<?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[No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64901]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Attired to please herself: no gems of any kind She wore, nor aught of borrowed gloss in Nature's stead;  And, then her long, loose hair flung round her head   Fell carelessly behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only the dead who do not return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only the dead who do not return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, how full of briers is this working-day world! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55631]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, how full of briers is this working-day world! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Last year, I was sort of a kid and I was a little scared, I ain't scared any more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   A Christian should always remember that the value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.   St. John of the Cross  December 15, 2000   Two thousand years of failure have not taught some reformers that you can't stop sin by declaring it illegal. Two thousand years have not taught them that you can't save a man's soul by force -- you can only lose your own in the attempt. Drunkenness and gambling and secularism and lechery -- various hopeful churchmen have earnestly tried to outlaw them all; and what is the result? A drunken nation, a gambling nation, a secularist nation, an adulterous nation. And, often, a ruined Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful In the contempt and anger of his lip! -Twelfth Night. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, what a deal of scorn looks beautiful In the contempt and anger of his lip! -Twelfth Night. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51562]]></link><description><![CDATA[He found a city of bricks, he left one of marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The giving of love is an education in itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63403]]></link><description><![CDATA[The giving of love is an education in itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14623]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have known him [Micawber] come home to supper with a flood of tears, and a declaration that nothing was now left but a jail; and go to bed making a calculation of the expense of putting bow-windows to the house, "in case anything turned up," which was his favorite expression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, planttrees. If you plan for 100 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21411]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, planttrees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should not grave Philosophy be styled. Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,  A dreamer, yet more spiritless ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should not grave Philosophy be styled. Herself, a dreamer of a kindred stock,  A dreamer, yet more spiritless and dull?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64691]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable, in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710  I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to serve for three reasons. I'm tough on crime, I apply civil law in a fair and predictable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32429]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to serve for three reasons. I'm tough on crime, I apply civil law in a fair and predictable manner and I will protect your constitutional rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though the Mastiffe be gentile, yet bite him not by the lippe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11097]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58576]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, "I used everything you gave me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the addition of Web access to our free package of basic services and the planned acceleration of our highly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31396]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the addition of Web access to our free package of basic services and the planned acceleration of our highly successful subscriber acquisition program, we hope to be providing Web access to more individuals than any ISP or online service other than America Online before too much longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,   'Tis sweethearts of glory,    'Tis lads who are unafraid!     Ferryman ho!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22350]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am alwaystempted to ask, "Compared to what?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A faire death honours the whole life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49015]]></link><description><![CDATA[A faire death honours the whole life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy coach Calhoun is beginning to trust me. I just want to keep it that way. I don't want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32254]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy coach Calhoun is beginning to trust me. I just want to keep it that way. I don't want to take a step back. My confidence is through the roof. Confidence is what you have to have at this level.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am extremely proud of the way our staff handled the incident but I am upset it happened. Victim support ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37250]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am extremely proud of the way our staff handled the incident but I am upset it happened. Victim support were involved and the police were wonderful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hands across the sea, Feet on English ground,  The old blood is bold blood, the wide world round. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hands across the sea, Feet on English ground,  The old blood is bold blood, the wide world round.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is a new form of slavery, and distinguishable from the old simply by the fact that it is impersonal—that there is no human relationship between master and slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the King is but a man as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23803]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the King is but a man as I am: the violet smells to him as it doth to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10109]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Holy Land needs bridges, not walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10109</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58297]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun shineth upon the dunghill and is not corrupted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22762]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nearest way to glory is to strive to be what you wish to be thoughtto be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red, Hot and Blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red, Hot and Blue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a safety reminder, all motorists must constantly be aware of smaller vehicles, including motorcycles, on our roadways, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31871]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a safety reminder, all motorists must constantly be aware of smaller vehicles, including motorcycles, on our roadways,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15613]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to avoid anything that looks like there is a partition, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to avoid anything that looks like there is a partition,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46129]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can resist anything except temptation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58920]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can resist anything except temptation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26951]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14730]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still get 100 percent of what we were owed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40983]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still get 100 percent of what we were owed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An HOV enforcement right in the middle of the HOV lanes is just asking for a backup. Enforcement is good, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31704]]></link><description><![CDATA[An HOV enforcement right in the middle of the HOV lanes is just asking for a backup. Enforcement is good, but the way they enforced it this morning, I'm not sure the benefits outweighed the costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is not always at ease who laughs. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24173]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is not always at ease who laughs. [Fr., Ce n'est pas etre bien aise que de rire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and the American ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28974]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wanted to let them know he was thinking of them and their families throughout this holiday, and the American people are behind them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Houston home market has never been in better shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Houston home market has never been in better shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40994</guid></item></channel></rss>