<?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[Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy,  And seemed that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Peter Grimes made fishing his employ; His wife he cabined with him and his boy,  And seemed that life laborious to enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15494]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is tormenting to fear what you cannot overcome. [Lat., Crux est si metuas quod vincere nequeas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,  Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them. [Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,  Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39723]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a kicker, you don't want to think, ... You can over-analyze any situation. The more I clear my mind when I go out on the field, the better I do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56923]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774]]></link><description><![CDATA[That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctrine of justification by faith (a Biblical truth, and a blessed relief from sterile legalism and unavailing self-effort) has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7122]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctrine of justification by faith (a Biblical truth, and a blessed relief from sterile legalism and unavailing self-effort) has in our times fallen into evil company and has been interpreted by many in such a manner as actually to bar men from the knowledge of God. The whole transaction of religious conversion has been made mechanical and spiritless. Faith may now be exercised without a jar to the moral life and without embarrassment to the Adamic ego. Christ may be "received" without creating any special love for Him in the soul of the receiver. The man is "saved", but he is not hungry or thirsty after God. In fact, he is specifically taught to be satisfied and encouraged to be content with little. The modern scientist has lost God amid the wonders of His world; we Christians are in real danger of losing God amid the wonders of His Word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the wise erred not, it would goe hard with fooles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66370]]></link><description><![CDATA[For my part, I try to do my bit to make people's lives more bearable, in particular children across the globe who are having problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jack was embarrassed--never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jack was embarrassed--never hero more, And as he knew not what to say, he swore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/687]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No bird has ever uttered note  That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45299]]></link><description><![CDATA[No bird has ever uttered note  That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall  No rose has been original.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe we'll make a mosaic out of the pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe we'll make a mosaic out of the pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32663]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no greater sorrow than to be mindful of the happy time in misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24660]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3350]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When found, make a note of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23340]]></link><description><![CDATA[When found, make a note of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51040]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an ill dog that deserves not a crust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944  In this age when it seems tacitly assumed that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1944  In this age when it seems tacitly assumed that the Church is concerned only with another world than this, and in this world with nothing but individual conduct as bearing on prospects in that other world, hardly anyone reads the history of the Church in respect to its exercise of political influence. It is often assumed that the Church exercises little such influence and ought to exercise none; it is further assumed that this assumption is self-evident and has always been made by reasonable men. As a matter of fact the assumption is entirely modern and unjustified.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56372]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stone that the builder refused, will always be the head cornerstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66249]]></link><description><![CDATA[I admit that: my wife is outspoken, but by whom?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3134]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25300]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'd;And the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still! - Destruction of Sennacherib, The.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4304]]></link><description><![CDATA[For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel completely vindicated by the sentencing. This is somebody who ruins lives, he ruined my life and ruined many other people?s lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17913]]></link><description><![CDATA[There isn't much to be seen in a little town, but what you hear makes up for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well mended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd and never well mended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From there, we all benefit even if we're not related to these apps, because they're now online. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41415]]></link><description><![CDATA[From there, we all benefit even if we're not related to these apps, because they're now online.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a "good thing" to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a "good thing" to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something's going to happen in Cornwall on a bridge. Something controversial involving the Natives. The bridge is going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something's going to happen in Cornwall on a bridge. Something controversial involving the Natives. The bridge is going to be blocked and this is going to be big, national news.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your bones have been my bedframe and your flesh has been my pillow. And I'm waiting for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel things happen for a reason, ... It'll be for the well being of the team, definitely letting the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34102]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel things happen for a reason, ... It'll be for the well being of the team, definitely letting the guys in Houston get out safely. Things definitely happen for a reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of Paul's most important teachings... is the doctrine of what we call "justification by faith". It frequently appears to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7609]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of Paul's most important teachings... is the doctrine of what we call "justification by faith". It frequently appears to the non-Christian mind that this is an immoral or at least unmoral doctrine. Paul appears to be saying that a man is justified before God, not by his goodness or badness, not by his good deeds or bad deeds, but by believing in a certain doctrine of Atonement. Of course, when we come to examine the matter more closely, we can see that there is nothing unmoral in this teaching at all. For if "faith" means using a God-given faculty to apprehend the unseen divine order, and means, moreover, involving oneself in that order by personal commitment, we can at once see how different that is from merely accepting a certain view of Christian redemption... That which man in every religion, every century, every country, was powerless to affect, God has achieved by the devastating humility of His action and suffering in Jesus Christ. Now, accepting such an action as a fait accompli is only possible by this perceptive faculty of "faith". It requires not merely intellectual assent but a shifting of personal trust from the achievements of the self to the completely undeserved action of God. To accept this teaching by mind and heart does, indeed, require a metanoia ["transformation"], a revolution in the outlook of both heart and mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8997]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask God for temp'rance. That's th' appliance only Which your disease requires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25997]]></link><description><![CDATA[My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55464]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not reform a world by ignoring it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14608]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not reform a world by ignoring it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14608</guid></item></channel></rss>