<?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[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49046]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with a budget is that it's hard to fill up one hole without digging another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/229]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. [Luke 12:15]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48736]]></link><description><![CDATA[For over-warmth, if false, is worse than truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28748]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be bowed by grief is folly; Naught is gained by melancholy; Better than the pain of thinking, Is to steep the sense in drinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/310]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44784]]></link><description><![CDATA[He alone is an acute observer, who can observe minutely without being observed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing in the world is more flexible and yielding than water. Yet when it attacks the firm and the strong, none can withstand it, because they have no way to change it. So the flexible overcome the adamant, the yielding overcome the forceful. Everyone knows this, but no one can do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan; so call him now, his former name Is heard no more in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now when the primrose makes a splendid show, And lilies face the March-winds in full blow,  And humbler growths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now when the primrose makes a splendid show, And lilies face the March-winds in full blow,  And humbler growths as moved with one desire   Put on, to welcome spring, their best attire,    Poor Robin is yet flowerless; but how gay     With his red stalks upon this sunny day!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love makes a good eye squint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love makes a good eye squint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35163]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3726]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take Him shopping with me. I say, "OK, Jesus, help me find a bargain."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is the sole technique for the validating of values.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No herb can remedy the anguish of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50747]]></link><description><![CDATA[No herb can remedy the anguish of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never succeed in idealizing hard work. Before you can dig mother earth you've got to take off your ideal jacket. The harder a man works, at brute labor, the thinner becomes his idealism, the darker his mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this technology, we can now begin to gather reliable information on the movements, home range, and habitat of wolverines ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39744]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this technology, we can now begin to gather reliable information on the movements, home range, and habitat of wolverines in the Pacific Northwest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think he attributes it to his teaching as a youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think he attributes it to his teaching as a youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killing the West Side stadium gave Shelly Silver a new image as a populist defender of his constituency. Bruno is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Killing the West Side stadium gave Shelly Silver a new image as a populist defender of his constituency. Bruno is a winner because he is as strong - if not stronger - than Gov. Pataki with Republicans, because he is going to be around in New York while Pataki is a lame duck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45742]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we could have a little patience, we should escape much mortification; time takes away as much as it gives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17114]]></link><description><![CDATA[We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2808]]></link><description><![CDATA[O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us!  It wad frae monie a blunder free us.   And foolish notion;    What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us,     And ev'n devotion!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25423]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to fall among crows than flatterers; for those devour only the dead -- these the living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tresses, that wear Jewels, but to declare  How much themselves more precious are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tresses, that wear Jewels, but to declare  How much themselves more precious are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never give them hell; I just tell them the truth and they think it is hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19548]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things happen that we don't understand, but maybe we're not supposed to understand everything. Maybe we're just supposed to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things happen that we don't understand, but maybe we're not supposed to understand everything. Maybe we're just supposed to have faith,accept it and let it happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40910]]></link><description><![CDATA[They ought to just say what it is -- it's a fundraiser. They've gotten very good at fundraising on the backs of motorists. Now it's more fees on parking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53625]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/655]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691   He knoweth nothing as he ought to know it, who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Baxter, Priest, Hymnographer, Teacher, 1691   He knoweth nothing as he ought to know it, who thinketh he knoweth anything without seeing its place and the manner how it relateth to God, angels, and men, and to all the creatures in earth, heaven and hell, time and eternity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47407]]></link><description><![CDATA[At least one way of measuring the freedom of any society is the amount of comedy that is permitted, and clearly a healthy society permits more satirical comment than a repressive, so that if comedy is to function in some way as a safety release then it must obviously deal with these taboo areas. This is part of the responsibility we accord our licensed jesters, that nothing be excused the searching light of comedy. If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This breakthrough is a diplomatic plus for Pakistan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36341]]></link><description><![CDATA[This breakthrough is a diplomatic plus for Pakistan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61264]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1094]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51259]]></link><description><![CDATA[And with them words of so sweet breath composed As made the things more rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ballot is stronger than bullets. - Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ballot is stronger than bullets. - Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you want to bewith your love by the seahearing the gullsongsmelling the salt airfeeling the sandbeneath your toesand the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you want to bewith your love by the seahearing the gullsongsmelling the salt airfeeling the sandbeneath your toesand the seaweedthe sea's legacy?watching the riseoer the bay of the moonand then ascentof the Sun.. oer neptune?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17593]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should eat to live, not live to eat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love (Robin). He never ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38521]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love (Robin). He never ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43013]]></link><description><![CDATA[The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43013</guid></item></channel></rss>