<?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[The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea--this truth must be confessed-- has no generosity. No display of manly qualities-- courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness--has ever been known to touch its irresponsible consciousness of power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues  With a new colour as it gasps away,   The last still loveliest, till--'tis gone--and all is gray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,  Wrought in a sad sincerity;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hand that rounded Peter's dome And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,  Wrought in a sad sincerity;   Himself from God he could not free;    He builded better than he knew;     The conscious stone to beauty grew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27262]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17461]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're going to trade a guy of that caliber, you're not going to get the same caliber of talent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36121]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're going to trade a guy of that caliber, you're not going to get the same caliber of talent in return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature does not give to those who will not spend... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature does not give to those who will not spend...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a life which, to put it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26183]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it's 40 below and people want to stay home, pool players have to come out and play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38528]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it's 40 below and people want to stay home, pool players have to come out and play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love to go to the schoolyard and watch the children jump and scream, but they don't know I'm using ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20075]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love to go to the schoolyard and watch the children jump and scream, but they don't know I'm using blanks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The English Infantry is the most formidable in Europe, but fortunately there is not much of it. [Fr., L'infanterie anglaise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57138]]></link><description><![CDATA[The English Infantry is the most formidable in Europe, but fortunately there is not much of it. [Fr., L'infanterie anglaise est la plus redoubtable de l"Europe; heureusement, il n'y en a pas beaucoup.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12991]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest condition takes rise in the lowest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38826]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dad was a pretty poor guy, he didn't have a whole lot of money. He always wanted something for my brother and myself, some kind of business. He'd asked the owners of this course to call him if it ever came up for sale, and one day, they called. I had a scholarship offer to Ohio State and my dad said, 'Son, what do you want to do, cut grass or go to school?' I said, what do you want me to do, Dad? He said, 'Well, I can't afford any help.' I said, 'No problem, Dad, I'll help you cut grass.' Looking back, I think I made the right decision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that you can't be too greedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that you can't be too greedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women merely adored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like to be buried Indian-style, where they put you up on a high rack, above the ground. That way, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11767]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like to be buried Indian-style, where they put you up on a high rack, above the ground. That way, you could get hit by meteorites and not even feel it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65363]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/461]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions, the more credibility you will have]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are great they make them mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49173]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children when they are little make parents fooles, when they are great they make them mad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61751]]></link><description><![CDATA[For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God helps everyone with what is his own. [Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19155]]></link><description><![CDATA[God helps everyone with what is his own. [Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always find that democracy is very unpredictable. What is clear is that members vote very much not on trends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always find that democracy is very unpredictable. What is clear is that members vote very much not on trends but on whatever they feel is worthy, without any external influence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25199]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4424]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44122]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Economics is a theoretical science and as such abstains from any judgement of value. It is not its task to tell people what ends they should aim at. It is a science of the means to be applied for attainment of ends chosen, not, to be sure, a science of the choosing of ends. Ultimate decisions, the valuations and the choosing of ends, are beyond the scope of any science. Science never tells a man how he should act; it merely shows how a man must act if he wants to attain definite ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be this thy brazen bulwark, to keep a clear conscience, and never turn pale with guilt. [Lat., Hic murus aeneus esto,  Nil conscire sibi, nulla pallescere culpa.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49223]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every one thinkes his sacke heaviest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mother said to her daughter, "Daughter, bid thy daughter tell her daughter that her daughter's daughter hath a daughter." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mother said to her daughter, "Daughter, bid thy daughter tell her daughter that her daughter's daughter hath a daughter."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pizza is a lot like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28077]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pizza is a lot like sex. When it's good, it's really good. When it's bad, it's still pretty good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you love me because I'm beautiful or am I beautiful because you love me?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51482]]></link><description><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60551]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60551</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak boldly, and speak truly, shame the devil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all sexual aberrations, perhaps the most peculiar is chastity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34730]]></link><description><![CDATA[We already know the number of permits drawn by builders has decreased and is going to continue to decline because of the cool-down in the housing market. We won't need as many construction workers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Every wise workman takes his tools away from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19130]]></link><description><![CDATA[From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6608]]></link><description><![CDATA[The overwhelming recognition of human sin controls the Old Testament and the New Testament alike, and no understanding of our Lord's words and actions is possible if we persist in denying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1234]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real problem is what to do with the problem-solvers after the problems are solved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1234</guid></item></channel></rss>