red.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4016]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5972]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother loved children--she would have given anything if I had been one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4713</guid></item></channel></rss>