<?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 greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48012]]></link><description><![CDATA[To please great men is not the last degree of praise. [Lat., Principibus placuisse viris non ultima laus est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would especially like to thank our Mom and Dad and our family for supporting us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29061]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would especially like to thank our Mom and Dad and our family for supporting us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18340]]></link><description><![CDATA[What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dream the impossible dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dream the impossible dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brave men were living before Agamemnon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brave men were living before Agamemnon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference in our feelings towards others if their needs and their joys are on our lips in prayer; as also it makes a vast difference in their feelings towards us if they know that we are in the habit of praying for them. There is no chasm in society that cannot be firmly and permanently bridged by intercession; there is no feud or dislike that cannot be healed by the same exercise of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27755]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will learn to pray, let him go to sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The $50,000 fine is the highest that can be levied in a death-related case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The $50,000 fine is the highest that can be levied in a death-related case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can blind lover's eyes? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can blind lover's eyes?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52339]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. [Lat., Nulla est laus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19717]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. [Lat., Nulla est laus ibi esse integrum, ubi nemo est, qui aut possit aut conetur rumpere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7036]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Mr. Gifford] made it much his business to deliver the people of God from all those false and unsound rests that by nature we are prone to take and make to our souls. He pressed us to take special heed that we took not up any truth upon trust -- as from this or that, or any other man or men -- but to cry mightily to God that He would convince us of the reality thereof, and set us down therein by his own Spirit in the holy word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50345]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher the tower, the greater the fall thereof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You might point out to Howard Davies that he could get no better grounding in the game of hurling than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39814]]></link><description><![CDATA[You might point out to Howard Davies that he could get no better grounding in the game of hurling than to check out the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship Q/F featuring Birr against Lusmagh next Saturday evening, with the 'throw-in' at 4:30pm in Banagher. No prizes for guessing who you'll be shouting for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day in the bluest of summer weather, Sketching under a whispering oak,  I heard five bobolinks laughing together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4418]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day in the bluest of summer weather, Sketching under a whispering oak,  I heard five bobolinks laughing together,   Over some ornithological joke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63960]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268]]></link><description><![CDATA[They also like being half way between Tampa and Orlando.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a cop-out to say 'it was one of those things' because the players are better than that. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37909]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a cop-out to say 'it was one of those things' because the players are better than that. They are not lacking ability but today they lacked application.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30109]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a neighbor and trade partner, we are happy to provide assistance to the United States at the time of the disaster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be poor to know the luxury of giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5746]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman is not born: she is made. In the making, her humanity is destroyed. She becomes symbol of this, symbol of that: mother of the earth, slut of the universe; but she never becomes herself because it is forbidden for her to do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, stemming from Johannite monasticism, than one of its most recent examples, Father de Foucauld. If he went out to the Ahaggar plateau, it was not only to find but also to proclaim God, thereby teaching the gospel in a way which desert people could understand. After his death, the example set by this hermit was followed by others who, far from settling in the desert places of the Sahara, set out to mingle with the peopled deserts of the great cities, there to preach the gospel by their example and their very presence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2906]]></link><description><![CDATA[But doth not the appetite alter? A man loves the meat in his youth that he cannot endure in his age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of the social landscape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A feeble body weakens the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4434]]></link><description><![CDATA[A feeble body weakens the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him now speak, or else hereafter for ever hold his peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I turn on my computer. I wait patiently as it connects. I go online. My breath catches in my chest until I hear 3 little words, "You've got mail." I hear nothing, not a sound on the streets of New York. Just the beat of my own heart. I have mail...from you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yeah, I definitely wanted to do a kids' movie because I have a kid. I want to do things that my daughter can see soon - when she is old enough to know what a movie is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing,  Teaching barren moors to smile,   Painting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing,  Teaching barren moors to smile,   Painting pictures mile on mile,    Holds a cup of cowslip wreaths     Whence a smokeless incense breathes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best inheritance a parent can give his children is a few minutes of his time each day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we have to rebuild, we just have to keep them going like they played today, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30867]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we have to rebuild, we just have to keep them going like they played today,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38134]]></link><description><![CDATA[All I can do is what I think is right. I've always tried to build relationships with people on campus, and I think they know what kind of person I am. ... I think I feel as secure as I can be, given the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great secret of doctors, known only to their wives, but still hidden from the public, is that most things get better by themselves; most things, in fact, are better in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[George Allen has often been compared over the course of his career, dating back to his term as governor, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35089]]></link><description><![CDATA[George Allen has often been compared over the course of his career, dating back to his term as governor, to Ronald Reagan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49955]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no heat of affection but is joyned with some idlenesse of brain, says the Spaniard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9764]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't use tact with a Congressman! A Congressman is a hog! You must take a stick and hit him on the snout!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never had ill workeman good tooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never had ill workeman good tooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race (of busybodies) hurtful to itself and most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of breath to no purpose, in doing much doing nothing. A race (of busybodies) hurtful to itself and most hateful to all others. [Lat., Gratis anhelans, multa agendo nihil agens.  Sibi molesta, et aliis odiosissima.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10368]]></link><description><![CDATA[God Almighty hates a quitter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25724]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable in Bethlehem still shine as brightly over the Empire State Building and your front yard today. They perform their cycles with the same mathematical precision, and they will continue to affect each thing on earth, including man, as long as the earth exists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who comes with Summer to this earth And owes to June her day of birth,  With ring of Agate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who comes with Summer to this earth And owes to June her day of birth,  With ring of Agate on her hand,   Can health, wealth, and long life command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23250</guid></item></channel></rss>