<?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[We bodged again, as I have been a swan With bootless labor swim against the tide  And spend her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58458]]></link><description><![CDATA[We bodged again, as I have been a swan With bootless labor swim against the tide  And spend her strength with overmatching waves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich will do anything for the poor but get off their backs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes I think [my husband] is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes I think [my husband] is so amazing that I don't know why he's with me. I don't know whether I'm good enough. But if I make him happy, then I'm everything I want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53378]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're almost inseparable. Sometimes it takes ten people to separate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41139]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball last year. We were just hoping he'd get it back on track, and I think he did tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40705]]></link><description><![CDATA[This problem with the President makes it even dimmer yet, ... He's hurt by this. No question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is not in things; it is in us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is not in things; it is in us]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to loveit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21443]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to loveit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21443</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[I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36990]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or "literary" diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51718]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is truth the poet sings, That a sorrow's crown of sorrows is remembering happier things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12613]]></link><description><![CDATA[I recently went to a new doctor and noticed he was located in something called the Professional Building. I felt better right away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider the hour-glass; there is nothing to be accomplished by rattling or shaking; you have to wait patiently until the sand, grain by grain, has run from one funnel into the other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No laborer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love--except the housewife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19899]]></link><description><![CDATA[No laborer in the world is expected to work for room, board, and love--except the housewife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't a pretty win. It was probably more of the kind of win we needed for a team that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37177]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't a pretty win. It was probably more of the kind of win we needed for a team that has been struggling the last few games for an identity. I think we found it tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think our numbers wore them down. We subbed liberally and kept fresh feet out there. I think that helped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39938]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think our numbers wore them down. We subbed liberally and kept fresh feet out there. I think that helped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A miser and a liar bargain quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3727]]></link><description><![CDATA[A miser and a liar bargain quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising:  There are forty feeding like one! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cattle are grazing, Their heads never raising:  There are forty feeding like one!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57090]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[1a 'a n, pl a's or as 'az often cap, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1 a : the 1st letter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4614]]></link><description><![CDATA[1a 'a n, pl a's or as 'az often cap, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1 a : the 1st letter of the English alphabet b : a representation of this letter c : a speech counterpart of orthographic a 2 : the 6th tone of a C-major scale 3 : a graphic device for reproducing the letter a 4 : one designated a esp. as the 1st in order or class 5 a : a grade rating a student's work as superior in quality b : one graded or rated with an A 6 : something shaped like the letter A   - Unattributed Author,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269 I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269 I see the wrong that round me lies,  I feel the guilt within; I hear, with groan and travail-cries,  The world confess its sin. Yet, in the maddening maze of things,  And tossed by storm and flood, To one fixed trust my spirit clings  I know that God is good!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acerra always drinks till dawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acerra always drinks till dawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seems the only growth that dwindles here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18385]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18874</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[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Wyclif, Reformer, 1384  While sitting on the bank of a river one day, I picked up a solid round stone from the water and broke it open. It was perfectly dry in spite of the fact that it had been immersed in water for centuries. The same is true of many people in the Western world. For centuries they have been surrounded by Christianity; they live immersed in the waters of its benefits. And yet it has not penetrated their hearts; they do not love it. The fault is not in Christianity, but in men's hearts, which have been hardened by materialism and intellectualism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a pin drop in that room when he finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such a Saint, such an offering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such a Saint, such an offering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4968]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a very sobering feeling to be up in space and realize that one's safety factor was determined by the lowest bidder on a government contract.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15190]]></link><description><![CDATA[And it is time for those who talk about family values to start valuing families.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing but what astonishes is true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing but what astonishes is true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843]]></link><description><![CDATA[He always told me that he only had two or three.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a poor man goes to the market, often he comes home with only tears ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47679]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a poor man goes to the market, often he comes home with only tears]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it would be a tough run for her and she will be 67 years old, after she used ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it would be a tough run for her and she will be 67 years old, after she used age against Morgenthau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daffy-down-dilly came up in the cold, Through the brown mould  Although the March breeze blew keen on her face, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Daffy-down-dilly came up in the cold, Through the brown mould  Although the March breeze blew keen on her face,   Although the white snow lay in many a place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by some trifling performance. A carpet knight.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48532]]></link><description><![CDATA[To seek a laurel wreath from a bride-cake. [To seek glory by some trifling performance. A carpet knight.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3485]]></link><description><![CDATA[All authority must be out of a man's self, turned . . . either upon an art, or upon a man.   - Francis Bacon,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11951]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You souls of geese, That bear the shapes of men, how have you run  From slaves that apes would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10499]]></link><description><![CDATA[You souls of geese, That bear the shapes of men, how have you run  From slaves that apes would men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The news is staged, anticipated, reported, analyzed until all interest is wrung from it and abandoned for some new novelty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  The [Christian] "doctrines" are translations into our concepts and ideas of that which God has already expressed in language more adequate, namely the actual incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[the upper end of the range. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41845]]></link><description><![CDATA[the upper end of the range.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12622]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12622</guid></item></channel></rss>