<?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[When anger rises, think of the consequences ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2529]]></link><description><![CDATA[When anger rises, think of the consequences]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2850]]></link><description><![CDATA[If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2850</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[You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12437]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25823]]></link><description><![CDATA[Footfalls echo in the memory, Down the passage which we did not take, Towards the door we never opened Into the rose-garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10158]]></link><description><![CDATA[My mother's menu consisted of two choices: Take it or leave it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone, But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Carry on, carry on, for the men and boys are gone, But the furrow shan't lie fallow while the women carry on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee,  In unreprov'd pleasures free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27412]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee,  In unreprov'd pleasures free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had to fight like hell and fighting like hell has made me what I am.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our advice is that the replacement of turf that has taken place over the last 48 hours is going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our advice is that the replacement of turf that has taken place over the last 48 hours is going to solve the problem for this weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958  In some communities there remains, as a vestige of a false conception of the church building, a resistance to the sale and purchase of books on a table... anywhere on the premises. When this position is expressed, it must be attacked directly and unapologetically, because it represents a genuine evil, ... the idolatry of bricks and mortar, a heresy specifically undermined by the Apostle Paul in Athens when he said, "The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man" (Acts 17:24). The notion that it is perfectly all right to sell a New Testament in the department store on Monday, but that it is wrong to sell it in the meetinghouse on Sunday, represents a confusion so great that it is truly appalling. As Christians, we believe in the Real Presence, but it is a severe denial of the divine power to claim that this Presence is limited geographically. If, in a building dedicated to worship, a seeker buys a book on Sunday morning and his life is deepened in consequence, the only important thing to say is that the Gospel has thereby been preached, and this is one of the major tasks of the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had just no power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36704]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had just no power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46892]]></link><description><![CDATA[A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hygiene is two thirds of health.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence and smut are of course everywhere on the airwaves. You cannot turn on your television without seeing them, although sometimes you have to hunt around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6090]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kisses honeyed by oblivion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a species of coquetry to make a parade of never practising it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60383]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is your sex's earliest, latest care, Your heart's supreme ambition? To be fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36224]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to the Iraqis in an Oct. 15 referendum. Legally we do not need the parliament to vote on the draft, but we need only a consensus so that all the Iraqis will say yes to the constitution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12699]]></link><description><![CDATA[You own a dog; you feed a cat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17648]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every evening I turn my worries over to God. He's going to be up all night anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A peace that comes from fear and not from the heart is the opposite of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,  And me with thee hath ruined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguiled thee, yet unknown,  And me with thee hath ruined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50541]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you behave towards others, expect that others will behave to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news Hath but a losing office, and his tongue  Sounds ever after as a sullen bell,   Rememb'red tolling a departing friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really not an invalid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29930]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really not an invalid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42114]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes people to run a city. And they are expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce,  As a grave ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/426]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Tragedy should blush as much to stoop To the low mimic follies of a farce,  As a grave matron would to dance with girls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a wind scattering dandelion spores or maple samaras Lind the NASA shuttle which when it exploded sent people and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a wind scattering dandelion spores or maple samaras Lind the NASA shuttle which when it exploded sent people and thousands of captive lab animals over 6 states the innocent little nameless Mad Cow* was decimated after drawn and quartered and sent by porters to 4 states' quarters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never till then so many thunderbolts from cloudless skies. (Bolt from the blue.) [Lat., Non alias caelo ceciderunt plura sereno.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56526]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never till then so many thunderbolts from cloudless skies. (Bolt from the blue.) [Lat., Non alias caelo ceciderunt plura sereno.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst punishment of all is, that in the court of his own conscience no guilty man is acquitted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant part in the human tragedy, compared to the numbers massacred in unselfish loyalty to one's tribe, nation, dynasty, church, or political ideology, ad majorem gloriam dei. The emphasis is on unselfish. Excepting a small minority of mercenary or sadistic disposition, wars are not fought for personal gain, but out of loyalty and devotion to king, country or cause. Homicide committed for personal reasons is a statistical rarity in all cultures, including our own. Homicide for unselfish reasons, at the risk of one's own life, is the dominant phenomenon of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts. It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our myriad-minded Shakespeare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our myriad-minded Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are convinced that the all-new Volvo S80 will be a very strong contender that will win over many new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35186]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are convinced that the all-new Volvo S80 will be a very strong contender that will win over many new customers. We expect 70 percent of the average volume of 50 000 cars a year to be purchased by customers who do not drive a Volvo today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18805]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a sign of your own worth sometimes if you are hated by the right people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first time we've heard about this proposal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38203]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time we've heard about this proposal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28143]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had the sky up there, and we used to lay on our backs and look up at them, and discuss whether they were made or just happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The drama of life begins with a wail and ends with a sigh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is one before whom you may think aloud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16838]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is one before whom you may think aloud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   I find more marks of authenticity in the Bible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury, 690   I find more marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history whatever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8435</guid></item></channel></rss>