<?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[I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35093]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38319]]></link><description><![CDATA[In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The starting line of the New York City marathon is kind of a giant time bomb behind you about to go off. It is the most spectacular start in sport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48988]]></link><description><![CDATA[E'en his failings leaned to virtue's side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great refusal. [It., Il gran rifiuto.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2319]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great refusal. [It., Il gran rifiuto.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16979]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65588]]></link><description><![CDATA[To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kant, as we all know, compared moral law to the starry heavens, and found them both sublime. On the naturalistic hypothesis we should rather compare it to the protective blotches on a beetle's back, and find them both ingenious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother says to her daughter: Daughter bid thy daughter, to her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying. [Lat., Mater ait natae die natae filia natum  Ut moneat natae plangere filiolam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963]]></link><description><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they may not have the rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55808]]></link><description><![CDATA[In rage deaf as the sea, hasty as fire. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the old dog barke he gives counsell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49515]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the old dog barke he gives counsell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2012]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some things are of that nature as to make One's fancy chuckle, while his heart doth ache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929   From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Sundar Singh of India, Sadhu, Evangelist, Teacher, 1929   From my many years experience I can unhesitatingly say that the cross bears those who bear the cross.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22263]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence is one of the most fun things to watch ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence is one of the most fun things to watch]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty and fear shake hands together]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you fold your hands, Baby Louise! Your hands like a fairy's, so tiny and fair,  With a pretty, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3633]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you fold your hands, Baby Louise! Your hands like a fairy's, so tiny and fair,  With a pretty, innocent, saintlike air,   Are you trying to think of some angel-taught prayer    You learned above, Baby Louise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They knew the line was there. It could have caused a lot of people to get sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34134]]></link><description><![CDATA[They knew the line was there. It could have caused a lot of people to get sick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm just trying to make solid contact right there, and I got a slider over the plate and put the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32651]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm just trying to make solid contact right there, and I got a slider over the plate and put the barrel on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15809]]></link><description><![CDATA[The growing complexity of science, technology, and organization does not imply either a growing knowledge or a growing need for knowledge in the general population. On the contrary, the increasingly complex processes tend to lead to increasingly simple and easily understood products. The genius of mass production is precisely in its making more products more accessible, both economically and intellectually to more people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark  Of the unfathomed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark  Of the unfathomed centre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who first comes to this world below With drear November's fog and snow  Should prize the Topaz' amber hue--   Emblem of friends and lovers true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With me, a change of trouble is as good as a vacation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60311]]></link><description><![CDATA[With me, a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35129]]></link><description><![CDATA[An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family is not an important thing. It's everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Family is not an important thing. It's everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our defense was dominant, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our defense was dominant,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the best friend. An educated person is respected everywhere. Education beats the beauty and the youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Usually when you see teams do what we've done in two years, it's the same group. These are different kids. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Usually when you see teams do what we've done in two years, it's the same group. These are different kids.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42819]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44226]]></link><description><![CDATA[People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where words fail, music speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where words fail, music speaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the hardest things to forecast. So, get used to it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32210]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the hardest things to forecast. So, get used to it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  All the rest have thirty-one   Excepting February alone:  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  All the rest have thirty-one   Excepting February alone:    Which hath but twenty-eight, in fine,     Till lap year gives it twenty-nine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty can't amuse you, but brainwork -- reading, writing, thinking--can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well," answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13195]]></link><description><![CDATA["Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well," answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her, "we have been so busy to-day that a picked-up dinner must serve."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without the spice of guilt, sin cannot be fully savored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54156]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46813</guid></item></channel></rss>