<?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[Consider yourself as always wrong, as having gone aside, and lost your right path, when any delight, desire, or trouble, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider yourself as always wrong, as having gone aside, and lost your right path, when any delight, desire, or trouble, is suffered to live in you, that cannot be made a part of this prayer of the heart to God. For nothing so infallibly shows us the true state of our heart, as that which gives us either delight or trouble; for as our delight and trouble is, so is the state of our heart: if therefore you are carried away with any trouble or delight, that has not an immediate relation to your progress in the divine life, you may be assured your heart is not in its right state of prayer to God. [Continued tomorrow].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there;  And 'twill be found, upon examination,   The latter has the largest congregation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the passing of this draft law, international cooperation in battling corruption and other transnational crimes will be made easier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36227]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the passing of this draft law, international cooperation in battling corruption and other transnational crimes will be made easier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity is as ill as ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52003]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rational individualist is not the enemy of benevolence or civility, but their truest exemplar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayer begins where human capacity ends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayer begins where human capacity ends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66092]]></link><description><![CDATA[You get what you concentrate upon. There is no other main rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64967]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret to humor is surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55006]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret to humor is surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must every one be a man of his own fancy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51220]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must every one be a man of his own fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exercising and eating a Mediterranean-style diet will improve your changes of staying healthy, regardless of your cholesterol, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exercising and eating a Mediterranean-style diet will improve your changes of staying healthy, regardless of your cholesterol,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon the cunning loom of thought We weave our fancies, so and so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon the cunning loom of thought We weave our fancies, so and so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35331]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound  That breathes upon a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60723]]></link><description><![CDATA[It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound  That breathes upon a bank of violets,   Stealing and giving odor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2215]]></link><description><![CDATA[We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once a yeare a man may say: On his conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61571]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1869]]></link><description><![CDATA[When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bodies were in such bad shape they said there was no other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39306]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bodies were in such bad shape they said there was no other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1072]]></link><description><![CDATA[When science discovers the center of the universe a lot of people will be disappointed to find they are not it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Kim, Age 11 -Seneca. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57987]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Kim, Age 11 -Seneca.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's getting better every week. He's kind of quiet, but that can be good sometimes. He just goes out there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33173]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's getting better every week. He's kind of quiet, but that can be good sometimes. He just goes out there and does his job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The front row of people is 50 feet away, which throws you off. But the crowd reaction was pretty amazing, from what I could see. Rocking that many people, that's something I'd like to get used to doing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26116]]></link><description><![CDATA[So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge. [Lat., Ita enim finitima sunt falsa veris ut in praecipitem locum non debeat se sapiens committere.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep versed in books and shallow in himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enjoy the successes that you have, and don't be too hard on yourself when you don't do well. Too many times we beat up on ourselves. Just relax and enjoy it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never let your persistence and passion turn into stubbornness and ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For all their luxury was doing good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17858]]></link><description><![CDATA[For all their luxury was doing good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47729]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet!  How it drives beneath the doors!   How it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52933]]></link><description><![CDATA[How it pours, pours, pours, In a never-ending sheet!  How it drives beneath the doors!   How it soaks the passer's feet!    How it rattles on the shutter!     How it rumples up the lawn!      How 'twill sigh, and moan, and mutter,       From darkness until dawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2623]]></link><description><![CDATA[When angry, count to four; when very angry, swear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's dreams are an index to his greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's dreams are an index to his greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praising what is lost Makes the remembrance dear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; an argument an exchange of ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[St Agnes' Eve--Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45337]]></link><description><![CDATA[St Agnes' Eve--Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ostensibly polite, you nourish the cunning of the fox in the hollowness of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Above all, we wish to avoid having a dissatisfied customer. We consider our customers a part of our organization, and we want them to feel free to make any criticism they see fit in regard to our merchandise or service. Sell practical, tested merchandise at reasonable profit, treat your customers like human beings -- and they will always come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes reality has a way of sneaking up and biting us in the ass. And when the dam bursts, all you can do is swim. The world of pretend is a cage, not a cocoon. We can only lie to ourselves for so long. We are tired, we are scared, denying it doesn't change the truth. Sooner or later we have to put aside our denial and face the world. Head on, guns blazing. De Nile. It's not just a river in Egypt, it's a freakin' ocean. So how do you keep from drowning in it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11700]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're in a war, instead of throwing a hand grenade at the enemy, throw one of those small pumpkins. Maybe it'll make everyone think how stupid war is, and while they are thinking, you can throw a real grenade at them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11700</guid></item></channel></rss>