<?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[Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is known when needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29554]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is known when needed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11541]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Souldiers in peace are like chimneys in summer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10040]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53637]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may seek God by our intellect, but we only can find him with our heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59044]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debasing than the work of those who do well what is not worth doing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59182]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to see this sport die. But I want to see it run in a more professional manner. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to see this sport die. But I want to see it run in a more professional manner. We have an opportunity here. We want to put a whole new face on dog racing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses;  It slipped from politics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58619]]></link><description><![CDATA[His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses;  It slipped from politics to puns;   It passed from Mahomet to Moses;    Beginning with the laws that keep     The planets in the radiant courses,      And ending with some precept deep       For dressing eels or shoeing horses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The absent are always in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/180]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are always in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61258]]></link><description><![CDATA[America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perfectam, quae in Dei visione consistit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perfectam, quae in Dei visione consistit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a gift whatever the day brings forth. [Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et  Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro   Appone.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death hath so many doors to let out life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death hath so many doors to let out life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48882]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24053]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kingdom of God is within you.. and all beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17700]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Kingdom of God is within you.. and all beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is in the eye of the beerholder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25161]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10942]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this,  O, that's for lover's thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I pray, what flowers are these? The pansy this,  O, that's for lover's thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A burnt child dreads the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14728]]></link><description><![CDATA[A burnt child dreads the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, I again appear in Thy presence the wretched misspender of another year which Thy mercy has allowed me. O Lord let me not sink into total depravity, look down upon me, and rescue me at last from the captivity of sin. Impart to me good resolutions, and give me strength and perseverance to perform them. Take not from me Thy Holy Spirit, but grant that I may redeem the time lost, and that by temperance and diligence, by sincere repentance and faithful obedience I may finally attain everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asking 'who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asking 'who ought to be the boss' is like asking 'who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?' Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have much larger student bodies to select team members from, and some of them have as many as eight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37995]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have much larger student bodies to select team members from, and some of them have as many as eight coaches for different subjects.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have to say all he needs is a little bit to go his way. If a little bit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41464]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have to say all he needs is a little bit to go his way. If a little bit goes his way, I think it can happen for him this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My only rivalry is with my brother. He plays a lot now. He's getting a lot better. But I still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40314]]></link><description><![CDATA[My only rivalry is with my brother. He plays a lot now. He's getting a lot better. But I still like to take care of business against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This technique requires both sides of your brain -- analytical and creative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39266]]></link><description><![CDATA[This technique requires both sides of your brain -- analytical and creative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon Seek roses in December--ice in June,  Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;   Believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10729]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon Seek roses in December--ice in June,  Hope, constancy in wind, or corn in chaff;   Believe a woman or an epitaph,    Or any other thing that's false, before     You trust in critics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas omnium artium repertrix.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the discoverer of all the arts. [Lat., Paupertas omnium artium repertrix.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26740]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires a great deal of faith for a man to be cured by his own placebos.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21874]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9615]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20289]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is past politics; and politics present history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19423]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is past politics; and politics present history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hopefully I'll be up here again in a better position in the coming years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4562]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you look at the company's track record, it's hard to argue with. Over the last decade, they've been consistently ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34139]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you look at the company's track record, it's hard to argue with. Over the last decade, they've been consistently the fastest-growing RV manufacturer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scale at which we have been sending it now is unprecedented. I haven't slept in days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scale at which we have been sending it now is unprecedented. I haven't slept in days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone to do it for you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43246]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three ways to get something done: (1) Do it yourself. (2) Hire someone to do it for you. (3) Forbid your kids to do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43246</guid></item></channel></rss>