<?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[Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole;  But what were that intrinsic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spontaneously to God should turn the soul, Like the magnetic needle to the pole;  But what were that intrinsic virtue worth,   Suppose some fellow, with more zeal than knowledge,    Fresh from St. Andrew's College,     Should nail the conscious needle to the north?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet ah! why should they know their fate?Since sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet ah! why should they know their fate?Since sorrow never comes too late,And happiness too swiftly flies.Thought would destroy their paradise.No more; where ignorance is bliss,'Tis folly to be wise. - Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly all of the majors have really been pretty merciless with their partners. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly all of the majors have really been pretty merciless with their partners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Norman is the guy we've been waiting to sign. He comes from a quality program; Coach Emmanuel Davis does a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Norman is the guy we've been waiting to sign. He comes from a quality program; Coach Emmanuel Davis does a great job in Headland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46190]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no failure except in no longer trying. There is no defeat except from within, no really insurmountable barrier save our own inherent weakness of purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18847]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea returning day by day Restores the world-wide mart.  So let each dweller on the Bay   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea returning day by day Restores the world-wide mart.  So let each dweller on the Bay   Fold Boston in his heart    Till these echoes be choked with snows     Or over the town blue ocean flows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mould of a man's fortune is in his own hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, has gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. "Silks and satins, scarlets and velvets, put out the kitchen fire," as Poor Richard says.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire; but a single tree is like a dancing tongue ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54962]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire; but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How is the human race going to survive now that the cost of living has gone up two dollars a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20839]]></link><description><![CDATA[How is the human race going to survive now that the cost of living has gone up two dollars a quart?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rule needs significant work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rule needs significant work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The obscenities of recent days may well be designed toundermine the peace process. They must not be allowed to doso, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The obscenities of recent days may well be designed toundermine the peace process. They must not be allowed to doso,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51611]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who quarrels with a drunken man injures one who is absent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the wanton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62662]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the wanton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59697]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54938]]></link><description><![CDATA[So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,  The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27061]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life consists in penetrating the unknown, and fashioning our actions in accord with the new knowledge thus acquired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really haven't noticed much difference. Sometimes they call it, and sometimes they don't. I'm just glad they're not calling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31052]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really haven't noticed much difference. Sometimes they call it, and sometimes they don't. I'm just glad they're not calling [as many fouls as] they did in the preseason. Those games were taking forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14055]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the greater things in life are unseen; that's why you close your eyes when you kiss, cry, or dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more obstinately you try to learn how to shoot the arrow for the sake of hitting the goal, the less you will succeed in the one and the further the other will recede.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next week is characterized by very low liquidity in Brazilian financial markets, and no major economic data are released. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next week is characterized by very low liquidity in Brazilian financial markets, and no major economic data are released.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47010]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4054]]></link><description><![CDATA[For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't take a chance on infecting another team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33298]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't take a chance on infecting another team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62636]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had obeyed God, as I have obeyed him, He would not have punished me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius hath electric power which earth can never tame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21536]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God -- the knowledge which is eternal life -- and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character, and of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26009]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43185]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the nature of babies to be in bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3600]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the nature of babies to be in bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're very genuine, very humble. They really appreciate it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41676]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're very genuine, very humble. They really appreciate it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34175]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ everyone who had a part in that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64755]]></link><description><![CDATA[With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43582]]></link><description><![CDATA[The union of the Word and the Mind produces that mystery which is called Life... Learn deeply of the Mind and its mystery, for therein lies the secret of immortality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50007]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have money is a feare, not to have it a griefe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50007</guid></item></channel></rss>