<?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[The Ant and the ChrysalisAn Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food cameacross a Chrysalis that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1505]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ant and the ChrysalisAn Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food cameacross a Chrysalis that was very near its time of change. TheChrysalis moved its tail, and thus attracted the attention of the Ant,who then saw for the first time that it was alive. Poor, pitiableanimal! cried the Ant disdainfully. What a sad fate is yours!While I can run hither and thither, at my pleasure, and, if I wish,ascend the tallest tree, you lie imprisoned here in your shell, withpower only to move a joint or two of your scaly tail. The Chrysalisheard all this, but did not try to make any reply. A few days after,when the Ant passed that way again, nothing but the shell remained.Wondering what had become of its contents, he felt himself suddenlyshaded and fanned by the gorgeous wings of a beautiful Butterfly.Behold in me, said the Butterfly, your much-pitied friend! Boastnow of your powers to run and climb as long as you can get me tolisten. So saying, the Butterfly rose in the air, and, borne alongand aloft on the summer breeze, was soon lost to the sight of theAnt forever.Appearances are deceptive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stoughton tornado was probably a motivator as well, because that could just as easily have been Monroe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42077]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Stoughton tornado was probably a motivator as well, because that could just as easily have been Monroe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274  The Christ of God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Friar, Bishop, Peacemaker, 1274  The Christ of God was not then first crucified when the Jews brought Him to the Cross; but Adam and Eve were His first real murderers; for the death which happened to them in the day when they did eat of the earthly tree was the death of the Christ of God or the divine life in their souls. For Christ had never come into the world as a second Adam to redeem it, had He not been originally the life and perfection and glory of the first Adam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49521]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere on this planet, someone has a solution to each of the world's problems. It might be one of us. With your help, we can build a more hopeful world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It felt good to finally get the chance to play and show what I can do. If I had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It felt good to finally get the chance to play and show what I can do. If I had to judge myself, I?d say it was fair, but around here, you never know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Restore to God His due in tithe and time; A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Restore to God His due in tithe and time; A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27472]]></link><description><![CDATA[For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck 'im out, the brute!" But it's "Savior of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diaulus, lately a doctor, is now an undertaker' what he does as an undertaker, he used to do also as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Diaulus, lately a doctor, is now an undertaker' what he does as an undertaker, he used to do also as a doctor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man does not get much further.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brands make a powerful impact on people, especially in today's world of ever-increasing consumer choice. This survey highlights the importance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brands make a powerful impact on people, especially in today's world of ever-increasing consumer choice. This survey highlights the importance that brands play within many aspects of our lives, and reveals some interesting trends, such as the dominance of technology and Internet-based brands. Companies that take a proactive approach to managing their brands are in a much better position to earn respect from their customers, as exemplified by the top-ranked brands on the list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography is a major force in explaining man to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography is a major force in explaining man to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27884]]></link><description><![CDATA[She concedes that she's the one she pleases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two, it's research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sycophantic behavior exists anywhere you go, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sycophantic behavior exists anywhere you go,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;   And so may you, for a light heart lives long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am optimistic about the economic recovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38006]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am optimistic about the economic recovery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can one desire too much of a good thing? -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55681</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[Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had I not sinned what would there be for you to pardon. My fate has given you the opportunity for mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356]]></link><description><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a job's worth doing, it's too hard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18730]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit is the lowest form of humor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit is the lowest form of humor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65508]]></link><description><![CDATA[We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833  We must always be on our guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.  ... St. Basil the Great  January 3, 1998  Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970  For us in the Pacific, in Asia, in India, and in Africa, Christian unity is not an optional extra. It is an urgent necessity, for our divisions are a real stumbling-block to the proclamation of the Gospel... Mission is at the heart of the divine reality. It is the will of God and the Kingdom of God which are to be made known. Wherever we are, our purpose is not to propagate the Church as an end in itself, but to proclaim Christ as Lord of all life and as Saviour of all men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gracious as sunshine, sweet as dew Shut in a lily's golden core.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45697]]></link><description><![CDATA[To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5544]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like, that man's playing his heart out, and we have to do the same thing. Younger guys see that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like, that man's playing his heart out, and we have to do the same thing. Younger guys see that and understand how they have to play the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doesn't matter what a person's name is as long as he behaves himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've watched Ginn a lot, and I'm not sure I've seen a faster player in pads. We're going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34084]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've watched Ginn a lot, and I'm not sure I've seen a faster player in pads. We're going to be looking for him a lot, because if he finds a crease, he's gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66888]]></link><description><![CDATA[ext to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a garden-variety situation, ... It's very difficult to think even an organic, naturally-occurring presence could result in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38750]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a garden-variety situation, ... It's very difficult to think even an organic, naturally-occurring presence could result in a concentration that affected the basis for exposure to three people. It's the reason we launched the investigation we have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill,  Icy and chill,   Little care we:    Little we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is here: Winds whistle shrill,  Icy and chill,   Little care we:    Little we fear     Weather without,      Sheltered about       The Mahogany-Tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand, The vote that shakes the turrets of the land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61005]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand, The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1940]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no conversation more boring than the one where everybody agrees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Methought little space 'tween those hills intervened, But nearer,--more lofty,--more shaggy they seemed.  The clouds o'er their summits they calmly did rest,   And hung on the ether's invisible breast;    Than the vapours of earth they seemed purer, more bright,--     Oh! could they be clouds? 'Twas the necklace of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66784]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life has taken away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is a sure anchor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is a sure anchor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to film is that it's an illusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to film is that it's an illusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42966]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't aim a duck to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21652]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't aim a duck to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In friendship I early was taught to believe; . . . .  I have found that a friend may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16865]]></link><description><![CDATA[In friendship I early was taught to believe; . . . .  I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way;  But left me none the wiser,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46703]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walked a mile with Pleasure, She chattered all the way;  But left me none the wiser,   For all she had to say.    I walked a mile with Sorrow     And ne'er a word said she;      But, oh, the things I learned from her       When Sorrow walked with me!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have exceeded forecasts. Such large growth was not expected. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42608]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have exceeded forecasts. Such large growth was not expected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53575]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an agnostic; I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26853</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></channel></rss>