<?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[Like most endeavors, life is seriously over-advertised and under-funded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like most endeavors, life is seriously over-advertised and under-funded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct and reason how can we divide? 'Tis the fool's ignorance, and the pedant's pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the artist formally known as Beck. I have a genius wig. When I put that wig on, then the true genius emerges. I don't have enough hair to be a genius. I think you have to have hair going everywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2767]]></link><description><![CDATA[So for thy spirit did devise Its Maker seemly garniture,  Of its own essence parcel pure.--   From grave simplicities a dress,    And reticent demureness,     And love encinctured with reserve;      Which the woven vesture would subserve.       For outward robes in their ostents        Should show the soul's habiliments.         Therefore I say,--Thou'rt fair even so,          But better Fair I use to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48163]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45050]]></link><description><![CDATA[When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one wants lots of different lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one wants lots of different lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great seal of truth is simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2148]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great seal of truth is simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man does at once what the fool does finally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/515]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54347]]></link><description><![CDATA[All great rock bands have a little dirt in their faces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are still committed to calm, but the calm is fading with the wind as a result of the Zionist ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28316]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are still committed to calm, but the calm is fading with the wind as a result of the Zionist violations, ... When they hit us, we will respond with an earthquake-like reaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real odd thing here is that we're existing gambling facilities in this state and we offer all those things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32393]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real odd thing here is that we're existing gambling facilities in this state and we offer all those things now. It's just now we're adding another product and all of a sudden we have to have these restrictions. Something about it doesn't seem right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Danny and his staff have represented Duquesne with class. I thanked him for that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Danny and his staff have represented Duquesne with class. I thanked him for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's;  God is, they are,   Man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's;  God is, they are,   Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did good, but we teased him in the second half when he got barbecued. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35775]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did good, but we teased him in the second half when he got barbecued.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear spoiling children by making them too happy. Happiness is the atmosphere in which all good affections grow. . -Thomas Bray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11166]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who died at Azan sends This to comfort all this friends:  Faithful friends! It lies I know   Pale and white and cold as snow;    And ye say, "Abdallah's dead!"     Weeping at the feet and head.      I can see your falling tears,       I can hear your sighs and prayers;        Yet I smile and whisper this:         I am not the thing you kiss.          Cease your tears and let it lie;           It was mine--it is not I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amber in good faith always believed that Mr. Flores was her child's father. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amber in good faith always believed that Mr. Flores was her child's father.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The camera cannot lie. But it can be an accessory to untruth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27667]]></link><description><![CDATA[The camera cannot lie. But it can be an accessory to untruth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39550]]></link><description><![CDATA[People seem to think that life began with the achievement of personal independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true iswhat we believe. What we believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reality is what we take to be true. What we take to be true iswhat we believe. What we believe is based upon our perceptions. What weperceive depends upon what we look for. What we look for depends upon whatwe think. What we think depends upon what we perceive. What we perceivedetermines what we believe. What we believe determines what we take to betrue. what we take to be true is our reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of the 181 elected Texas legislators serving during the 79th Legislative Session and special called sessions in Austin, only 11 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of the 181 elected Texas legislators serving during the 79th Legislative Session and special called sessions in Austin, only 11 legislators were commended for their conservative voting record. We appreciate those legislators who made Texas families their priority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40239]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a really good save off a direct kick. They bent the ball around a (defensive) wall and he made a diving save into the corner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22807]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. -Joseph Addison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18442]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birth is the sudden opening of a window, through which you look out upon a stupendous prospect. For what has happened? A miracle. You have exchanged nothing for the possibility of everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disapproval is a very important factor in all progress. There has really never been any progress without it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All his reverend wit Lies in his wardrobe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58574]]></link><description><![CDATA[All his reverend wit Lies in his wardrobe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15698]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as an innocent purchaser of stocks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. [It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. [It., Non mancano pretesti quando si vuole.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46808]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  But when does flesh receive the bread which He calls His flesh? The faithful know and receive the Body of Christ if they labor to be the body of Christ; and they become the body of Christ if they study to live by the Spirit of Christ: for that which lives by the Spirit of Christ is the body of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45366]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52333]]></link><description><![CDATA[It needs some intelligence to be truly selfish. The unintelligent can only be self-righteous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lie thou there; for here comes the trout that must be caught with tickling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man? A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19395]]></link><description><![CDATA[History never looks like history when you are living through it. It always looks confusing and messy, and it always feels uncomfortable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51561]]></link><description><![CDATA[God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3063</guid></item></channel></rss>