<?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[Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice, which some regard as a chore, should be approached as just about the most pleasant recreation ever devised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60951]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist, they say, sees a glass of water as being half empty; an optimist sees the same glass as half full. But a giving person sees a glass of water and starts looking for someone who might be thirsty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me,  And gone my bier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58783]]></link><description><![CDATA[And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me,  And gone my bier ye come to weep,   Let One, most loving of you all,    Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall;     He giveth His beloved sleep."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36317]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got the first generation of significantly educated people. There's a black middle class like never before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here when the labouring fish does at the foot arrive, And finds that by his strength but vainly he doth strive;  His tail takes in his teeth, and bending like a bow,   That's to the compass drawn, aloft himself doth throw:    Then springing at his height, as doth a little wand,     That, bended end to end, and flerted from the hand,      Far off itself doth cast. so does the salmon vaut.       And if at first he fail, his second summersaut        He instantly assays and from his nimble ring,         Still yarking never leaves, until himself he fling          Above the streamful top of the surrounded heap.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25900]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her new bark is worse than ten times her old bite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  As long as I live, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  As long as I live, I will never appeal for money for the mission of God in this world. This is a degradation of God and of ourselves, which has pauperized us in every way over the centuries. God has no need, and if the mission is God's, then we do not ask for help to give God a boost; therefore we do not appeal for funds. We allow people to take a share in God's work, and this is a very different thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13807]]></link><description><![CDATA[The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Their own death accompanies the wound they inflict.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25964]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee, Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,  Our faith triumphant o'er our fears,   Are all with thee,--are all with thee!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live peaceably with all breedes good blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50009]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live peaceably with all breedes good blood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294]]></link><description><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29878]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is interested in re-arranging the region as it sees fit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The plethora of special effects -- some dazzling, some clumsy -- make "Harry Potter" at times resemble a generic Hollywood horror movie. That three-headed dog that stands guard over a treasure was better left to the imagination. . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31949]]></link><description><![CDATA[The third quarter really hurt us. They had been playing us full-court man the entire game, but we went through a couple of minutes in that period where Oakland got even more aggressive; we just couldn't hang on to the ball and they were able to score off it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us to silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Add a sprinkling of folly to your long deliberations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12765]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be once in doubt Is once to be resolved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We                    ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40691]]></link><description><![CDATA[We                                                             want to give a visual example of the project's intention, inspire other artists to submit proposals and get local merchants to sponsor those artists,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an excellent choice ... for an organization that does extremely good work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25259]]></link><description><![CDATA[The republic of letters. [Fr., La republique des lettres.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58204]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless. [Lat., Leniter ex merito quidquid patiare ferendum est,  Quae venit indigne poena dolenda venit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9117]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a comfort to the miserable to have comrades in misfortune, but it is a poor comfort after all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Equal rights for all, special privileges for none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try to be brave despite all the bafflement. A god who created, and withdrew, could be mighty, but he could not be love. Who could love a God remote, when suffering is our lot? Our God is closer than our problems, for they are out there, to be faced; He is here, beside us, Emmanuel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you can see just walking around Portland is evidence of what's going on in construction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29640]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you can see just walking around Portland is evidence of what's going on in construction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The other night [in a loss to Philadelphia], we didn't do what we needed to do offensively. No matter how much I play, I want to do a better job of helping change that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have a strong mind and a soft heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have a strong mind and a soft heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The West condemns any denial of the Jewish holocaust, but it permits the insult of Islamic sanctities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29781]]></link><description><![CDATA[The West condemns any denial of the Jewish holocaust, but it permits the insult of Islamic sanctities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The houses that are priced properly are selling. We have a market that's pretty much in balance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31827]]></link><description><![CDATA[The houses that are priced properly are selling. We have a market that's pretty much in balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no peace among equals because equality doesn't exist in this universe. Either one prevails and the other follows, or both negotiate their differences and create a greater partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of the people is the voice of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52450]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would not listen to those who were wont to say the voice of the people is the voice of God, for the voice of the mob is near akin to madness. [Lat., Nec audiendi sunt qui solent dicere vox populi, vox dei; cum tumultus vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head. [Lat., Utque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12493]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head. [Lat., Utque in corporibus, sic in imperio, gravissimus est morbus qui a capite diffunditur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59238]]></link><description><![CDATA[One hour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict - girding up its armor to meet the most insidious foe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vertex shares may not be for the faint-hearted at these price levels. However, the hepatitis C derby is just that: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vertex shares may not be for the faint-hearted at these price levels. However, the hepatitis C derby is just that: a race. Should Vertex not stumble or encounter unforeseen obstacles prior to approval, $35 will wind up looking like an early exit point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every normal person, in fact, is only normal on the average. His ego approximates to that of the psychotic in some part or other and to a greater or lesser extent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51158]]></link><description><![CDATA[He, who holds out but a doubtful hope of succour to the afflicted, denies it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Puns are a form of humor with words.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Puns are a form of humor with words.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would want to look at the land carefully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39577]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would want to look at the land carefully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity,  The adorner and refresher of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity,  The adorner and refresher of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though this be madness, yet there is method in't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  The Servant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373  The Servant Messiah carries out his ministry in the lives of his ministers. His life is reproduced in their lives, so they also are servants. But this ministry is exercised in and towards the Church, so as to enable the Church itself to carry out the ministry of the Servant. The Messiah came as a Servant; his ministers are servants; and the Church he created is a Servant-Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53104]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're coming into this town full force and we're going to take care of this problem like we did the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38229]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're coming into this town full force and we're going to take care of this problem like we did the drug and the graffiti problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writers are the main landmarks of the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writers are the main landmarks of the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tom Goodwin was an actor-man, Old Drury's pride and boast,  In all the light and spritely parts,   Especially the ghost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/435</guid></item></channel></rss>