<?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[Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animals can learn, but it is not by learning that they become dogs, cats, or horses. Only man has to learn to become what he is supposed to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12650]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19981]]></link><description><![CDATA[The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45556]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49277]]></link><description><![CDATA[God strikes with his finger, and not with all his arme.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20380]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   There ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Richard Hooker, Priest, Anglican Apologist, Teacher, 1600 Commemoration of Martin of Porres, Dominican Friar, 1639   There is no defect in Scripture, so anyone may "have the light of his natural understanding so completed... that there can be no want of needful instruction" for any good work God would have that person do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26046]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in luck: how else can you explain the success of those you dislike?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not as though we have something to announce, because we don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32874]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not as though we have something to announce, because we don't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4302]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can I tell what I think till I see what I say? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24066]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59036]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need three things in the theater - the play, the actors and the audience, - and each must give something]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have impeached myself by resigning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have impeached myself by resigning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They hit the ball hard, give them credit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42119]]></link><description><![CDATA[They hit the ball hard, give them credit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cytherea, How bravely thou becom'st thy bed, fresh lily,  And whiter than the sheets!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. I sure as hell wouldn't want to live in a society where the only people allowed guns are the police and the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47291]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61690]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winning is not everything, but the effort to win is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61690</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47191]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei, out of a self-sacrificing devotion to the flag, a leader, a religious faith or political conviction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54035]]></link><description><![CDATA[For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to try to do some things, and send some things over there also. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39011]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to try to do some things, and send some things over there also.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49104]]></link><description><![CDATA[All is well with him, who is beloved of his neighbours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's our bread and butter. Sometimes it's good and it was good tonight. The first time we played them they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32525]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's our bread and butter. Sometimes it's good and it was good tonight. The first time we played them they handled it very well and last Friday they played it well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11097]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't study the darkness by flooding it with light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13886]]></link><description><![CDATA[The energy produced by the breaking down of the atom is a very poor kind of thing. Anyone who expects a source of power from the transformation of these atoms is talking moonshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And grant that when I face the grisly Thing, My song may trumptet down the gray Perhaps  Let me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57222]]></link><description><![CDATA[And grant that when I face the grisly Thing, My song may trumptet down the gray Perhaps  Let me be as a tune-swept fiddlestring   That feels the Master Melody--and snaps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16144]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is supreme and unconditional; like is nice but limited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her hair tells us she is Marlene Dietrich meets maverick. She's a woman who carries red hair beautifully because she's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her hair tells us she is Marlene Dietrich meets maverick. She's a woman who carries red hair beautifully because she's bold in character, especially with that rocker-red. Her bedroom eyes give us a come-hither kind of look. But ... she wants you to know just when you have her figured out, she's gonna fool you!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33151]]></link><description><![CDATA[But they are expensive and have very high expectations for fast promotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59984]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the eagle, by getting upon his back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the eagle, by getting upon his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should remember that saying 'I love you' is only a beginning. We need to say it, we need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66473]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should remember that saying 'I love you' is only a beginning. We need to say it, we need to mean it, and most importantly we need consistently to show it. We need to both express and demonstrate love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that's gone:  Violets plucked the sweetest rain  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weep no more, nor sigh, nor groan, Sorrow calls no time that's gone:  Violets plucked the sweetest rain   Makes not fresh nor grow again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/909]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one takes pride in one's craft, you won't let a good thing die. Risking it through not pushing hard enough is not a humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate, systematic plan of reducing [a people] to slavery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill the cup and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn;  Every minute dies a man,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51694]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill the cup and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn;  Every minute dies a man,   Every minute one is born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  The fundamental doctrines of our evangelical belief are... the full inspiration and ruling authority of Holy Scripture, with its consequences, the Divinity of Christ, the finality of His Atonement, and salvation through faith alone. These basic truths should be studied as set forth in the New Testament, that they may be asserted or defended whenever occasion requires. If this be done in a humble and Christian spirit, we shall in the long run be promoting the cause of Christian unity, which must ultimately find its basis in the truth which God has revealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58828]]></link><description><![CDATA[And since the stench of death will always attract flies and vermin, the arrival of Geraldo was perhaps inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27826]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Error is just as important a condition of life as truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Error is just as important a condition of life as truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14142</guid></item></channel></rss>