<?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 man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4289]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54066]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is known by the company that keeps him on after retirement age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12859]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs;  Since life's best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60265]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs;  Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease,   And though but few can serve, yet all may please;    On, let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence,     A small unkindness is a great offence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  An essential part of the ordination exam ought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  An essential part of the ordination exam ought to be a passage from some recognized theological work set for translation into vulgar English -- just like doing Latin prose. Failure on this part should mean failure on the whole exam. It is absolutely disgraceful that we expect missionaries to the Bantus to learn Bantu, but never ask whether our missionaries to the Americans or English can speak American or English. Any fool can write learned language: the vernacular is the real test. If you can't turn your faith into it, then either you don't understand it or you don't believe it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35722]]></link><description><![CDATA[As our cooperation with the IAEA is on the right track, I believe the report will be positive,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21923]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me your horse and I will tell you what you are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is the only true nobility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. [Fr., La ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high hands makes them obey its laws. [Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,  Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flies are busiest about leane horses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flies are busiest about leane horses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that there is no reason to doubt but that the blessed spirits above, who continually "behold the face ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7255]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that there is no reason to doubt but that the blessed spirits above, who continually "behold the face of their Father", are still writing after this copy which is here propounded to us, and endeavouring to be "perfect as their Father which is in heaven is perfect", still aspiring after a nearer and more perfect resemblance of God, whose goodness and mercy is far beyond and before that of any creature, that they may be for ever approaching nearer to it and yet never overtake it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2043]]></link><description><![CDATA[What ever beauty may be, it has for its basis order, and for its essence unity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63426]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching brings out innate powers, and proper training braces the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19255]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11825]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advice is like castor oil, easy enough to give but dreadful uneasy to take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tolerance is the oil which takes the friction out of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29732]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe anyone ever yet humbly, genuinely, thoroughly gave himself to Christ without some other finding Christ through him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, remember what you said, because in a day or two, I'll have a witty and blistering retort! You'll be devastated THEN!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no longer a warmth hidden in my veins: it's Venus entire and whole fastening on her prey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future starts today, not tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66585]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future starts today, not tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously the newcomers have a shorter period of time, they learn from the mistakes of others and so on, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32196]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously the newcomers have a shorter period of time, they learn from the mistakes of others and so on,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this double path of gain and loss thus place himself that knowledge may grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/165]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dote on his very absence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2728]]></link><description><![CDATA[When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German Ambassador: "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We took 24 shots in the second half and scored 13 points. It was kind of a snowball effect. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39960]]></link><description><![CDATA[We took 24 shots in the second half and scored 13 points. It was kind of a snowball effect. I can't fault the kids for that, but we sometimes let that carry over while we were on defense and you can't take a mental break in basketball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56892]]></link><description><![CDATA[In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there- a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression, whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44986]]></link><description><![CDATA[It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have heard robins singing in areas of Beaumont. But you're probably going to have to wait until next winter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38719]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have heard robins singing in areas of Beaumont. But you're probably going to have to wait until next winter to see the flocks of robins come through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every burden is a blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every burden is a blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams and visions are infused into men for their advantage and instruction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams and visions are infused into men for their advantage and instruction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40953]]></link><description><![CDATA[I told her we just needed a ball into the outfield.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have added metal eyelets and a self-strap closure with buckle and grommet and an inside moisture wicking sweatband. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37136]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have added metal eyelets and a self-strap closure with buckle and grommet and an inside moisture wicking sweatband.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16059]]></link><description><![CDATA["Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail!  See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:   They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the dance?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16059</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/10010]]></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/10010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to use your agility and try to make him miss, rather than trying to run around him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36935]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to use your agility and try to make him miss, rather than trying to run around him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55594]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seeming truth which cunning times put on To entrap the wisest. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is an equal opportunity employer. Each human being has exactly the same number of hours and minutes every day. Rich people can't buy more hours. Scientists can't invent new minutes. And you can't save time to spend it on another day. Even so, time is amazingly fair and forgiving. No matter how much time you've wasted in the past, you still have an entire tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things whichmatter least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21427]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things whichmatter least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23539]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your are in charge. You have the ability to master you destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10060</guid></item></channel></rss>