<?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[An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63182]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cocktail party... is a device either for getting rid of social obligations hurriedly en masse or for making overtures toward more serious social relationships, as in the etiquette of whoring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56883]]></link><description><![CDATA[...in the shaping of a life, chance and the ability to respond to chance are everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pool is huge here. I can't go anywhere without running into someone who plays on a league. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pool is huge here. I can't go anywhere without running into someone who plays on a league.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If they happen to notice kids being crazy ... they go to the parents and tell them about the show, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32243]]></link><description><![CDATA[If they happen to notice kids being crazy ... they go to the parents and tell them about the show, ... We've had a few families say, `Oh my God. Thank you for coming over. Yes, we need your help.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross  When you hear someone saying unworthy and hard words of you, then it is given to you to drink medicine for your soul from the cup of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptation is the fire that brings up the scum of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Control your emotion or it will control you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Control your emotion or it will control you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11092]]></link><description><![CDATA[And out of darkness came the hands that reach thro' nature, moulding men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure , the process is its own reward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56496]]></link><description><![CDATA[An open mind, like an open window, should be screened to keep the bugs out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Woman and the Wine-JarAn old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Old Woman and the Wine-JarAn old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime old wine and which still retained the fragrant smell of its former contents. She greedily placed it several times to her nose, and drawing it backwards and forwards said, O most delicious! How nice must the Wine itself have been, when it leaves behind in the very vessel which contained it so sweet a perfume! The memory of a good deed lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle   Much of the present dilemma and chaotic condition of both the secular and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle   Much of the present dilemma and chaotic condition of both the secular and religious worlds today finds its cause with the setting aside of the "thus saith the Lord" by the clergy. A long series of rejections and subsequent attendant conditions follow the rejections of the Bible as God's Word. Next to that rejection has come the rejection of the God of the Bible. Next, there usually follows a rejection of the Bible's presentation of man as a lost rebel against God, [and then] comes the rejection of biblical morality and ethics. [After] all of these, the next step is a short one--the rejection of biblical obedience to the laws of God and man. And, of course, many more items of rejection can be added to the list. But the crucial point here is that all of these can be traced back to the initial rejection of the absolute authority of Holy Writ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by a further 25 basis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nevertheless, limited core inflation in January will not deter the ECB from hiking interest rates by a further 25 basis points on Thursday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58241]]></link><description><![CDATA[While foulest fiends shun thy society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superior strength is found in the long run to lie with those who had right on their side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46385]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between a smart man and a wise man is that a smart man knows what to say, a wise man knows whether or not to say it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52692]]></link><description><![CDATA[In quarreling the truth is always lost]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33885]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(A lack of) patience was an issue, and it's been something we've fought all season. I hope this game was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38854]]></link><description><![CDATA[(A lack of) patience was an issue, and it's been something we've fought all season. I hope this game was a wake-up call, but it's a crappy way to get it. The kids have been resilient all season. Hopefully, we'll get another shot at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're throwing harder and harder at younger ages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37039]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're throwing harder and harder at younger ages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just when you think that a person is just a backdrop for the rest of the universe, watch them and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just when you think that a person is just a backdrop for the rest of the universe, watch them and see that they laugh, they cry, they tell jokes ... they're just friends waiting to be made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58634]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no accounting for taste and no taste for accounting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is the madness of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is the madness of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch the opportunity while it lasts, and rely not on what the morrow may bring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57657]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful when your own self-love might impair your judgement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7569]]></link><description><![CDATA[For God to explain a trial would be to destroy its purpose, calling forth simple faith and implicit obedience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10033]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and song:  Ye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57794]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come, I come! ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and song:  Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth,   By the winds which tell of the violet's birth,    By the primrose-stars in the shadowy grass,     By the green leaves, opening as I pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is small businesses find their niche. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is small businesses find their niche.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the twinkling of an eye. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55576]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twinkling of an eye. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It should be a pretty quiet day. We may see a little follow- through due to the strength of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30768]]></link><description><![CDATA[It should be a pretty quiet day. We may see a little follow- through due to the strength of the dollar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be closing...That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be closing...That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always closing on the next step in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17461]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your neighbor's vision is as true for him as your own vision is true for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent,  April-blooms upon the breezes toss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter blent,  April-blooms upon the breezes toss them.   April knows her own, and is content.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particulars of which it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43686]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation is a thing that lives and acts like a man and men are the particulars of which it is composed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66082]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just to make certain that I wasn't missing anything, as we see a lot of people running around talking about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44414]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just to make certain that I wasn't missing anything, as we see a lot of people running around talking about the basis for all these values, I went back and reread the New Testament the other day, from one side to the other, and make certain that I hadn't missed anything. You know what? In the three years of Jesus Christ's mission, of his ministry, there is no mention whatsoever — or even a hint — that you ought to be taking health care or educational opportunity away from children in order to give to the richest people in the world. None whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41716]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the veil, spun from the cobweb fashion of the times, to hid the feeling heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29528]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. -Helen Keller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15834]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47756]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have not what we love, we must love what we have. [Fr., Quand on n'a pas ce que l'on aime,  Il faut aimer ce que l'on a.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oscar Wilde: 'Do you mind if I smoke?' Sarah Bernhardt: 'I don't care if you burn']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56698</guid></item></channel></rss>