<?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[It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50625]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841   The [Roman] imperial coinage (which was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Peter Chanel, Religious, Missionary in the South Pacific, Martyr, 1841   The [Roman] imperial coinage (which was regularly used as a propaganda medium... is full of the characteristic motifs of Advent and Epiphany, celebrating the blessings which the manifestation of each successive divine emperor was to bring to a waiting world. Among the adulatory formulas with which the emperor was acclaimed, Prof. Ethelbert Stauffer mentions, as going back to the first century, "Hail, Victory, Lord of the earth, Invincible, Power, Glory, Honour, Peace, Security, Holy, Blessed, Unequalled, Great, Thou alone worthy art, Worthy is he to inherit the Kingdom, Come, come, do not delay, Come again" (p. 155) [in Christ and the Caesars]. Indeed, one has only to read Psalm lxxii, in Latin, in the official language of the empire, to see that it is largely the same formal language which is used alike in the Forum for the advent of the emperor, and in the catacombs for the celebration of the "Epiphany of Christ" (p. 251). Who was worthy to ascend the throne of the universe and direct the course of history? Caesar, or Jesus?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,  And rolls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57910]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The Tempest growls; but as it nearer comes,  And rolls its awful burden on the wind,   The Lightnings flash a larger curve, and more    The Noise astounds; till overhead a sheet     Of livid flame discloses wide, then shuts,      And opens wider; shuts and opens still       Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze.        Follows the loosen'd aggravated Roar,         Enlarging, deepening, mingling, peal on peal,          Crush'd, horrible, convulsing Heaven and Earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Is the sun dimmed, that gnats do fly in it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never seen a reaction like that, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29745]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never seen a reaction like that,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1135]]></link><description><![CDATA[To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is round so that friendship may encircle it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64813]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2240]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to look at our own inertia, insecurities, self-hate, fear that, in truth, we have nothing valuable to say. When your writing blooms out of the back of this garbage compost, it is very stable. You are not running from anything. You can have a sense of artistic security. If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27550]]></link><description><![CDATA[I prefer you to make mistakes in kindness than work miracles in unkindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56970]]></link><description><![CDATA[If anything were FULLY explained, everything would be explained.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,  And therefore are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such men as he be never at heart's ease Whiles they behold a greater than themselves,  And therefore are they very dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience indeed is only the pitiful and cowardly egotism of him who thinks that he can do something better than reason]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35764]]></link><description><![CDATA[The earth is mankind's ultimate haven, our blessed terra firma. When it trembles and gives way beneath our feet, it's as though one of God's checks has bounced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59542]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51459]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kissed thee, ere I killed thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51069]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40854]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no clear reasons and I am not going to make one up to explain the recent strengthening of Epsilon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then lady Cynthia, mistress of the shade, Goes, with the fashionable owls, to bed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then lady Cynthia, mistress of the shade, Goes, with the fashionable owls, to bed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That hour o' night's black arch the keystane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27450]]></link><description><![CDATA[That hour o' night's black arch the keystane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59581]]></link><description><![CDATA[To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since 9/11, nothing has been done to secure our borders and do the job the Congress won't do, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29387]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since 9/11, nothing has been done to secure our borders and do the job the Congress won't do,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Certainly, it was apparent to me that RLX was likely to exploit the confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Certainly, it was apparent to me that RLX was likely to exploit the confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets of Compaq that RLX acquired by its hiring of key Compaq personnel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit while making it clear that in confronting the clear and present danger posed by Iraqi lawlessness, the diplomatic string is running out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50428]]></link><description><![CDATA[All wish for knowledge, but no one wishes to pay the price of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  The man who will and can go to our Lord in all freedom... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8379]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597  The man who will and can go to our Lord in all freedom... must be such that his love for the Sacrament and for our Lord grows more and more by this [Holy Communion], and that the reverence is not diminished by frequently approaching it. For often what is one man's life may be another's death. Therefore you should observe yourself, whether your love for God is growing and your reverence is not destroyed. Then, the more frequently you go to the Sacrament, the better you will become, and the better and more profitable it will be. And therefore be not turned away from your God by words and sermons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't go to work unless I feel I really have a story that would be interesting to tell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43191]]></link><description><![CDATA[One woman will brag about her children, while another complains about hers; they could probably swap children without swapping tunes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smile - It's the second best thing you can do with your lips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Smile - It's the second best thing you can do with your lips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money never starts an idea; it is the idea that starts the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51745]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is, I believe, better to restrain the passions of youth by a sense of shame, and by conciliatory means, than by fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46593]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57900]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tempest in a tumbler of water. [Fr., C'est une tempete dans un verre d'eau.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can we know that what Jesus has shown us of God is the truth; or how do we know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7768]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can we know that what Jesus has shown us of God is the truth; or how do we know when we look into the face of Jesus that we are looking into the face of God? The answer is so plain and simple that it is a marvel how intelligent men can manage to miss it as they do. Look at what Christ has done for the soul of man: that is your answer. Christianity is just Christ --nothing more and nothing less. It is a way of life, and He is that way. It is the truth about human destiny, and He is that truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.  Oh, yo' daddy's rich, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.  Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin',   So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our serve is going to be one of our major strengths. But we're returning better, which is also the goal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our serve is going to be one of our major strengths. But we're returning better, which is also the goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today a reader, tomorrow a leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52989]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, We will stand by each other, however it blow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then come the wild weather, come sleet or come snow, We will stand by each other, however it blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a hopeful cynic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10967]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a hopeful cynic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because I am a nice guy, it doesn't mean I am not sexy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because I am a nice guy, it doesn't mean I am not sexy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44423]]></link><description><![CDATA[One belongs to New York instantly, one belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. [Proverbs 28:20]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15949]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. [Proverbs 28:20].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42510]]></link><description><![CDATA[She not only expects the worst, but makes the worst of it when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55210]]></link><description><![CDATA[God curse Moawiyah. If I had served God so well as I have served him, he would never have damned me to all eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55210</guid></item></channel></rss>