<?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[My Karma ran over your dogma. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23681]]></link><description><![CDATA[My Karma ran over your dogma.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no day however beautiful that is not followed by night. [Fr., Car il n'est si beau jour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11139]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no day however beautiful that is not followed by night. [Fr., Car il n'est si beau jour qui n'amene sa nuit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat. 'We’re all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26181]]></link><description><![CDATA['But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat. 'We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.''How do you know I’m mad?' said Alice.'You must be, said the Cat. 'or you wouldn’t have come here.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/678]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1132]]></link><description><![CDATA[For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62358]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics are no substitute for judgment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics are no substitute for judgment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15799]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we are in competition with ourselves, and match our todays against our yesterdays, we derive encouragement from past misfortunes and blemishes. Moreover, the competition with ourselves leaves unimpaired our benevolence toward our fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair,  That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair,  That, like thy petals, trembles in possession,   And scatters on the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16651]]></link><description><![CDATA[When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You learn to put your emotional luggage where it will do some good, instead of using it to shit on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2127]]></link><description><![CDATA[You learn to put your emotional luggage where it will do some good, instead of using it to shit on other people, or blow up aeroplanes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make aliving. The other should teach us how to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21092]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make aliving. The other should teach us how to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31370]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian is not one who has gone all the way with Christ. None of us has. The Christian is one who has found the right road.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idle life always produces varied inclinations. [Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20341]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idle life always produces varied inclinations. [Lat., Variam semper dant otia mentem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and His Driver AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1499]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and His Driver AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off andbolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was in the actof throwing himself over, his owner seized him by the tail,endeavoring to pull him back. When the Ass persisted in hiseffort, the man let him go and said, Conquer, but conquer toyour cost.A willful beast must go his own way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love rules his kingdome without a sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love rules his kingdome without a sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your current safe boundries were once unknown frontiers. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your current safe boundries were once unknown frontiers. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins, justice ends?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness wins the confidence of princes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness wins the confidence of princes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, let us take a lesson from our forefathers, and enjoy the Christmas holyday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love prefers twilight to daylight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love prefers twilight to daylight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty needs much, avarice everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty needs much, avarice everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25782]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 Commemoration of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, tractarian, 1882  The commandment of God is, that we love Our Lord in all our heart, in all our soul, in all our thought. In all our heart; that is, in all our understanding without erring. In all our soul; that is, in all our will without gainsaying. In all our thought; that is, that we think on Him without forgetting. In this manner is very love and true, that is work of man's will. For love is a willful stirring of our thoughts unto God, so that it receive nothing that is against the love of Jesus Christ, and therewith that it be lasting in sweetness of devotion; and that is the perfection of this life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16046]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman's happiness begins with her first love and ends about then]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61775]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you have love that never ends, lots of money and lots of friends. Health be yours, whatever you do and may God send many blessings to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some are soon bagg'd but some reject three dozen. 'Tis fine to see them scattering refusals  And wild dismay, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some are soon bagg'd but some reject three dozen. 'Tis fine to see them scattering refusals  And wild dismay, o'er every angry cousin   (Friends of the party) who begin accusals,    Such as--"Unless Miss (Blank) meant to have chosen     Poor Frederick, why did she accord perusals      To his billets? Why waltz with him? Why, I pray,       Look yes least night, and yet say No to-day?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, misery makes sport to mock itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42772]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, misery makes sport to mock itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47852]]></link><description><![CDATA[Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And a good south wind sprung up behind, The Albatross did follow,  And every day, for food or play, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1979]]></link><description><![CDATA[And a good south wind sprung up behind, The Albatross did follow,  And every day, for food or play,   Came to the mariner's hollo!    "God save thee, ancient Mariner!     From the fiends that plague thus thee!--      Why look'st thou so?"--"With my cross-bow       I shot the Albatross."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've been on a smooth downward trend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29643]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've been on a smooth downward trend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36850]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only hope that I can merit forgiveness from the Almighty and those I have wronged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've been playing some tough teams. She's strong, and I think she's a senior. From what I hear, she's getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40792]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've been playing some tough teams. She's strong, and I think she's a senior. From what I hear, she's getting looks from some colleges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public business: "we do much for posterity; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man was laughed at as a blunderer who said in a public business: "we do much for posterity; I would fain see them do something for us."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63411]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every book is a children's book if the kid can read!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Didst thou never hear That things ill got had ever bad success? And happy always was it for that son ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Didst thou never hear That things ill got had ever bad success? And happy always was it for that son Whose father for his hoarding went to hell? -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50736]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is but a small merit to observe silence, but it is a grave fault to speak of matters on which we should be silent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gift in time of need is most acceptable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50703]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gift in time of need is most acceptable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What advice you give, be short. [Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/781]]></link><description><![CDATA[What advice you give, be short. [Lat., Quidquid praecipies esto brevis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28087]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is life, except excuse for death, or death but an escape from life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house is a fine house, when good folks are within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house is a fine house, when good folks are within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9072]]></link><description><![CDATA[English is the perfect language for preachers because it allows you to talk until you think of what to say. -Garrison Keillor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9072</guid></item></channel></rss>