<?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[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is helping the child realize his potentialities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is helping the child realize his potentialities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43875]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  It is easy to criticise the many failings of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  It is easy to criticise the many failings of the Church; it is all too easy to criticise the lives of those who profess and call themselves Christians; but I should say that it is almost impossible to read the Gospels thoroughly with adult, serious attention and then dismiss the central Figure as a mere human prophet or a tragic idealist. The reaction to such a study may indeed prove to be conversion or open hostility, but it would at least mean the end of childish and ill-informed attacks upon what is supposed to be the Christian religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never, never pin your whole faith on any human being: not if he is the best and wisest in the whole world. There are lots of nice things you can do with sand; but do not try building a house on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45928]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world cannot continue to wage war like physical giants and to seek peace like intellectual pygmies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3647]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man makes holy what he beleives, as he makes beautiful what he loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60562]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an expert in hookers. I'm an expert in doormats. I'm an expert in victims. They were the best parts. And when I woke up -- sociologically, politically, and creatively -- I could no longer take those parts and look in the mirror.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll see small businesses growing around all of this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42436]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll see small businesses growing around all of this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They always say they're going to cut back my ice time. Well, I don't want them to do that. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32836]]></link><description><![CDATA[They always say they're going to cut back my ice time. Well, I don't want them to do that. I want to force them to play me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touchstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eskimo: "If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell?" Priest: "No, not if you did not know." Eskimo: "Then why did you tell me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success of the wicked tempts many to sin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50848]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success of the wicked tempts many to sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill, and then came down again:  The king ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king of France with twenty thousand men Went up the hill, and then came down again:  The king of Spain with twenty thousand more   Climbed the same hill the French had climbed before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48844]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's after the rebuilding and getting back into a new home that people may realize the impact of the tornado. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36198]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's after the rebuilding and getting back into a new home that people may realize the impact of the tornado.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tragedy of life is not that man loses, but that he almost wins.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no need to hide the reality from the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34832]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no need to hide the reality from the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late repentance. [Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16165]]></link><description><![CDATA[They who delight to be flattered, pay for their folly by a late repentance. [Lat., Qu se laudari gaudent verbis subdolis,  Sera dant peonas turpes poenitentia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr Watson lurched forward towards the knife. He walked into it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr Watson lurched forward towards the knife. He walked into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't shoot the ball well. Also, we played the game at Green's pace. We let them dictate the tempo. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32523]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't shoot the ball well. Also, we played the game at Green's pace. We let them dictate the tempo. We weren't aggressive enough, and we didn't take enough shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26512]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The groves of Blarney They look so charming  Down by the purling   Of sweet, silent brooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The groves of Blarney They look so charming  Down by the purling   Of sweet, silent brooks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44778]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can observe a lot just by watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do or do not... there is no try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do or do not... there is no try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14640]]></link><description><![CDATA[The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65638]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just missed being out there with all my friends and having fun playing on Friday nights. I kind of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38775]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just missed being out there with all my friends and having fun playing on Friday nights. I kind of felt bad for the guys when they lost. I kind of felt like I should be out there helping them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9125]]></link><description><![CDATA[An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is the overcoming of not unknown obstacles toward a known goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7498]]></link><description><![CDATA[By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's a three run error on the umpire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32147]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's a three run error on the umpire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put asunder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53454]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/839</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[Character is what you are in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character is what you are in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to forget someone from the past when that person has been the one you ever wanted in your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63232]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to forget someone from the past when that person has been the one you ever wanted in your future...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63232</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[Carve your name in hearts, not marble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carve your name in hearts, not marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61080]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange... that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61080</guid></item></channel></rss>