<?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[In an authority so high [as Scripture], admit but one officious lie, and there will not remain a single passage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8446]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an authority so high [as Scripture], admit but one officious lie, and there will not remain a single passage of those apparently difficult to practice or to believe, which on the same most pernicious rule may not be explained as a lie uttered by the author willfully to serve a purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Over the next few days, ... I will be explaining the American position to leaders in the countries I visit while making it clear that in confronting the clear and present danger posed by Iraqi lawlessness, the diplomatic string is running out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8807]]></link><description><![CDATA[All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time brings all things to pass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time brings all things to pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60356]]></link><description><![CDATA[All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be  Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and that must be  Our chastisement or recompense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a tough game for Mercer because she hadn't skated since getting her bell rung last week and didn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42629]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a tough game for Mercer because she hadn't skated since getting her bell rung last week and didn't have much to do. But she was aggressive at the end and made two big saves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Somewhere or other there must surely be The face not seen, the voice not heard,  The heart that not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58529]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere or other there must surely be The face not seen, the voice not heard,  The heart that not yet--never yet--ah me!   Made answer to my word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a very, very dark day, not just for this family, but for all of us to know that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37707]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a very, very dark day, not just for this family, but for all of us to know that nothing is really changing here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49958]]></link><description><![CDATA[There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not caught by the cunning of those who appear in a disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10792]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well! Evil to some is always good to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well! Evil to some is always good to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57319]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59100]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45948]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kids did real well and we won seven of our last eight. It's all about getting in the playoffs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37854]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kids did real well and we won seven of our last eight. It's all about getting in the playoffs again, and here, it's a brand new season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable; performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great sickness in his judgment that makes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  After all, we are told, our salvation has already been accomplished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  After all, we are told, our salvation has already been accomplished by the grace of God... It was unkind to speak to men like this, for such a cheap offer could only leave them bewildered and tempt them from the way to which they had been called by Christ. Having laid hold on cheap grace, they were barred forever from the knowledge of costly grace. Deceived and weakened, men felt that they were strong now that they were in possession of this cheap grace -- whereas they had in fact lost the power to live the life of discipleship and obedience. The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to understand your government, don't begin by reading the Constitution. (It conveys precious little of the flavor of today's statecraft.) Instead, read selected portions of the Washington telephone directory containing listings for all the organizations with titles beginning with the word National.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This may truly be a teachable moment about the impact of poverty and race on health, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33213]]></link><description><![CDATA[This may truly be a teachable moment about the impact of poverty and race on health,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The puck hadn't been going in lately. I had to stick with it and stay positive. I'm glad I finally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37381]]></link><description><![CDATA[The puck hadn't been going in lately. I had to stick with it and stay positive. I'm glad I finally got one in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I;  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--   In a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cleon hath ten thousand acres,-- Ne'er a one have I;  Cleon dwelleth in a place,--   In a cottage I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61086]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some parts of Ireland the sleep which knows no waking is always followed by a wake which knows no sleeping.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13632]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course I was disappointed. My expectation was to play a more senior role, but this is politics. You don't always get what you want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53958]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am in earnest--I will not equivocate--I will not excuse--I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53497]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the truth were known, many sermons are prepared and preached with more regard for the sermon than the souls of the hearers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise;  His sunlight still sleeps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5904]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are idols of hearts and of households; They are angels of God in disguise;  His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,   His glory still gleams in their eyes;    Those truants from home and from Heaven     They have made me more manly and mild;      And I know now how Jesus could liken       The kingdom of God to a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18883]]></link><description><![CDATA[One should not talk of hatters in the house of the hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16735]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25047]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing fails like success because we don't learn from it. We learn only from failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66837]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The magnificence of mountains, the serenity of nature - nothing is safe from the idiot marks of man's passing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45308]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a good thing Adam had--when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66036]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28958]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that we filed suit shows how important the issue is to us. It may be unwise to make any significant change in our posture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success breeds confidence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success breeds confidence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9683</guid></item></channel></rss>