<?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[Shame is pride's cloak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame is pride's cloak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  We need to forget the imaginary Christ who has been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concluding a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  We need to forget the imaginary Christ who has been ours too long and to rediscover the real Christ, the Christ of the prophets and the martyrs and the confessors, the Christ who is not only the lover of souls but also master, a monarch with demands to make in industry, in finance, in education, in the arts, in marriage, in the home; the Christ who is teacher of a social ideology which has eternal validity; the Christ who cries aloud with convincing force, "He who would save his life will lose it; only he who is willing to lose his life, can find it.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15846]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20907]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts of dead ideas and lifeless old beliefs. They have no tangibility, but they haunt us all the same and we can not get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. Ghosts must be all over the country. as thick as the sands of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Retribution often means that we eventually do to ourselves what we have done unto others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Periods of tranquility are seldom prolific of creative achievement. Mankind has to be stirred up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination fromambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47364]]></link><description><![CDATA[The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination fromambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference,andundernourishment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17641]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64948]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other people's success spurs me on to do well and gives me motivation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59162]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who say they don't care what people think are usually desperate to have people think they don't care what people think]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to be safe than sorry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to be safe than sorry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true University of these days is a Collection of Books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4557]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A trip to the hospital is always a descent into the macabre. I have never trusted a place with shiny floors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11401]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prices are important not because money is considered paramount but because prices are a fast and effective conveyor of information through a vast society in which fragmented knowledge must be coordinated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be cheerful, if you are wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be cheerful, if you are wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59059]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insights and impulses possible within the particular historical field of human relations in which the action takes place, but employs and encourages those thoughts and feelings which help transform the field itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44203]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fear of being wrong is the prime inhibitor of the creative process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the Spencer mural has long since faded away, and they have put (up) a new mural. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37260]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the Spencer mural has long since faded away, and they have put (up) a new mural.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove;  That is--more knave than fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove;  That is--more knave than fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insanity destroys reason, but not wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46675]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48030]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest law gives a thing to him who can use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it makes it much easier if we're looking at a 10-year number for $35 billion,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39006]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Port Headland, happiness comes smithereen-shaped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10315]]></link><description><![CDATA[True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you, what star do you live on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32120]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you, what star do you live on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is one dimension of culture, a transcendent element of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29462]]></link><description><![CDATA[Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To see the right and not to do it is cowardice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10467]]></link><description><![CDATA[To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38732]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like poems you can tack all over with a hammer and there are no hollow places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a good sign, a good step the village is taking toward incorporating renewable energy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36995]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a good sign, a good step the village is taking toward incorporating renewable energy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime--  Not failure, but low aim is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greatly begin! Though thou have time But for a line, be that sublime--  Not failure, but low aim is crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33689]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's great to go on your own and discover new things just for yourself, to meet new people and all that. If you're all on your own, then there is nobody there to guide you and you have to make all the decisions for yourself. It's quite liberating in a way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25389]]></link><description><![CDATA[This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but hurled with great force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, my conscience will be against it, ... I'm asking for a chance to look at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're naturally kind you attract a lot of people you don't like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51990]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're naturally kind you attract a lot of people you don't like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15618]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30702]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm sure everyone looks at the standings at one time or another. We knew the Yankees would be there from Day 1. We knew it would be a tight race and it will probably come down to the last three games of the season against these guys. They're two good teams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honest labor bears a lovely face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honest labor bears a lovely face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17491]]></link><description><![CDATA[You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17491</guid></item></channel></rss>