<?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[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397  In short: in all his ways and walks, whether as touching ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6506]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397  In short: in all his ways and walks, whether as touching his own business, or his dealings with other men, he must keep his heart with all diligence, lest he do aught, or turn aside to aught, or suffer aught to spring up or dwell within him or about him, or let anything be done in him or through him, otherwise than were meet for God, and would be possible and seemly if God Himself were verily made Man.  ... Theologia Germanica    November 12, 1997  The Partisan Review, a journal of literary opinion representing a section of advanced secular thought, recently published a series of papers answering the question, "Why has there been a turn toward religion among intellectuals?" The asking of the question is significant. Few writers dispute the fact implied by it. Most of the contributors, whether they count themselves among those who have "turned to religion" or not, find the principal reason for it in the collapse of the optimistic hope that modern science and human good will would bring the world into an era of peace and justice. The confidence in that outcome has been so violently shaken that men must ask whether there are not higher resources than man's to sustain courage and hope. The faith of the Bible points to such sources. God works within the tragic destiny of human efforts with a healing power, and a reconciling spirit. Even those who have felt completely superior to all "outworn" religious notions, must look today at least wistfully to the possibility that such a God lives and works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God -- ah, then things must be critical indeed!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY The King of glory sends his Son, To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midnight bright ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6606]]></link><description><![CDATA[CHRISTMAS DAY The King of glory sends his Son, To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midnight bright as noon, And heav'nly hosts declare his birth! About the young Redeemer's head, What wonders, and what glories meet! An unknown star arose, and led The eastern sages to his feet. Simeon and Anna both conspire The infant Saviour to proclaim; Inward they felt the sacred fire, And bless'd the babe, and own'd his name. Let pagan hordes blaspheme aloud, And treat the holy child with scorn; Our souls adore th' eternal God Who condescended to be born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57964]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can be strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33784]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we get a big rain, the water comes up and spreads over the orchard. Sometimes we can be 50-75 percent under water. When this happens we can't get our work done, but we can put up with it until the end of February. Then we have to get back to work. When there are breaks in the storm, that allows the water to drain and we can work around that. But when it is just continuous, then we get in trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are going to individually visit all of those houses to shut off the gas meters and then when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31117]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are going to individually visit all of those houses to shut off the gas meters and then when the repairs are made, we will turn them back on. This is extremely unusual, and we are really looking into what exactly caused that ignition, but we just won't know for some time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wine is poured, you should drink it. [Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15385]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wine is poured, you should drink it. [Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46240]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a walker is indeed an individualist there is nowhere he can't go at dawn and not many places he can't go at noon. But just as it demeans life to live alongside a great river you can no longer swim in or drink from, to be crowded into safer areas and hours takes much of the gloss off walking -- one sport you shouldn't have to reserve a time and a court for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is more important than all justice; and was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is more important than all justice; and was not made for the sake of justice, but justice for the sake of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very beadle to a humorous sigh. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55486]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very beadle to a humorous sigh. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60320]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted to be a writer from my early teenage years, but I never told anyone. Writers, in my opinion, were god-like creatures, and to say I was striving to be a writer would be incredibly arrogant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53220]]></link><description><![CDATA[To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What this is about, I think the homosexual agenda and the Log Cabin Republicans, they're the ones at the center ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31890]]></link><description><![CDATA[What this is about, I think the homosexual agenda and the Log Cabin Republicans, they're the ones at the center of this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no question that clean, affordable drinking water is essential to the health of our global community. But bottled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34507]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no question that clean, affordable drinking water is essential to the health of our global community. But bottled water is not the answer in the developed world, nor does it solve problems for the 1.1 billion people who lack a secure water supply. Improving and expanding existing water treatment and sanitation systems is more likely to provide safe and sustainable sources of water over the long term.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just fell in love with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just fell in love with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57326]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have but nine-pence in ready money, but I can draw for a thousand pounds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Fed's painfully aware of this, and that's one of the better reasons they try to telegraph what they're doing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40336]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Fed's painfully aware of this, and that's one of the better reasons they try to telegraph what they're doing, so people don't get caught. The institutions that have taken decisions that might put them into harm's way are probably fewer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56897]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44152]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig."  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45230]]></link><description><![CDATA[I asked of my dear friend Orator Prig: "What's the first part of oratory?" He said, "A great wig."  "And what is the second?" Then, dancing a jig   And bowing profoundly, he said, "A great wig."    "And what is the third?" Then he snored like a pig,     And puffing his cheeks out, he replied, "A great wig."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man'sfoot long enough to enable him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21842]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only hold man'sfoot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I underestimated the A- League when I put my squad together. I put my hand up for that one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I underestimated the A- League when I put my squad together. I put my hand up for that one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[L'Abbe de Ville proposed a toast, His master, as the rising Sun:  Reisbach then gave the Empress Queen,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59416]]></link><description><![CDATA[L'Abbe de Ville proposed a toast, His master, as the rising Sun:  Reisbach then gave the Empress Queen,   As the bright moon and much praise won.    The Earl of Stair, whose turn next came,     Gave for his toast his own King Will,      As Joshua the sun of Nun,       Who made both Sun and Moon stand still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deal legitimizes India as a nuclear power and Pakistan of course is getting nothing of the sort. It has left Pakistan feeling exposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get him some games. We want to play with some weight and he's a big, strong kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32794]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get him some games. We want to play with some weight and he's a big, strong kid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having been a student at Columbia, I can say that I've experienced both on-campus and online coursework. If I had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having been a student at Columbia, I can say that I've experienced both on-campus and online coursework. If I had to pick the top five courses of my entire experience, two of them were online. I know that with the right instructor and set-up, learning online can be just as fulfilling, if not more so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in quiet waters things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61466]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer's hands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door;  And wit to seize the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26007]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door;  And wit to seize the flitting guest   Need never hunger more.    But while the loitering idler waits     Good luck beside his fire,      The bold heart storms at fortune's gates,       And conquers its desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Manual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership: the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Manual on military leadership -Dwight D. Eisenhower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40284]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I talk to college students about Spy, it's like I'm describing something that happened in the 19th century. We were very lucky. We started Spy at a time when our generation had arrived at full adulthood and wanted to connect to its anti-establishment youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. [Fr., C'est une ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/785]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret counsels of princes are a troublesome burden to such as have only to execute them. [Fr., C'est une importune garde, du secret des princes, a qui n'en que faire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two monologues do not make a dialogue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two monologues do not make a dialogue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are taking all precautionary measures and the central government is giving us help. We are going to destroy all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29310]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are taking all precautionary measures and the central government is giving us help. We are going to destroy all the birds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People weren't notified soon enough then they were given the impression it affected them when it didn'tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â± it was sheer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38774]]></link><description><![CDATA[People weren't notified soon enough then they were given the impression it affected them when it didn'tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â± it was sheer carelessness and incompetence on the part of the city. Unfortunately, these things are becoming more common since amalgamation. The problem is it's all controlled from a central location and they (city staff) don't the areas,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now the sunset breezes shiver, And she's fading down the river,  But in England's song forever   She's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now the sunset breezes shiver, And she's fading down the river,  But in England's song forever   She's the Fighting Temeraire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!  Till then sit still, my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58413]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is not well. I doubt some foul play. Would the night were come!  Till then sit still, my soul. Foul deeds will rise,   Though all the earth o'erwhelm them, to men's eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51542]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's gone, and what's past help, Should be past grieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An art book is a museum without walls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66652]]></link><description><![CDATA[An art book is a museum without walls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's whole life is a history of the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61943]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's whole life is a history of the affections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61943</guid></item></channel></rss>