<?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[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sound alarms. [A guilty conscience.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better to be occasionally cheated than perpetually suspicious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind the clouds is the sun still shining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour Friendliest to sleep and silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict. -William Ellery Channing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not the first one to quarrel, nor the last to make up]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[making excuses for the Saudi government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28917]]></link><description><![CDATA[making excuses for the Saudi government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59170]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those things please more, which are more expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those things please more, which are more expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46678]]></link><description><![CDATA[All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy in happiness the pleasures which each hour brings with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52909]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be a race car passenger: just a guy who bugs the driver. Say man, can I turn on the radio? You should slow down. Why do we gotta keep going in circles? Can I put my feet out the window? Man, you really like Tide...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it by not dying!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18184]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52516]]></link><description><![CDATA[Publicity is a great purifier because it sets in action the forces of public opinion, and in this country public opinion controls the courses of the nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People like port because it's got a really interesting flavour - it's rich. There are quite a lot of liqueurs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39990]]></link><description><![CDATA[People like port because it's got a really interesting flavour - it's rich. There are quite a lot of liqueurs with fruit flavours but nothing quite like port.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.  Not the bright stars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58795]]></link><description><![CDATA[No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's wars.  Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn,   Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,    Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows     Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are seldom what they seem, Skim milk masquerades as cream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm pushing hard for affordable housing. I'm encouraging developers to bring in projects at a lower cost to locals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42333]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm pushing hard for affordable housing. I'm encouraging developers to bring in projects at a lower cost to locals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not easy being green. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21564]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not easy being green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13591]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you study to remember, you will forget, but, If you study to understand, you will remember. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4813]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Scout smiles and whistles under all circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a child of his environment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a child of his environment]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou hadst once entered into the mind of Jesus, and hadst tasted, yea, even a little of his tender ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7970]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou hadst once entered into the mind of Jesus, and hadst tasted, yea, even a little of his tender love, then wouldst thou care nought for thine own convenience or inconvenience, but wouldst rather rejoice at trouble brought upon thee, because the love of Jesus maketh a man to despise himself. He that loveth Jesus and is inwardly true and free from inordinate affections, is able to turn himself readily unto God, and to rise above himself in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a cancelled check; Tomorrow is a promissory note; Today is the only cash you have, so spend it wisely. -Kim Lyons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, butrather a person with a certain set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21969]]></link><description><![CDATA[A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, butrather a person with a certain set of attitudes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48688]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!  Which were so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!  Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit,   As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58840]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow, For thee, that ever felt another's woe! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accept these grateful tears! for thee thy flow, For thee, that ever felt another's woe!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die;  The near approach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3882]]></link><description><![CDATA[In bed we laugh, in bed we cry; And born in bed, in bed we die;  The near approach a bed may show   Of human bliss to human woe.    [Fr., Theatre des ris et des pleurs     Lit! ou je nais, et ou je meurs,      Tu nous fais voir comment voisins       Sont nos plaisirs et chagrins.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early, work late -- and strike oil.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where London's column, pointing at the skies, Like a tall bully, lifts the head and lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not give you to posterity as a pattern to imitate, but as an example to deter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles  If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides, is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our prayers should be for a sound mind in a healthy body. [Lat., Orandum est ut sit mens sana in corpore sano.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  Groups that require little of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7168]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  Groups that require little of their membership count for little outside of their membership. Real spiritual capacity requires at least as much concentration and training as learning to play a musical instrument. Nobody has ever drifted into a genuine Christian experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9862]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26758</guid></item></channel></rss>