<?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[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[Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy name is in my heart as in a sheep-bellfrom Cyrano. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy name is in my heart as in a sheep-bellfrom Cyrano.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40674]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pick good women, but I haven't had any luck with my men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pick good women, but I haven't had any luck with my men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows how to dissimulate knows how to reign. [Fr., Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54484]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows how to dissimulate knows how to reign. [Fr., Qui nescit dissimulare, nescit regnare.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15811</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[The missionary work of the non-professional missionary is essentially to live his daily life in Christ, and therefore with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7862]]></link><description><![CDATA[The missionary work of the non-professional missionary is essentially to live his daily life in Christ, and therefore with a difference, and to be able to explain, or at least to state, the reason and cause of the difference to men who see it... His preaching is essentially private conversation, and has at the back of it facts, facts of a life which explain and illustrate and enforce his words... It is such missionary work, done consciously and deliberately as missionary, that the world needs today. Everybody, Christian and pagan alike, respects such work; and, when it is so done, men wonder, and inquire into the secret of a life which they instinctively admire and covet for themselves... The spirit which inspires love of others and efforts after their well-being, both in body and soul, they cannot but admire and covet -- unless, indeed, seeing that it would reform their own lives, they dread and hate it, because they do not desire to be reformed. In either case, it works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18028]]></link><description><![CDATA[All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;  He will not see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though;  He will not see me stopping here   To watch his woods fill up with snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The comfort derived from the misery of others is slight. [Lat., Levis est consolatio ex miseria aliorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the first time this system has been used. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34831]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the first time this system has been used.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46453]]></link><description><![CDATA[But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37560]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet, cable TV, and computer games, account for much more of the trend away from books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players andnever win titles. Most of the time, those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54598]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are plenty of teams in every sport that have great players andnever win titles. Most of the time, those players aren't willing tosacrifice for the greater good of the team. The funny thing is, inthe end, their unwillingness to sacrifice only makes individualgoals more difficult to achieve. One thing I believe to the fullestis that if you think and achieve as a team, the individual accoladeswill take care of themselves. Talent wins games, but teamwork andintelligence win championships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who doth his owne businesse, foules not his hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65689]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendships are fragile things and require as much care in handling as any other fragile and precious thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21605]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11544]]></link><description><![CDATA[The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole thing goes back to the presence of God,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57875]]></link><description><![CDATA[One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife....]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let not your expenditure exceed your income. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let not your expenditure exceed your income.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This has been a great year for me and the team. I have a super group of girls here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37470]]></link><description><![CDATA[This has been a great year for me and the team. I have a super group of girls here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Let the Gospels speak. Of what I have learnt from these documents in the course of my long task, I will say nothing now. Only this, that they bear the seal of the Son of Man and God, they are the Magna Charta of the human spirit. Were we to devote to their comprehension a little of the selfless enthusiasm that is now expended on the riddle of our physical surroundings, we would cease to say that Christianity is coming to an end -- we might even feel that it had only just begun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't have a DJ every day, but they sure enjoyed it. At the raffle desk, we had people sign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33230]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't have a DJ every day, but they sure enjoyed it. At the raffle desk, we had people sign up for the rewards card. Those are potential repeat customers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to no purpose to boast of Christ, if we have not an evidence of His graces in our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to no purpose to boast of Christ, if we have not an evidence of His graces in our hearts and lives. But unto whom He is the hope of future glory, unto them He is the life of present grace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let us do wrong, because our opponents did so. Let us, rather, by doing right, show them what they ought to have done, and establish a rule the dictates of reason and conscience, rather than of the angry passions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20925]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that flings dirt at another dirtieth himself the most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The internal qualities once said to embody manhood- sure footedness, inner strength, confidence of purpose- are merchandised to men to enhance their manliness. What passes for masculinity is being extracted and sold back to men. Literally in the case of Viagra.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10348]]></link><description><![CDATA[The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life in order to keep it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5491]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65559]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even opinion is of force enough to make itself to be espoused at the expense of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The punctual tide draws up the bay, With ripple of wave and hiss of spray. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59264]]></link><description><![CDATA[The punctual tide draws up the bay, With ripple of wave and hiss of spray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13438]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We acquire the strength we have overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57966]]></link><description><![CDATA[We acquire the strength we have overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57966</guid></item></channel></rss>