<?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 more skilful the gambler, the worse the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51637]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more skilful the gambler, the worse the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born.  Modesty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born.  Modesty died when false modesty was born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. [Lat., Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou seest how sloth wastes the sluggish body, as water is corrupted unless it moves. [Lat., Cernis ut ignavum corrumpant otia corpus  Ut capiant vitium ni moveantur aquae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29748]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot wait to tell Captain America's story. It's a doozy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16794]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debts and lies are generally mixed together ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debts and lies are generally mixed together]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38287]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's going to get boring before it gets exciting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14911]]></link><description><![CDATA[How are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer:  He that seeks God in everything is sure to find God in everything. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on prayer:  He that seeks God in everything is sure to find God in everything. When we thus live wholly unto God, God is wholly ours and we are then happy in all the happiness of God; for by uniting with Him in heart, and will, and spirit, we are united to all that He is and has in Himself. This is the purity and perfection of life that we pray for in the Lord's Prayer, that God's kingdom may come and His will be done in us, as it is in Heaven. And this we may be sure is not only necessary, but attainable by us, or our Saviour would not have made it a part of our daily prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene. And yellow cowslips gild the level green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10534]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet soon fair Spring shall give another scene. And yellow cowslips gild the level green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During Apollo, there was no incentive to make things less expensive, only to win and beat the Soviet Union, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34595]]></link><description><![CDATA[During Apollo, there was no incentive to make things less expensive, only to win and beat the Soviet Union, ... That same philosophy that allowed us to win the space race slowed us down after the space race. The same people were in charge, the same philosophy was there. There was no incentive to make it economical or commercially feasible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good men prefer to be accountable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They work rain or shine. It is just the greatest help to us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41989]]></link><description><![CDATA[They work rain or shine. It is just the greatest help to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 1978   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 1978   There are only two kinds of men: the righteous, who believe themselves sinners; the rest, sinners who believe themselves righteous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence Love takes the meaning in love's conference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20961]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, take the sense, sweet, of my innocence Love takes the meaning in love's conference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65973]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64693]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat   Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe    That all was lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high  And wakes the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo, here the gentle lark, weary of rest, From his moist cabinet mounts up on high  And wakes the morning, from whose silver breast   The sun ariseth in his majesty;    Who doth the world so gloriously behold     That cedar tops and hills seem burnished gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13356]]></link><description><![CDATA[All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to be wise after the event. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50997]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to be wise after the event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12895]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell people I'm too stupid to know what's impossible. I have ridiculously large dreams, and half the time they come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57609]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told him, 'Son, what is it with you: Is it ignorance or apathy?' He said, 'Coach, I don't know and I don't care.' (on a former player)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise for them to bark violently at nothing right in your ear]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bitter drug oft brings relief. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50700]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bitter drug oft brings relief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Trust' is important. But once a promise is broken 'sorry' means nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63043]]></link><description><![CDATA['Trust' is important. But once a promise is broken 'sorry' means nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56868]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our individual interests and prospects do not seem worth living for, we are in desperate need for something apart from us to live for. All forms of dedication, devotion, loyalty and self-surrender are in essence a desperate clinging to something which might give worth and meaning to our futile, spoiled lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing unto him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59295]]></link><description><![CDATA[Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy?  What are the blessings of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy?  What are the blessings of the sight?   Oh, tell your poor blind boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been a big focus as to who will be the next Fed chairman, and the market is relieved to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39859]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been a big focus as to who will be the next Fed chairman, and the market is relieved to know that it's going to be someone decent,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness, we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4570]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest gift is the passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this is about, I think the homosexual agenda and the Log Cabin Republicans, they're the ones at the center ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31890]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this is about, I think the homosexual agenda and the Log Cabin Republicans, they're the ones at the center of this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who treads softly goes far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21372]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who treads softly goes far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hole and the patch should be commensurate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53215]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hole and the patch should be commensurate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53215</guid></item></channel></rss>