<?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[A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26415]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  Someone gave me a bit of brick and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878  Someone gave me a bit of brick and a little slab of marble from Rome. It was wonderful to touch one of them and think, Perhaps the Apostle Paul or one of the martyrs touched this as they passed. But how much more wonderful is it to think that we have, for our own use, the very same sword our Lord used when the Devil attacked Him. [Brooke Foss] Westcott says "the Word of God" in Ephesians 6:17 means "a definite utterance of God". We know these "definite utterances" -- we have the same Book that He had, and we can do as He did. So let us learn the "definite utterances" that they may be ready in our minds; ready for use at the moment of need -- our sword which never grows dull and rusty, but is always keen and bright. So once more I say, let us not expect defeat but victory. Let us take fast hold and keep fast hold of our sword, and we shall win in any assault of the enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth proudly wears the Parthenon As best gem upon her zone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a lot of nervous energy going on. We've been itching to get our hands on a ball and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39639]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a lot of nervous energy going on. We've been itching to get our hands on a ball and finally get out on this court, the one we've seen in our locker room for four years now. It's just really amazing to get out there and see what it's like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17593]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59346]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must learn a different... sense of time, one that depends more on small amounts than big ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs. [Fr., Plus je vois des ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs. [Fr., Plus je vois des representants du peuple, plus j'aime mes chiens.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. [Hebrews 11:1].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20311]]></link><description><![CDATA[To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24395]]></link><description><![CDATA[To do nothing at all is the most difficult thing in the world, the most difficult and the most intellectual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it. [Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it. [Lat., Poscunt fidem secunda, at adversa exigunt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65727]]></link><description><![CDATA[One type of rice nourishes one hundred types of people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29037]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never get a mime talking. He won't stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never get a mime talking. He won't stop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36445]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tears are the symbol of the inability of the soul to restrain its emotion and retain its self command.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. -As You Like It. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55684]]></link><description><![CDATA[The horn, the horn, the lusty horn Is not a thing to laugh to scorn. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55684</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[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle that fits them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2933]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the adversity of our best friends we often find something which does not displease us. [Fr., Dans l'adversite de ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/693]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the adversity of our best friends we often find something which does not displease us. [Fr., Dans l'adversite de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons toujours quelque chose ne nous deplaist pas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great Britain and the United States are nations separated by a common language.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34873]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless I search for the real life, the spiritual quality, in others. I am myself spiritually dead unless I reach out to the fine quality dormant in others. For it is only with the god enthroned in the innermost shrine of the other, that the god hidden in me, will consent to appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have played six games this season but this is the first time we have played well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40196]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have played six games this season but this is the first time we have played well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would be lucky if we see even five pence (9 cents) in the pound ($1.82). That's probably understating it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38481]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would be lucky if we see even five pence (9 cents) in the pound ($1.82). That's probably understating it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're trying to get healthy. We had a couple starters out for the Southwest game, and a couple people that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30598]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're trying to get healthy. We had a couple starters out for the Southwest game, and a couple people that hadn't practiced. P.J. Gardner missed the game against Southwest, but he'll be back on the O-line. We're working on basic stuff, not looking to change much, just looking to continue to improve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15830]]></link><description><![CDATA[There ain't no such thing as a free lunch."A Libertarian Movement slogan - The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, 1907.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10780]]></link><description><![CDATA[People in general are cruel to one another. The only way to have fun to them is to make fun of someone. I hate that. Why can't someone be different.why can't someone be themselves without being made fun of? I hate society because of how they judge pe]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through this toilsome world, alas! Once and only once I pass; If a kindness I may show, If a good deed I may do To a suffering fellow man, Let me do it while I can. No delay, for it is plain I shall not pass this way again. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have religion and no wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hold it true,what'er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25354]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hold it true,what'er befall;I feel it, when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all. - In Memoriam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crises and deadlocks when they occur have at least this advantage, that they force us to think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22576]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've run less risk driving my way across country than eating my way across it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Isn't it strange? The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune tellers take economists seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Isn't it strange? The same people who laugh at gypsy fortune tellers take economists seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17021]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how discouraged we get, God has not asked us to do the impossible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing that is really good and God-like dies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing that is really good and God-like dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grief of an heir is only masked laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grief of an heir is only masked laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of us have our troubles. But no matter how unhappy we are, life has to carry on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24975]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of us have our troubles. But no matter how unhappy we are, life has to carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12337]]></link><description><![CDATA[A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11363]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to spend your time at funerals than at festivals. For you are going to die, and you should think about it while there is still time.(7:3).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11579</guid></item></channel></rss>