<?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[When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22030]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life Prolongs it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48776]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis very certain the desire of life Prolongs it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rascally yea-forsooth knave. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rascally yea-forsooth knave. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impenetrable stupidity of Prince George (son-in-law of James II) served his turn. It was his habit, when any news was told him, to exclaim, "Est il possible?"--"Is it possible?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's very competitive in training and in games. His intensity is very good and sometimes it spills over, as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33945]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's very competitive in training and in games. His intensity is very good and sometimes it spills over, as you can tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26415]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you don't have the hits you have to try find another way to win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25125]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lash'd into Latin by the tingling rod.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies!  Thy genius commands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2404]]></link><description><![CDATA[Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and the child of the skies!  Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold,   While ages on ages thy splendors unfold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27390]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat., Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus.  Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1448]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope he wins - I'm rooting for him now. I think he's ready to win a state championship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope he wins - I'm rooting for him now. I think he's ready to win a state championship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49315]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a foole that makes a wedge of his fist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O how full of briars is this working-day world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51228]]></link><description><![CDATA[O how full of briars is this working-day world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of failure; be afraid of petty success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 Continuing a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689 Continuing a short series on Romans 8: Romans 8:14,16. Ephesians 1:13,14. The Witnessing and Sealing Spirit Why should the children of a king   Go mourning all their days? Great Comforter, descend and bring   Some tokens of thy grace. Dost though not dwell in all thy saints,   And seal the heirs of heaven? When wilt thou banish my complaints,   And shew my sins forgiven? Assure my conscience of her part   In the Redeemer's blood; And bear thy witness with my heart,   That I am born of God. Thou are the earnest of his love,   The pledge of joys to come; And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,   Will safe convey me home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-righteousness is a manifestation of self-contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the husband once give way To his wife's capricious sway,  For his breeches he next day   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the husband once give way To his wife's capricious sway,  For his breeches he next day   May go to whoop and holloa.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53749]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are convinced that we are true soul mates. When I was fifteen and praying for my future wife, she was fourteen and praying for her future husband.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36439]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the first time, we found fossils that allow us to connect the first phase of human evolution and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30083]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the first time, we found fossils that allow us to connect the first phase of human evolution and the second phase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not on thy sole, but on thy soul, harsh Jew, Thou mak'st thy knife keen; but no metal can--  No, not the hangman's axe--bear half the keenness   Of thy sharp envy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skiing: I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53307]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird of paradise alights only on the hand that does not grasp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, Leave things of the future to fate;  What's the use to anticipate sorrow? ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51565]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, Leave things of the future to fate;  What's the use to anticipate sorrow?   Life's troubles come never too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just as it did for the original writers. Nevertheless, the background to the New Testament is one of expectation of resurrection, and only the historical rising-again of Jesus makes sense of the narrative in this context.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8914]]></link><description><![CDATA[The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The act is judged of by the event. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The act is judged of by the event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary to Denmark and Sweden, 865  Let a man but separate himself from all contingencies and from all works, and there will come over him in this state of emptiness a peace which is very great, lovely, and agreeable, and which is in itself no sin since it is part of our human nature. But when it is taken for a veritable possessing of God, or unity with God, then it is sin, for it is in reality nothing else than a state of thorough passivity and apathy untouched by the power from on high -- a purely negative state from which (if one in arrogance calls it divine) nothing follows but blindness, failure of understanding, and a disinclination to be governed by the rules of ordinary righteousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last night the very gods showed me a vision-- I fast and prayed for their intelligence--thus:  I saw Jove's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last night the very gods showed me a vision-- I fast and prayed for their intelligence--thus:  I saw Jove's bird, the Roman eagle, winged   From the spongy south to this part of the west,    There vanished in the sunbeams; which portends,     Unless my sins abuse my divination,      Success to th' Roman host.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think education is power. I think that being able to communicate with people is power. One of my main goals on the planet is to encourage people to empower themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10264]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is simply the willingness to be afraid and act anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739  Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6014]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, or vacuum cleaner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33686]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47948]]></link><description><![CDATA[My opinion is, that power should always be distrusted, in whatever hands it is placed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is an absolute mistress; she will not be coquetted with or slighted; she requires the most entire self-devotion, and she repays with grand triumphs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64443]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veilof our spirits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veilof our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21346]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order; the world is order, incarnate. It is for us to harmonize with this order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21346</guid></item></channel></rss>