<?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[Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half a man's wisdom goes with his courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world turns softly Not to spill its lakes and rivers,  The water is held in its arms   And the sky is held in the water.    What is water,     That pours silver,      And can hold the sky?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could remember your name, I'd ask you where I left my keys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could remember your name, I'd ask you where I left my keys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1238]]></link><description><![CDATA[You should make a point of trying every experience once, excepting incest and folk dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51943]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I get down on my knees, it is not to pray]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60319]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is disturbing to discover in oneself these curious revelations of the validity of the Darwinian theory. If it is true that we have sprung from the ape, there are occasions when my own spring appears not to have been very far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66903]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven  Fires all the faculties with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then liberty, like day, Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from Heaven  Fires all the faculties with glorious joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a big relief for me. Our team needs to make a push and I think with both of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38917]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a big relief for me. Our team needs to make a push and I think with both of us being healthy on the court at the same time, we can do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12684]]></link><description><![CDATA[To his dog, every man is Napolean, hence the constant popularity of dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do the wordsof the Peaceful Masterbecome the tiradesof warmonger pastors? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8229]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do the wordsof the Peaceful Masterbecome the tiradesof warmonger pastors?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63800]]></link><description><![CDATA[To get where you want to go you can't only do what you like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the occupation of Iraq, both US and UK used cluster bombs which killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians. The purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29898]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the occupation of Iraq, both US and UK used cluster bombs which killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians. The purpose of using these bombs was to test their efficiency, not to kill Saddam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15779]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you want something, you have to be willing to pay your dues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately those that exist in their own minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best things in life aren't things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best things in life aren't things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lofty cane, a sword with silver hilt, A ring, two watches, and a snuff box gilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16419]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lofty cane, a sword with silver hilt, A ring, two watches, and a snuff box gilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Government is not the doctor. It is the disease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Government is not the doctor. It is the disease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real programmers can write assembly code in any language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46678]]></link><description><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They earned the respect of North American players. They played gritty. They were winners. They made people around them better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll not budge an inch. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll not budge an inch. -The Taming of the Shrew. Induc. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers. [Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity pays for the sins of their fathers. [Lat., Culpam majorum posteri luunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may help me set up a golf course, the drainage and that stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42419]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may help me set up a golf course, the drainage and that stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34438]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a great romance, each person plays a part the other really likes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11532]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never deceive for a good purpose: knavery adds malice to falsehood. [Fr., On ne trompe point en bien; la fourberie ajoute la malice au mensonge.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, let her brother live: Thieves for the robbery have authority  When judges steal themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23516]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, let her brother live: Thieves for the robbery have authority  When judges steal themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're back to 10 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33481]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're back to 10 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13869]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real enemies are the people who make us feel so good that we are slowly, but inexorably, pulled down into the quicksand of smugness and self-satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores it's called partnership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many husbands today pitch in to help with household chores it's called partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible that God should ever be the end, if He is not the beginning. We lift our eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7919]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible that God should ever be the end, if He is not the beginning. We lift our eyes on high, but lean upon the sand; and the earth will dissolve, and we shall fall while looking at the heavens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Briefly, that teaching contains the following elements: (1) There is one living and true God (i.9); (2) Idolatry is sinful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Briefly, that teaching contains the following elements: (1) There is one living and true God (i.9); (2) Idolatry is sinful and must be forsaken (i.9); (3) The wrath of God is ready to be revealed against the heathen for their impurity (iv.6), and against the Jews for their rejection of Christ and their opposition to the Gospel (ii.15,16); (4) The judgment will come suddenly and unexpectedly (v.2,3); (5) Jesus, the Son of God (i.1O), given over to death (v.10), and raised from the dead (iv.14), is the Saviour from the wrath of God (i.10); (6) The Kingdom of Jesus is now set up and all men are invited to enter it (ii.12); (7) Those who believe and turn to God are now expecting the coming of the Savior who will return from Heaven to receive them (i.10; iv.15-17); (8) Meanwhile, their life must be pure (iv.1-8), useful (iv.11-12), and watchful (v.14-8); (9) To that end, God has given them His Holy Spirit (iv.8; v.19). (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no true friends in politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46951]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no true friends in politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46951</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[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft morning dreams presage approaching fate, For morning dreams, as poets tell, are true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudged away to cry, No Bishop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The oyster-women lock'd their fish up, And trudged away to cry, No Bishop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13621]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34736]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 12 years of playing, I've never been on a team that won a playoff game. That was awesome. They were singing the fight song. Cars were lined up in the grass out there. There must have been a thousand people around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16378]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63587]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52838]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54118]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a good idea to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark so that all its shy presence may haunt you and possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54118</guid></item></channel></rss>