<?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[Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every fat (vat) must stand upon its bottom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes life's so much cooler when you just don't know any better and all the painful lessons have not hammered your head open yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The catheter allows us to bathe the entire abdominal area with a high concentration of chemotherapy for a long period ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The catheter allows us to bathe the entire abdominal area with a high concentration of chemotherapy for a long period of time, which appears to be better at destroying lingering cancer cells.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man makes a god of his own desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man makes a god of his own desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day; their old familiar carols play, and wild and sweet the word repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29449]]></link><description><![CDATA[If our greatest hungers were to be granted as easily as our bodily needs, we certainly would never be able to achieve the noble feelings of friendship and love.Patience will make the banquet of life ever so much more resplendent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52580]]></link><description><![CDATA[If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49399]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that steals an egge, will steal an oxe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65482]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealized past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/195]]></link><description><![CDATA[All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jane Heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13996]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog--keeps him from broodin' over bein' a bog, mebbe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27795]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say a reasonable amount o' fleas is good for a dog--keeps him from broodin' over bein' a bog, mebbe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here. (to her husband) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear, never forget one little point. It's my business. You just work here. (to her husband)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17397]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In that second game, we went in too overconfident. They went on a run and beat us by four points. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41982]]></link><description><![CDATA[In that second game, we went in too overconfident. They went on a run and beat us by four points.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really takes a village. We're all responsible for all children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39428]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really takes a village. We're all responsible for all children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57932]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3362]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23621]]></link><description><![CDATA[I distrust the incommunicable; it is the source of all violence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21101]]></link><description><![CDATA[They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams, Unnatural and full of contradictions;  Yet others of our most romantic schemes   Are something more than fictions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582  The love of Jesus is at once avid and generous. All that He has, all that He is, He gives; all that we are, all that we have, He takes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23460]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou, o Lord of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. (2 Samuel 7:27)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action speaks louder than words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's Marriage without Love, there will be Love without Marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's Marriage without Love, there will be Love without Marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is necessity and not pleasure that compels us. [It., Necessita c'induce, e non diletto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of times, people think that this is New York, and you're never going to find an honest person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40695]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of times, people think that this is New York, and you're never going to find an honest person who's going to turn something in. But people are honest. They really are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do it, dump it, or change it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do it, dump it, or change it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21937</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[Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men act so tough and strong on the outside because on the inside, we are scared, weak, and fragile. Men, not women, are the weaker sex.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the power be wanting, the will deserves praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are open to religious impression through the intellect, whereas ... there are at least four other gateways -- the emotions, the imagination, the aesthetic feeling, and the will -- through which they can be reached.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great thought, the great concern, the great anxiety of men is to restrict, as much as possible, the limits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27823]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great thought, the great concern, the great anxiety of men is to restrict, as much as possible, the limits of their own responsibility. - Borsi, A Soldier's Confidences with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65270]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57596]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12269]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in human dignity as the source of national purpose, human liberty as the source of national action, the human heart as the source of national compassion, and in the human mind as the source of our invention and our ideas]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17978]]></link><description><![CDATA[It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every absurdity has a champion to defend it, for error is always talkative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God, keep me innocent; make others great! [Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux autres.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20957]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God, keep me innocent; make others great! [Fr., O mon Dieu, conserve-moi innocente, donne la grandeur aux autres.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can afford it, we like it, and unlike the car that you spend $35,000 on today, it appreciates and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35898]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can afford it, we like it, and unlike the car that you spend $35,000 on today, it appreciates and is an excellent investment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A system of doctrine has risen up during the last three centuries, in which faith or spiritual-mindedness is contemplated and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7199]]></link><description><![CDATA[A system of doctrine has risen up during the last three centuries, in which faith or spiritual-mindedness is contemplated and rested on as the end of religion, instead of Christ. I do not mean to say that Christ is not mentioned as the author of all good, but that stress is laid on the believing rather than on the object of belief, on the comfort and persuasiveness of the doctrine than on the doctrine itself. And in this way religion is made to consist of contemplating ourselves, instead of Christ; not simply in looking to Christ, but in seeing that we look to Christ; not in His divinity and atonement, but in our conversion and faith in Him... [Continued tomorrow].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not punished for our sins, but by them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65253]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not punished for our sins, but by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65253</guid></item></channel></rss>