<?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[I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37093]]></link><description><![CDATA[I doubt the garrulous archive bequeathed us by the tape recorder will prove as memorable as Henry James's thank-you notes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still believe that ever round you Spirits float who watch and wait;  Nor forget the twain who found you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still believe that ever round you Spirits float who watch and wait;  Nor forget the twain who found you   Sleeping nigh the Golden Gate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50899]]></link><description><![CDATA[We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."  But grant me still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57172]]></link><description><![CDATA[I praise the Frenchman; his remark was shrewd,-- "How sweet, how passing sweet is solitude."  But grant me still a friend in my retreat,   Whom I may whisper--Solitude is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bottom line is, he's not in custody yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31590]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bottom line is, he's not in custody yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29118]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's grounded in an honest place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humble Hearts have humble desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humble Hearts have humble desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity is as likely to be wrong as anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bank of Canada is operating textbook econ 101 here in hiking rates in anticipation of inflation going higher 12-16 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bank of Canada is operating textbook econ 101 here in hiking rates in anticipation of inflation going higher 12-16 months in the future, because we're operating at full capacity right now in Canada and it looks like we're going to continue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sober, and to doubt prepense, These are the sinews of good sense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;  No splendid poverty, no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54734]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give me, indulgent gods! with mind serene, And guiltless heart, to range the sylvan scene;  No splendid poverty, no smiling care,   No well-bred hate, or servile grandeur, there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2727]]></link><description><![CDATA[If most of us are ashamed of shabby clothes and shoddy furniture, let us be more ashamed of shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies. . . . It would be a sad situation if the wrapper were better than the meat wrapped inside it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That 's a perilous shot out of an elder-gun. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55961]]></link><description><![CDATA[That 's a perilous shot out of an elder-gun. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16484]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know. [Lat., Etiam oblivisci quod scis interdum expedit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50273]]></link><description><![CDATA[In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity depends more on wanting what you have than having what you want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,--  'Tis said thy blithesome song was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54340]]></link><description><![CDATA[On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,--  'Tis said thy blithesome song was hushed   While Christ toiled up Mount Calvary,    Bowed 'neath the sins of all mankind;     And humbled to the very dust      By the vile cross, while viler men       Mocked with a crown of thorns the Just.        Pierced by our sorrows, and weighed down         By our transgressions,--faint and weak,          Crushed by an angry Judge's frown,           And agonies no word can speak,--            'Twas then, dear bird, the legend says             That thou, from out His crown, didst tear              The thorns, to lighten the distress               And ease the pain that he must bear,                While pendant from thy tiny beak                 The gory points thy bosom pressed,                  And crimsoned with thy Saviour's blood                   The sober brownness of thy breast!                    Since which proud hour for thee and thine.                     As an especial sign of grace                      God pours like sacramental wine                       Red signs of favor o'er thy race!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22261]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to hope in order to understand, nor to succeed in order to persevere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45238]]></link><description><![CDATA[The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the simplest man with passion is more persuasive than the most eloquent without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there, Where most it promises. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51219]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there, Where most it promises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've just got to go at them, like you've got no fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41874]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've just got to go at them, like you've got no fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;  News from all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23339]]></link><description><![CDATA[He comes, the herald of a noisy world, With spatter'd boots, strapp'd waist, and frozen locks;  News from all nations lumbering at his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65288]]></link><description><![CDATA[In many people it is already an impertinence to say 'I'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one. [Lat., Nam improbus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15480]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man is worthless who knows how to receive a favor, but not how to return one. [Lat., Nam improbus est homo qui beneficium scit sumere et reddere nescit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would often be ashamed of our finest actions if the world understood all the motives which produced them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46535]]></link><description><![CDATA[A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4213]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind of the bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. - Notes on Doctrinal and Spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. - Notes on Doctrinal and Spiritual Subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to play a good round tomorrow to stay in middle of this thing, which we are capable of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to play a good round tomorrow to stay in middle of this thing, which we are capable of doing. We haven't had a great day yet; we had two good days. I have a feeling we have a good round left in us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been pushing instant messaging because it allows instant communication between people who are not necessarily available by other means, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39034]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been pushing instant messaging because it allows instant communication between people who are not necessarily available by other means,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're awful glad that the taxpayers and the voters will have an opportunity to vote on this. I think they'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41991]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're awful glad that the taxpayers and the voters will have an opportunity to vote on this. I think they'll grab it just like a drowning man would grab a flotation ring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23206]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin is the dare of God's justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would pay thousands of dollars ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would pay thousands of dollars]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's definitely a lot more pressure there [the Olympics], but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42087]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's definitely a lot more pressure there [the Olympics], but I'm really looking forward to it. I think it's going to be a really good experience. I can remember looking back watching my first Olympics when I was like 10 years old, so it's cool to be a part of it now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1491]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Need To Know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41425]]></link><description><![CDATA[I Need To Know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18187]]></link><description><![CDATA[True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him. -.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is not well. Science tells us that if we do not take the right action now, climate change will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40209]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is not well. Science tells us that if we do not take the right action now, climate change will bring havoc, even within our lifetime,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41699]]></link><description><![CDATA[From now on, only the plainest vanilla versions will be permissible, nothing elaborate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The team has always had better results in Corsica than in Spain so we're optimistic of a good overall result. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The team has always had better results in Corsica than in Spain so we're optimistic of a good overall result.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never believe in anything until it has been officially denied.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3949]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negotiis prius quam aggrediare, adhibenda est praeparatio diligens.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  When Christ was in the world, He was despised by men; in the hour of need He was forsaken by acquaintances and left by friends to the depths of scorn. He was willing to suffer and to be despised; do you dare to complain of anything? He had enemies and defamers; do you want everyone to be your friend, your benefactor? How can your patience be rewarded if no adversity tests it? How can you be a friend of Christ if you are not willing to suffer any hardship? Suffer with Christ and for Christ if you wish to reign with Him.  Had you but once entered into perfect communion with Jesus or tasted a little of His ardent love, you would care nothing at all for your own comfort or discomfort but would rejoice in the reproach you suffer; for love of Him makes a man despise himself.  ... Thomas à Kempis, Of the Imitation of Christ May 11, 2000 Concluding a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus' good news, then, was that the Kingdom of God had come, and that he, Jesus, was its herald and expounder to men. More than that, in some special and mysterious was, he was the kingdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3679</guid></item></channel></rss>