<?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[Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21036]]></link><description><![CDATA[I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Beginning a series on the church:  The laity... living in the world as an integral part of it, is the primary body through which the reality of the phrase "the Church is service" has to be manifested in all spheres of secular life: the Church has to show in her own life and attitude towards others the evidences of the redemptive order which is in Christ an operative fact: Christ the Lord is also Christ the servant: the Church which is the lord of all life is also the servant of all life, and the lordship is shown only through the service. The world wants to see redemption: it is not interested in being talked to about it. A church which is not outward looking... has ceased to be a church as the Body of Christ and has instead become a club for the benefit of its members.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The place of justice is a hallowed place ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23611]]></link><description><![CDATA[The place of justice is a hallowed place]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23089]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're there before it's over, you're on time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52533]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're there before it's over, you're on time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A justice with grave justices shall sit; He praise their wisdom, they admire his wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is Venus personified. Her hair is naturally beautiful without artificial enhancement, and her sophisticated air tells us she has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32071]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is Venus personified. Her hair is naturally beautiful without artificial enhancement, and her sophisticated air tells us she has the queen gene. Gentlemen, start your engines; she's high-maintenance. She puts in the time to be gorgeous every day and is accustomed to lots of adoration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63398]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never killed anybody, I never raped anybody, I never committed no crimes that weren't honorable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25314]]></link><description><![CDATA[The classics are only primitive literature. They belong to the same class as primitive machinery and primitive music and primitive medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's very happy, and a lot of players need to be happy off the field to be playing well on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35972]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's very happy, and a lot of players need to be happy off the field to be playing well on the field, and I'd say Archie is that kind of person,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows he has enough is rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21545]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows he has enough is rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52220]]></link><description><![CDATA[When under the pretext of fraternity, the legal code imposes mutual sacrifices on the citizens, human nature is not thereby abrogated. Everyone will then direct his efforts toward contributing little to, and taking much from, the common fund of sacrifices. Now, is it the most unfortunate who gains from this struggle? Certainly not, but rather the most influential and calculating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. [Lat., Illud tamen in primis testandum est, nihil praecepta atque artes valere nisi adjuvante natura.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender! Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise; When passing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6526]]></link><description><![CDATA[We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender! Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise; When passing through the gates of pearly splendor, Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38032]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51739]]></link><description><![CDATA[How much of injustice and depravity is sanctioned by custom!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortunately psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortunately psychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hungry man is not a free man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16700]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hungry man is not a free man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no crime to steal from a thief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59067]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no crime to steal from a thief]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the big energy companies, and the consumers get lumps of coal. There's really nothing to cheer about by anyone who gets a utility bill or has to fill up a gas tank. The energy lobbyists are the big winners, and the rest of us are left in the dust choking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18123]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has asked for me to withdraw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34460]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has asked for me to withdraw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24719]]></link><description><![CDATA[For two decades the state has been taking liberties, and these liberties were once ours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7090]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity. Modern civilization is so complex as to make the devotional life all but impossible. The need for solitude and quietness was never greater than it is today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if I knew nothing of the atoms, I would venture to assert on the evidence of the celestial phenomena themselves, supported by many other arguments, that the universe was certainly not created for us by divine power: it is so full of imperfectio]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FORTY DAYS is a social, spiritual and learning experiment in which people experience the intensity of monastic life. The purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32900]]></link><description><![CDATA[FORTY DAYS is a social, spiritual and learning experiment in which people experience the intensity of monastic life. The purpose is not religious conversion per se, but it is to expose people to the reality of unplugging from modern life completely and creating the opportunity to explore their beliefs in a contemplative environment. The tone of the series will be thoughtful and respectful to the brothers and sisters who have made their monastery home to our production team and the participants in the series.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child miseducated is a child lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child miseducated is a child lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41053]]></link><description><![CDATA[O reason, reason, abstract phantom of the waking state, I had already expelled you from my dreams, now I have reached a point where those dreams are about to become fused with apparent realities: now there is only room here for myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64176]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may miss the mark by aiming too high as too low.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend is known when needed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29554]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend is known when needed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24116]]></link><description><![CDATA[I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred toward any one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59370]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,  . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50951]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will not carry his wealth to the waters of Acheron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56658]]></link><description><![CDATA[A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That faith alone will never forsake Christ which springs out of or is built upon a conviction of the need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7197]]></link><description><![CDATA[That faith alone will never forsake Christ which springs out of or is built upon a conviction of the need for Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Church isn’t where you meet. Church isn’t a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let’s not go to Church, let’s be the Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steve is different, wants to be different, wants not to compete (with the same type of products) but to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steve is different, wants to be different, wants not to compete (with the same type of products) but to be different,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29981]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I ever woke up with a dead hooker in my hotel room, Matt would be the first person I'd call.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing it now with a big migration from Java to PHP in Web development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41413]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing it now with a big migration from Java to PHP in Web development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65002]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who can walk to the welfare office can walk to work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25246]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25246</guid></item></channel></rss>