<?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[That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52561]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is the bitterest of all,--to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4504]]></link><description><![CDATA[People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988   In coming to know Jesus, you have come to know yourself, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dunstan, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988   In coming to know Jesus, you have come to know yourself, too: naturally, this is more pleasant for some than for others, but to see yourself as you really are can never be entirely pleasant. And when a Christian fails at something he ought to have done, it isn't just the failure that hurts -- there is also the knowledge that he has let Jesus down. And those little shortcomings of ours, that used to matter so little, compared with the glaring faults of others: we know now that our temper, or our gloom, or our selfishness, reflects on Jesus; and knowing that people are judging your Lord by you is not always a joyous thought to live with. Even the growing up to His measure is hard on a man: we have so little aptitude for such a transformation that it always means conflict, and often rebellion. And temptations hurt as they never did before: not just in the conscience, but in the heart. The assaults of temptation are not on our prudence now, or even on our morals, but on the love for Jesus. His love for us has made Him quite defenseless against our hurting Him, and so temptation is no longer an urge to do a bad thing but an urge to hurt a loving Person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A usurper always distrusts the whole world. [It., Usurpator diffida  Di tutti sempre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12573]]></link><description><![CDATA[A usurper always distrusts the whole world. [It., Usurpator diffida  Di tutti sempre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wish for death is a coward's part. [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10492]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wish for death is a coward's part. [Lat., Timidi est optare necem.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5452]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are very few certainties that touch us all in this mortal experience, but one of the absolutes is that we will experience hardship and stress at some point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice;  The confidence of reason give;   And in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice;  The confidence of reason give;   And in the light of truth thy    Bondman let me live!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With so much information now online, it is exceptionally easy to simply dive in and drown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/821]]></link><description><![CDATA[With so much information now online, it is exceptionally easy to simply dive in and drown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's never a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he's an arrant knave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23900]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's never a villain dwelling in all Denmark But he's an arrant knave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And as great seamen, using all their wealth And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,  In tall ships richly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43990]]></link><description><![CDATA[And as great seamen, using all their wealth And skills in Neptune's deep invisible paths,  In tall ships richly built and ribbed with brass,   To put a girdle round about the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defense, defense, defense. We take pride in it and it's a testimony to our team.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The potential for local search and local advertising comes into play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The potential for local search and local advertising comes into play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sailing round the world in a dirty gondola oh, to be back in the land of Coca-Cola!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer is no. When you love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10114]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have to think about whether you love someone or not then the answer is no. When you love someone you just know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's great that you folks down here at WSAV are putting together this kind of telethon, ... It's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29982]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's great that you folks down here at WSAV are putting together this kind of telethon, ... It's representative of what I've seen people doing all over the Low Country around here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modern jazz: Variations on a non-existent theme]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63212]]></link><description><![CDATA[With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2444]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the Oakies left Oklahoma and moved to California, it raised the I.Q. of both states.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one knows what cuases an outer landscape to become an inner one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41521]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one knows what cuases an outer landscape to become an inner one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art begins with resistance-at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[February makes a bridge and March breakes it. [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15533]]></link><description><![CDATA[February makes a bridge and March breakes it. [February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39737]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Katherine Harris put out the list, then 534 other members can do it too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62899]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21851]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticismof one, go ahead, get married.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat a horse like a woman and a woman like a horse. And they'll both win for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  The word religion is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  The word religion is extremely rare in the New Testament and the writings of mystics. The reason is simple. Those attitudes and practices to which we give the collective name of religion are themselves concerned with religion hardly at all. To be religious is to have one's attention fixed on God and on one's neighbour in relation to God. Therefore, almost by definition, a religious man, or a man when he is being religious, is not thinking about religion; he hasn't the time. Religion is what we (or he himself at a later moment) call his activity from outside.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30520]]></link><description><![CDATA[They try to stick to their game plan. They've been winning games. They're not going to change up just because other teams do something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  The Bible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  The Bible tells us very clearly that to "know" God is not an affair of the mind only, but an act in which our whole being -- heart, mind, and will -- is vitally engaged; so that sheer intellectual speculation would enable us to form certain ideas about God but never to know Him. To be grasped, God's will must be met with a readiness to obey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17589]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are in the final leg. I am positive that these countries will help extinguish the debt, which was mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28944]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are in the final leg. I am positive that these countries will help extinguish the debt, which was mostly direct transfers to the Iraqi central bank to finance the war with Iran.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18419]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order. Life refuses to be embalmed alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All women are inferior to men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5863]]></link><description><![CDATA[All women are inferior to men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win, And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24162]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth's sacred fort th' exploded laugh shall win, And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley with a grin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66637]]></link><description><![CDATA[After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Jesus hath many lovers of His heavenly kingdom, but few bearers of His Cross. He hath many seekers of comfort, but few of tribulation. He findeth many companions of His table, but few of His fasting. All desire to rejoice with Him, few are willing to undergo anything for His sake. Many follow Jesus that they may eat of His loaves, but few that they may drink of the cup of His passion. Many are astonished at His miracles, few follow after the shame of His Cross. Many love Jesus so long as no adversities happen to them. Many praise Him and bless Him, so long as they receive any comforts from Him. But if Jesus hide Himself and withdraw a little while, they fall either into complaining or into too great dejection of mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're paying for it, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humor is mankind's greatest blessing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would seem to favor the community colleges, to the detriment of students who would prefer to attend a university. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42513]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would seem to favor the community colleges, to the detriment of students who would prefer to attend a university. Some kids are better served at community colleges, and some kids are better served at universities. That decision should be based on academic reasons, not economic reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touch the goblet no more! It will make thy heart sore  To its very core! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Touch the goblet no more! It will make thy heart sore  To its very core!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2896]]></link><description><![CDATA[My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while it satiates. [It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,  Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26839]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no regrets because I know I did my best -- all I could do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24278]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to learn that a courtroom is the last place in the world for learning the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535 Continuing a short series on topics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535 Continuing a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  He would be a brave man who claimed to realize the fallen condition of man more clearly than St Paul. In that very chapter [Romans 7] where he asserts most strongly our inability to keep the moral law he also asserts most confidently that we perceive the Law's goodness and rejoice in it according to the inward man. Our righteousness may be filthy and ragged; but Christianity gives us no ground for holding that our perceptions of right are in the same condition. They may, no doubt, be impaired; but there is a difference between imperfect sight and blindness. A theology which goes about to represent our practical reason as radically unsound is heading for disaster. If we once admit that what God means by "goodness" is sheerly different from what we judge to be good, there is no difference left between pure religion and devil worship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19086]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to heaven lies as near by water as by land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19086</guid></item></channel></rss>