<?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[There is no more beautiful life than that of a student. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1113]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more beautiful life than that of a student.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65113]]></link><description><![CDATA[It never seems to occur to some people, that, like beauty, a sense of humor may sometimes be fatal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons  Of Belial, flown with insolence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22926]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons  Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/677]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;  Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;   Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of; they just turn up some of the ill weeds on to the surface.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65191]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Houston home market has never been in better shape. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40994]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Houston home market has never been in better shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63009]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38407]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far, we've had 7.36 inches (of rain) for the year. Normal is about 4.51, so we're well above it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far as we can determine from our records, these are the first allegations of sexual abuse against him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32457]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far as we can determine from our records, these are the first allegations of sexual abuse against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say to be a leader, not a follower. I say that a follower of Jesus is the most notable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53773]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say to be a leader, not a follower. I say that a follower of Jesus is the most notable position one could hold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest flattery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2232]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can do what you want, but saving love doesn't bring any interest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30461]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did what pitchers do when they're successful. He moved the fastball in and out, he kept his pitches down for the most part, and he got away with mistakes when they were up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no economy where there is no efficiency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13345]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33996]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was unbelievably difficult to get it made. Studios are extremely allergic to risk. Finally, after a long courtship, Lions Gate Films agreed to make the film. They liked the idea of a sports movie where spelling was the sport, something that might be compared to 'Hoosiers' or other good sports movies, but with a younger lead character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be blinde, then to see ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be blinde, then to see ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous contemplent.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46288]]></link><description><![CDATA[If intellection and knowledge were mere passion from without, or the bare reception of extraneous and adventitious forms, then no reason could be given at all why a mirror or looking-glass should not understand; whereas it cannot so much as sensibly perceive those images which it receives and reflects to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sympathy is a virtue unknown in nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men cannot pull out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49020]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foole may throw a stone into a well, which a hundred wise men cannot pull out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is my religion - I could die for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25885]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is my religion - I could die for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Companies appeared to be cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices which could hit corporate profitability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Companies appeared to be cautious because of the possibility of spikes in crude oil prices which could hit corporate profitability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pry not into the affairs of others, and keep secret that which has been entrusted to you, though sorely tempted by wine and passion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You complain, Velox, that the epigrams which I write are long. You yourself write nothing; your attempts are shorter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14060]]></link><description><![CDATA[You complain, Velox, that the epigrams which I write are long. You yourself write nothing; your attempts are shorter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56393]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who has it in his power to commit sin, is less inclined to do so. The very idea of being able, weakens the desire. [Lat., Cui peccare licet peccat minus. Ipsa potestas  Semina nequitiae languidiora facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes--  Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57370]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes--  Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me,   Yet still they crawl offensive to mine eyes:    I would have some kind friend to tread upon 'em.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66492]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61881]]></link><description><![CDATA[An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a very large majority of mankind unite together to defend them and show themselves possessed of a constabulary power before which barbaric and atavistic forces will]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two great things you can give your children: one isroots, the other is wings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men's first thoughts in this matter are generally better than their second; their natural notions better than those refin'd by study, or consultation with casuists.   - Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61816]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the hard jobs around, one of the hardest is being a good teacher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65346</guid></item></channel></rss>