<?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[Remember that credit is money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10612]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that credit is money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50545]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives himself airs of importance, exhibits the credentials of impotence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives: She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:  Lays the rough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives: She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives:  Lays the rough paths of peevish Nature even,   And opens in each heart a little Heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  The word religion is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  The word religion is extremely rare in the New Testament and the writings of mystics. The reason is simple. Those attitudes and practices to which we give the collective name of religion are themselves concerned with religion hardly at all. To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God. Therefore, almost by definition, a religious man, or a man when he is being religious, is not thinking about religion; he hasn't the time. Religion is what we (or he himself at a later moment) call his activity from outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56312]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls endure in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three million and one hundred thousand Japanese people died in the war, and many foreigners were also victims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three million and one hundred thousand Japanese people died in the war, and many foreigners were also victims.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fell luxury! more perilous to youth Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fell luxury! more perilous to youth Than storms or quicksands, poverty of chains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29579]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a negatively developing story. When a company cuts its dividend, that screams 'run away from this credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a negatively developing story. When a company cuts its dividend, that screams 'run away from this credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36177]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was totally surprising to us and alarming to our colleagues, especially those interested in conservation, climate change and the ability of governments like Brazil to enforce environmental laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a loaded field. There are some great teams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28597]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a loaded field. There are some great teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honor is the reward of virtue. [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honor is the reward of virtue. [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's going to be a Major League pitcher -- we caught lightning in a bottle when we acquired this guy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30289]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's going to be a Major League pitcher -- we caught lightning in a bottle when we acquired this guy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64968]]></link><description><![CDATA[A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They wanted to get it out to all the appropriate agencies and individuals having to do with disaster preparedness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40560]]></link><description><![CDATA[They wanted to get it out to all the appropriate agencies and individuals having to do with disaster preparedness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little girls, I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders, and all my pupils are the crème de la crème. Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately, the fragmentation is going to make it tougher for them [broadcasters] to hold on to their share. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately, the fragmentation is going to make it tougher for them [broadcasters] to hold on to their share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45043]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The U.S. is our biggest (oil export) customer. PDVSA is simply responding to that client the way any company should. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The U.S. is our biggest (oil export) customer. PDVSA is simply responding to that client the way any company should.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last;  One speaks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53889]]></link><description><![CDATA[In various talk th' instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last;  One speaks the glory of the British queen,   And one describes a charming Indian screen;    A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes;     At every word a reputation dies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla  Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If music be the food of love, play on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Condemned whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Condemned whole years in absence to deplore, And image charms he must behold no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society. [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61381]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foolish sayings of the rich pass for wise saws in society. [Sp., Las necedades del rico por sentencias pasan en el mundo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the sweetest revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50552]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sins when drunk will have to atone for it when sober.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50003]]></link><description><![CDATA[To fine folkes a little ill finely wrapt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think you ever go into a marriage to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think you ever go into a marriage to fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our advice is that the replacement of turf that has taken place over the last 48 hours is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our advice is that the replacement of turf that has taken place over the last 48 hours is going to solve the problem for this weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baghdad is at the heart of the major issues of our time. For a foreign correspondent it is a dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baghdad is at the heart of the major issues of our time. For a foreign correspondent it is a dream to be there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[And now that he's graduated to hardcover and 11-city book tour status, he's found there's a real advantage to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37559]]></link><description><![CDATA[[And now that he's graduated to hardcover and 11-city book tour status, he's found there's a real advantage to the standalone novels that Dutton suggested he write.] You can explore broader themes in a standalone novel, ... You can put your character through much greater levels of hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. [It., Lasciate ogni speranza ch'entrate.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42741]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7087]]></link><description><![CDATA[We ought not to forget that the whole Church, quite as much as any part of it, exists for the sole reason of finally becoming superfluous. Of heaven St. John the Divine said, "I saw no temple therein.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57265]]></link><description><![CDATA[What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24221]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That dire disease, whose ruthless power Withers the beauty's transient flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12485]]></link><description><![CDATA[That dire disease, whose ruthless power Withers the beauty's transient flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reunion after long separation is even better than one's wedding night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26957]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet, How you started and threw yourself into my arms;  Not a strawberry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet, How you started and threw yourself into my arms;  Not a strawberry there was so ripe nor so sweet   As the lips which I kiss'd to subdue your alarms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It wasn't so pretty, but it's a win and a guarantee of at least a share of the region championship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28189]]></link><description><![CDATA[It wasn't so pretty, but it's a win and a guarantee of at least a share of the region championship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56683]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red, love's proper hue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream,  Up the hill-side; and now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream,  Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep   In the next valley-glades:    Was it a vision, or a waking dream?     Fled is that music:--do I wake or sleep?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her for having pitied them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51437]]></link><description><![CDATA[She loved me for the dangers I had passed, And I loved her for having pitied them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51437</guid></item></channel></rss>