<?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 deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12800]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that studies his content, wants it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49400]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that studies his content, wants it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were to go through our life without any obstacles, we would be crippled. We would not be as strong as what we could have been. Give every opportunity a chance, leave no room for regrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dignity of history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dignity of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earthe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report uttered by the people is everywhere of great power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18723]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. Anon -Allan K. Chalmers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[British people don't feel they can tear themselves away from their desk, and have developed a very functional relationship with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42184]]></link><description><![CDATA[British people don't feel they can tear themselves away from their desk, and have developed a very functional relationship with food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nature there's no blemish but the mind; None can be called deformed but the unkind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60268]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nature there's no blemish but the mind; None can be called deformed but the unkind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Preaching is effective as long as the preacher expects something to happen-not because of the sermon, not even because of the preacher, but because of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/73]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/73</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61367]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep down, I'm pretty superficial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep down, I'm pretty superficial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29332]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44000]]></link><description><![CDATA[What though the sea be calm? trust to the shore, Ships have been drown'd, where late they danc'd before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65849]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53303]]></link><description><![CDATA[For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, businesswise?.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11987]]></link><description><![CDATA[By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53715]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how many say it cannot be done or how many people have tried it before; it's important to realize that whatever you're doing, it's your first attempt at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The habit does not make the monk. [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The habit does not make the monk. [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19804]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poor man with nothing in his belly needs hope, illusion, more than bread.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two sparrows on one Ear of Corn make an ill agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as we are men. But we do not ordinarily apply it to the best purposes. It is not so ordinary for men to resolve to be good as to resolve to be rich and great, not so common for men to resolve against sin as to resolve against poverty and suffering. It is not so usual for men to resolve to keep a good conscience as to keep a good place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good scare is worth more than good advice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/798]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good scare is worth more than good advice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27982]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can be instructed in society, one is inspired only in solitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Romances paint at full length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages:  For no one cares for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Romances paint at full length people's wooings, But only give a bust of marriages:  For no one cares for matrimonial cooings.   There's nothing wrong in a connubial kiss.    Think you, if Laura had been Petrarch's wife,     He would have written sonnets all his life?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41507]]></link><description><![CDATA[My greatest enemy is reality. I have fought it successfully for thirty years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities - that's huge progress. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42522]]></link><description><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities - that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33934]]></link><description><![CDATA[The notion of terror to overcome terrorism, violence to overcome violence, is counterproductive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53468]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Atheist's laugh's a poor exchange For Deity offended!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's actually quite high. I do think people in small town Iowa love to talk about their town. On phone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39924]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's actually quite high. I do think people in small town Iowa love to talk about their town. On phone interviews, we could get through a survey in 20 minutes - [Yet] it [often] takes about an hour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those guys stepped up. I feel fortunate to have them as teammates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This movie is about forgiveness, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29222]]></link><description><![CDATA[This movie is about forgiveness,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23592]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46491]]></link><description><![CDATA[This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prices were different in the past. They have been changed to be consistent for all summer sessions. This should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prices were different in the past. They have been changed to be consistent for all summer sessions. This should be easier and more convenient for students.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with law is lawyers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with law is lawyers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly. So let's just wish each other a bileless New Year and leave it at that]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21395]]></link><description><![CDATA[I may be crazy but it keeps me from going insane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: for surely this hudling of many meats one upon another of divers tastes is pestiferous. But sundrie sauces are more dangerous than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Romero was an ex-Marine, and Brandon loved to listen to his stories about being a Marine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Romero was an ex-Marine, and Brandon loved to listen to his stories about being a Marine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7657]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had no qualms; "for", said he, "when I fail in my duty, I readily acknowledge it, saying, 'I am used to do so; I shall never do otherwise if I am left to myself'. If I fail not, then I give God thanks, acknowledging that the strength comes from Him.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49510]]></link><description><![CDATA[If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17092]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness. [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee;  Bend on me then thy tender eyes,   As stars look on the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57819</guid></item></channel></rss>