<?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[How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard  Celestial voices to the midnight air, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62313]]></link><description><![CDATA[How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard  Celestial voices to the midnight air,   Sole, or responsive each to other's note,    Singing their great Creator?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52960]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9546]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you build a better mousetrap, you will catch better mice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Specialization is for insects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Specialization is for insects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Openly questioning the way the world works and challenging the power of the powerful is not an activity customarily rewarded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35707]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had women who move to the towns I'm living in, just pack up and move there, never even met 'em before, 'cause they heard I lived there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep unto deep, O Lord,   Crieth in me, Gathering strength I come,  Lord, unto Thee. Jesus of Calvary,  Smitten for me, Ask what Thou wilt, but give  Love to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9216]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just beat a team, you have to leave a lasting impression in their minds so they never want to see you again]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You whirled them to the back of beyont. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51115]]></link><description><![CDATA[You whirled them to the back of beyont.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas à Kempis, priest, spiritual writer, 1471  Every man naturally desires knowledge; but what good is knowledge without fear of God? Indeed a humble rustic who serves God is better than a proud intellectual who neglects his soul to study the course of the stars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49036]]></link><description><![CDATA[A holy habit clenseth not a foule soule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I need not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent  Are quiet trees and the green, listening sod; Hushed are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6460]]></link><description><![CDATA[I need not shout my faith. Thrice eloquent  Are quiet trees and the green, listening sod; Hushed are the stars, whose power is never spent;  The hills are mute: yet, how they speak of God!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hasty conclusions lead to speedy repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're paid by companies. Having said that, I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened for consumer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37003]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're paid by companies. Having said that, I think the Internet is the best thing that ever happened for consumer affairs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20048]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6556]]></link><description><![CDATA[If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your ease when you are far from Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The De Beers brand will be at the heart of our growing jewelry activities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The De Beers brand will be at the heart of our growing jewelry activities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is so soothing to our self-esteem as to find our bad traits in our forebears. It seems to absolve us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   None can become fit for the future life, who hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   None can become fit for the future life, who hath not practiced himself for it now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one terminal dignity - love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25773]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one terminal dignity - love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ours is not a race to compete dollar for dollar with Ed Rendell. Ours is a race to ensure that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ours is not a race to compete dollar for dollar with Ed Rendell. Ours is a race to ensure that we have the necessary funds to mount the most competitive race possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through conscious thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has any power over me other than that which I give it through conscious thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, our stomachs Will make what's homely savory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, our stomachs Will make what's homely savory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man over forty is a scoundrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man over forty is a scoundrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Orleans is the soul of the country. We feel it's important to support the city, and it's music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41707]]></link><description><![CDATA[New Orleans is the soul of the country. We feel it's important to support the city, and it's music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tapestry of history has no point at which you can cut it and leave the design intelligible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For fools admire, but me of sense approve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/613]]></link><description><![CDATA[For fools admire, but me of sense approve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend,  But instantly your forehead louers,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend,  But instantly your forehead louers,   As if her merit lessen'd yours?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned  All perfect combinations, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43435]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is its author, and not man; he laid The key-note of all harmonies; he planned  All perfect combinations, and he made   Us so that we could hear and understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There comes For ever something between us and what  We deem our happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18639]]></link><description><![CDATA[There comes For ever something between us and what  We deem our happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love without attachment is light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love without attachment is light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . by evil report and good report . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44453]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . by evil report and good report . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44173]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two days in the week on which I never worry; One is yesterday and the other is tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1249]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man or woman has achieved an effective personality who is not self-disciplined. Such discipline must not be an end in itself, but must be directed to the development of resolute Christian character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing. [Lat., Vile latens virtus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing. [Lat., Vile latens virtus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/645]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, of course, that the Tasmanians, who never committed adultery, are now extinct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy than had previously been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34706]]></link><description><![CDATA[The housing report today and other numbers from last week indicate more strength in this economy than had previously been thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15053]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must do our business faithfully, without trouble or disquiet, recalling our mind to God mildly, and with tranquility, as often as we find it wandering from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The family is one of nature's masterpieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15182]]></link><description><![CDATA[The family is one of nature's masterpieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.) [Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19217]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.) [Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41111]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew I had a great chance to win. The team worked so hard on the development of our car and I think over the 15 days we were the better all-round outfit. It's a fantastic feeling to win the Dakar. I experienced many highs and lows in my skiing career, but this is so different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22520]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had some idea of a finish line, don't you think I would have crossed it years ago?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26490]]></link><description><![CDATA[The male stereotype makes masculinity not just a fact of biology but something that must be proved and re-proved, a continual quest for an ever-receding Holy Grail]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46988]]></link><description><![CDATA[If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve. - On the request that he accept the Republican presidential nomination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, Make me chaste, but not yet]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30065]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30065</guid></item></channel></rss>