<?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[Character is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42039]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not born all at once, but by bits. The body first, and the spirit later; and the birth and growth of the spirit, in those who are attentive to their own inner life, are slow and exceedingly painful. Our mothers are racked with the pains of our physical birth; we ourselves suffer the longer pains of our spiritual growth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48239]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and because it has fresh peaches in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only your friends steal your books ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only your friends steal your books]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is twice as large, measured on a three-year-old's three-foot scale on a thirty-year-old's six-foot scale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principlesnever do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21976]]></link><description><![CDATA[Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principlesnever do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music, not only across genres ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35217]]></link><description><![CDATA[This year's nominations are a true reflection of the diversity that currently exists in Latin music, not only across genres but across generations as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust  That what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17838]]></link><description><![CDATA[What good I see humbly I seek to do, And live obedient to the law, in trust  That what will come, and must come, shall come well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. Such entertainments as these keep to yourselves, ye pompous; I am ill pleased with a supper that walks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played solid in the first half and shot the ball well. We were active on the glass and got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38886]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played solid in the first half and shot the ball well. We were active on the glass and got a few stick backs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26197]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which we daily hear from Christian lips. To possess a high spirit, to behave with proper spirit when used ill -- by which is meant, a quick feeling of injuries, and a promptness in resenting them -- entitles to commendation; and a meek-spirited disposition, the highest Scripture eulogium, expresses ideas of disapprobation and contempt. Vanity and vainglory are suffered without interruption to retain their natural possession of the heart.   ... William Wilberforce, A Practical View  July 31, 2000 Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't even thinking about a flush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35644]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't even thinking about a flush.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46700]]></link><description><![CDATA[That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33575]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24317]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will sell the Cow, must say the word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Candor is the brightest gem of criticism]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice;  The confidence of reason give;   And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice;  The confidence of reason give;   And in the light of truth thy    Bondman let me live!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum.   - Richard Rowland, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum.   - Richard Rowland,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There shall be no more snow No weary noontide heat,  So we lift our trusting eyes   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17089]]></link><description><![CDATA[There shall be no more snow No weary noontide heat,  So we lift our trusting eyes   From the hills our Fathers trod:    To the quiet of the skies:     To the Sabbath of our God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa dubitatione facinus inest, etiamsi ad id non pervererint.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66172]]></link><description><![CDATA[If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52468]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who serves the public is a poor animal; he worries himself to death and no one thanks him for it. [Ger., Wer dem Publicum dient, ist ein armes Thier;  Er qualt sich ab, niemand bedankt sich dafur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what you get from reading the fine print. Experience is what you get from not reading it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to win the district tournament. We want to put a trophy in our case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28817]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to win the district tournament. We want to put a trophy in our case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our universities are so determined to impose tolerance that they'll expel you for saying what you think and never notice the irony]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we that have but span-long life, The thicker must lay on the pleasure;  And since time will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44509]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we that have but span-long life, The thicker must lay on the pleasure;  And since time will not stay,   We'll add night to the day,    Thus, thus we'll fill the measure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bearings of this observation lays in the application on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43851]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47433]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold that the reckless disregard for human life implicit in knowingly engaging in criminal activity known to carry a grave risk of death represents a highly culpable mental state that may be taken into account in making a capital sentencing judgment not inevitable, lethal result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54901]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Scout is never taken by surprise; he knows exactly what to do when anything unexpected happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than from the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who hesitates is probably right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21438]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who hesitates is probably right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be a celebration of his life, because that's what he wanted, a big old party, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35604]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be a celebration of his life, because that's what he wanted, a big old party,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack was embarrassed--never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jack was embarrassed--never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope they notice the mistletoe tied to my coattails as I leave town.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59526]]></link><description><![CDATA[What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and in the human imagination, when love, worship, and all that lies in the human heart, is there to encourage it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59526</guid></item></channel></rss>