<?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[The boat was overturned, just floating upside down in the water. All the safety gear, paddles, vests, were along the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38674]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boat was overturned, just floating upside down in the water. All the safety gear, paddles, vests, were along the shore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48839]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortality is the glorious discovery of Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is deprived, the power of making things that are past never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have been."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Citizenship is what makes a republic; monarchies can get along without it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63348]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not become familiar with nature through love will never know her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3525]]></link><description><![CDATA[That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5382]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have lived in this world just long enough to look carefully the second time into things that I am the most concerned of the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10367]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scars you acquire while exercising courage will never make you feel inferior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711  [The] doctrine of [inevitable] progress sustained our fathers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas Ken, Bishop of Bath & Wells, Hymnographer, 1711  [The] doctrine of [inevitable] progress sustained our fathers in the carrying of capitalistic democratic culture to most parts of the globe. Its core was the conviction that, in thus extending the range of western liberal culture and developing its assumptions, they were in effect establishing on earth that which would grow into the kingdom of God. Some put it sharply but un-Biblically: "building the kingdom"; others, of a more secular turn of mind, echoed J. A. Symonds' hymn, "These Things Shall Be". That whole view exists today only as debris, for it has foundered on the rocks, not so much of human sin, as of the contradictions and complexities of the very western culture that was the substance of its belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the idea. We have a lot of potential going forward. It's not a situation where teams can focus on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33270]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the idea. We have a lot of potential going forward. It's not a situation where teams can focus on one or two players. We have a number of players who can contribute going forward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I couldn't have asked for anything better than the way they've treated me here, especially my teammates. I wasn't worried, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I couldn't have asked for anything better than the way they've treated me here, especially my teammates. I wasn't worried, but I was pretty nervous about how I'd be accepted. Ever since Day One it's just been great. There's been no negativity at all, absolutely none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus when I shun Scylla, your father, I fall into Charybdis, your mother. -The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thoughts are the shadows of our sensations -- always darker, emptier, simpler than these.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to go to school in a summer morn, Oh, it drives all joy away!  Under a cruel eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13391]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to go to school in a summer morn, Oh, it drives all joy away!  Under a cruel eye outworn,   The little ones spend the day--    In sighing and dismay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think there'll be lots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32082]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think there'll be lots of red accents in the near future. For me personally, I can't see myself flaunting around in a geisha uniform but it'll make me smile when I see what others do with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62839]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19496]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the only person of distinction who has ever had a depression named for him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56920]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780]]></link><description><![CDATA[The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace - More followers than a thief to the gallows]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dearest things in the world are our neighbor's eyes; they cost everybody more than anything else in housekeeping]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come Tuesday morning, everybody's going to be here working. As soon as the insurance company gives us the OK, we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come Tuesday morning, everybody's going to be here working. As soon as the insurance company gives us the OK, we're going to go ahead and rebuild. We should have a slight transition for our customers and our help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to changetheir lives, but I've met many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21152]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've met a few people who had to change their jobs in order to changetheir lives, but I've met many more people who merely had to change theirmotive to service in order to change their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29005]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We did receive yesterday a letter from the Competition Bureau of Canada stating that it has begun an investigation into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36779]]></link><description><![CDATA[We did receive yesterday a letter from the Competition Bureau of Canada stating that it has begun an investigation into the activities of carriers that are engaged in the provision of international air cargo services to and from Canada.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to see a band in New York. The lead singer got on the microphone, and he said How ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44422]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to see a band in New York. The lead singer got on the microphone, and he said How many of you people feel like human beings tonight? Then he said How many of you feel like animals? And everyone cheered after the animals part. But the thing is, I cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a second part to the question.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom begins in wonder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faulty stands on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faulty stands on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, "We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14518]]></link><description><![CDATA[We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, "We have left undone those things that ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since sorrow never comes too late And happiness too swiftly flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since sorrow never comes too late And happiness too swiftly flies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gave His body to that pleasant country's earth, And his pure soul unto his captain Christ, Under whose colours he had fought so long. -King Richard II. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45064]]></link><description><![CDATA[This could but have happened once, And we missed it, lost it forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34294]]></link><description><![CDATA[What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They contacted us, and they've been pretty honest about their progress, or lack thereof. I guess a phone book was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38935]]></link><description><![CDATA[They contacted us, and they've been pretty honest about their progress, or lack thereof. I guess a phone book was hard to come by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unless a tree has borne blossoms in spring, you will vainly look for fruit on it in autumn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothingwould be impossible to us upon the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could we but rightly comprehend the mind of man, nothingwould be impossible to us upon the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Calvin, renewer of the Church, 1564   It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Calvin, renewer of the Church, 1564   It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the subconscious mind manifests a wisdom several steps or even years ahead of the conscious mind, and has its own way of leading us toward our destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1363]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59798]]></link><description><![CDATA[To say the truth, though I say 't that should not say 't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53987]]></link><description><![CDATA[We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children learn to smile from their parents. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children learn to smile from their parents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15410</guid></item></channel></rss>