<?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[Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet To spin your wordy fabric in the street;  While you are emptying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop not, unthinking, every friend you meet To spin your wordy fabric in the street;  While you are emptying your colloquial pack,   The fiend Lumbago jumps upon his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/910]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity prepare for a change; in adversity hope for one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29535]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had watched (the militant group) for three months and we wanted to capture him soon. But he was not there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice may be blind, but she has very sophisticated listening devices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Providence is a greater mystery than revelation. The state of our world is more humiliating to our reason than the doctrines of the Gospel. A reflecting Christian sees more to excite his astonishment, and to exercise his faith, in the state of things between Temple Bar [in Dublin] and St. Paul's [in London], than in what he reads from Genesis to Revelation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65411]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39072]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goalkeeper thought Tony was going to shoot, and he stayed on his line. He passed instead, which gave me a pretty easy shot. I got it in, which was huge for us. We really needed to win this game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28476]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65318]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never know, believe me, when we have succeeded best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt--and children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Familiarity breeds contempt--and children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61594]]></link><description><![CDATA[To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any alleged Christianity which fails to express itself in cheerfulness, at some point, is clearly spurious. The Christian is cheerful, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any alleged Christianity which fails to express itself in cheerfulness, at some point, is clearly spurious. The Christian is cheerful, not because he is blind to injustice and suffering, but because he is convinced that these, in the light of the divine sovereignty, are never ultimate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48082]]></link><description><![CDATA[God preaches, a noted clergyman, And the sermon is never long;  So instead of getting to heaven at last,   I'm going all along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is as important as anything I've done as an owner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40684]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is as important as anything I've done as an owner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27189]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Japan has much more aggressive plans to build plants and facilities in North America than any other country. Plus, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Japan has much more aggressive plans to build plants and facilities in North America than any other country. Plus, we already had two Japanese plants here, so we wanted to capitalize on that relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was pleased that we came out ready to play. We played well together and played with a lot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31287]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was pleased that we came out ready to play. We played well together and played with a lot of intensity. We pressured them really hard early and got some turnovers to get that good lead at the beginning of the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor is he solicitous about fine and fashionable apparel; aspiring rather after robes of divine light, and the raiment of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor is he solicitous about fine and fashionable apparel; aspiring rather after robes of divine light, and the raiment of glorified bodies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees  Feed arrogance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48208]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may do good; pride hath no other glass To show itself but pride, for supple knees  Feed arrogance and are the proud man's fees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thing that makes him so good and why he does very well at both levels, club and country, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31660]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thing that makes him so good and why he does very well at both levels, club and country, is the fact he does very well with his opportunities,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People's reactions can be surprising but, if you have overwhelming news, I suppose the only thing you can do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42538]]></link><description><![CDATA[People's reactions can be surprising but, if you have overwhelming news, I suppose the only thing you can do is just look, because you're stunned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilized life has altogether grown too tame, and, if it is to be stable, it must provide a harmless outlets for the impulses which our remote ancestors satisfied in hunting]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams have only the pigmentation of fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As order is heavenly, where quiet is had, So error is hell, or a mischief as bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45270]]></link><description><![CDATA[As order is heavenly, where quiet is had, So error is hell, or a mischief as bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 Eternal Lord, how faint and small Our greatest, strongest thoughts must seem To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 Eternal Lord, how faint and small Our greatest, strongest thoughts must seem To Thee, who overseest all, And leads us through Life's shallow stream. How tangled are our straightest ways; How dimly flares our brightest star; How earthbound is our highest praise To Thee, who sees us as we are. Our feet are slow where Thine are fast; Thy kiss of grace meets lips of stone; And we admit Thy love at last To hearts that have none of their own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21180]]></link><description><![CDATA[Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65598]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can’t reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday’s junk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What! upon compulsion? No! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51301]]></link><description><![CDATA[What! upon compulsion? No!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24023]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have another language is to possess a second soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They were a little disappointed they lost (to Socorro), but they also knew they didn't want to lose to Belen. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34401]]></link><description><![CDATA[They were a little disappointed they lost (to Socorro), but they also knew they didn't want to lose to Belen. It's not easy to lose to your rival. The first half we played extremely well. The second half we started getting tired, but we were still dominating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fellow can't keep people from having a bad opinion of him, but he can keep them from being right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45015]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fellow can't keep people from having a bad opinion of him, but he can keep them from being right about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to inquire tomorrow and perhaps make an issue out of it. I'm going to have to see where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to inquire tomorrow and perhaps make an issue out of it. I'm going to have to see where we stand .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense stepped up, which is what we expect around here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I picked up the 'HTML Manual of Style,' and for inspiration I picked up Negroponte's 'Being Digital,' got on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I picked up the 'HTML Manual of Style,' and for inspiration I picked up Negroponte's 'Being Digital,' got on a plane, flew to the Bahamas and sat on a beach and read these books, ... And a week later, came home and started building the Web site myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that had neither beene kithe nor kin, Might have seene a full fayre sight.   - Thomas Percy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56259]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that had neither beene kithe nor kin, Might have seene a full fayre sight.   - Thomas Percy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56259</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[Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid  (Archer of archers both in men and women), ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Archers ever Have two strings to bow; and shall great Cupid  (Archer of archers both in men and women),   Be worse provided than a common archer?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?  No; the dead ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is the hearse with scutcheons blazon'd round, And with the nodding plume of ostrich crown'd?  No; the dead know it not, nor profit gain;   It only serves to prove the living vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. [Eubie Blake At Age ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1295]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'd known I was gonna live this long. I'd have taken better care of myself. [Eubie Blake At Age 100].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The windy satisfaction of the tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The windy satisfaction of the tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over her hung a canopy of state, Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold,  But of a substance, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over her hung a canopy of state, Not of rich tissue, nor of spangled gold,  But of a substance, though not animate,   Yet of a heavenly and spiritual mould,    That only eyes of spirits might behold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chris looked pretty good, I thought, in two playoff games. If he's over his injury -- and I think he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chris looked pretty good, I thought, in two playoff games. If he's over his injury -- and I think he is -- he could move into the spot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2352</guid></item></channel></rss>