<?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 first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52755]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32328]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47325]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to treat people as if they have nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28638]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to treat people as if they have nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why fools are endowed by nature with voices so much louder than sensible people possess is a mystery. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why fools are endowed by nature with voices so much louder than sensible people possess is a mystery. It is a fact emphasized throughout history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63974]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a method in man's wickedness, It grows up by degrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61536]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a method in man's wickedness, It grows up by degrees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54000]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54000</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/1375]]></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/1375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,   Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do we want a nominee who's propped up [by] the process, or a nominee who can beat George Bush? We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do we want a nominee who's propped up [by] the process, or a nominee who can beat George Bush? We realize we're flying into a headwind created by the process. But what makes this such a great story is he's still aloft going into that headwind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55938]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath a tear for pity, and a hand Open as day for melting charity. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iv. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearest the throne itself must be The footstool of humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fancy light from Fancy caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fancy light from Fancy caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47026]]></link><description><![CDATA[A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the earth and sun and animals, Despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, Stand up for the stupid and crazy, Devote your income and labor to others ... And your very flesh shall be a great poem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26561]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sit, happy married lovers; Phillis trifling with a plover's Egg, while Corydon uncovers with a grace the Sally Lunn,  Or dissects the luck pheasant--that, I think, were passing pleasant   As I sit along at present, dreaming darkly of a dun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That intelligent creatures exist in outerspace is proven by the fact that they have not contacted us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57308]]></link><description><![CDATA[That intelligent creatures exist in outerspace is proven by the fact that they have not contacted us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Belief is best when uncomplicated by reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46271]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26138]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16576]]></link><description><![CDATA[You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune. [Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]   - Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12311]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principle of give and take is the principle of diplomacy - give one and take ten]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50804]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is now an act of reason, was but blind impulse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not punish evil commands it to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14284]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not punish evil commands it to be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath these green trees rising to the skies, The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;  The time shall come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath these green trees rising to the skies, The planter of them, Isaac Greentree, lies;  The time shall come when these green trees shall fall,   And Isaac Greentree rise above them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the enjoyment of God is the heaven of the Saints, so the loss of God is the hell of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7894]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the enjoyment of God is the heaven of the Saints, so the loss of God is the hell of the ungodly. And, as the enjoying of God is the enjoying of all, so the loss of God is the loss of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Although we ought always to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Missionary, 687 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Although we ought always to raise our minds upwards towards God, and pray without ceasing, yet such is our weakness, which requires to be supported, such our torpor, which requires to be stimulated, that it is requisite for us to appoint special hours for this exercise, hours which are not to pass away without prayer, and during which the whole affections of our minds are to be completely occupied; namely, when we rise in the morning, before we commence our daily work, when we sit down to food, when by the blessing of God we have taken it, and when we retire to rest. This, however, must not be a superstitious observance of hours, by which, as it were, performing a task to God, we think we are discharged as to other hours. It should rather be considered a discipline by which our weakness is exercised and stimulated. (Continued tomorrow).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We worked hard all year and tried to set an example for our people back home. Just because we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36500]]></link><description><![CDATA[We worked hard all year and tried to set an example for our people back home. Just because we are a small school, we don't have to follow the mold of other schools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's pretty brazen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31848]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's pretty brazen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64848]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34411]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and which ladies had done publicly in the Crimea. He could not tell me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2908]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tried something different ? I didn't look at the last two there at the end. There are a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35029]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tried something different ? I didn't look at the last two there at the end. There are a lot of worries, because sometimes it just doesn't happen and you're doing things you rely on. You know, we just always make free throws, and typically in a game like that, we're gonna win by 10 or 12 points because we're gonna make the one-on-one's down the stretch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The year's in wane; There is nothing adorning;  The night has no eve,   And the day has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3559]]></link><description><![CDATA[The year's in wane; There is nothing adorning;  The night has no eve,   And the day has no morning;    Cold winter gives warning!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66449]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really exciting. I smile a lot, I win a lot, and I'm really sexy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45353]]></link><description><![CDATA[Secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you read a lot of books you are considered well read. But if you watch a lot of TV, you're not considered well viewed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. Isham.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace,  Unlooking for such grace,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day, some day of days, threading the street With idle, heedless pace,  Unlooking for such grace,   I shall behold your face!    Some day, some day of days, thus may we meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold, there is the very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold, there is the very remuneration I had of thy master, thou halfpenny purse of wit, thou pigeon-egg of discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46601</guid></item></channel></rss>