<?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[God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53827]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never repents of what He has first resolved upon. [Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more unforgiveable and dangerous than the pride of the intellect. It reveals a split personality in which faith is "observed" and appraised, thus negating that unity born of a dying-unto-self, which is the definition of faith. To "value" faith is to turn it into a metaphysical magic, the advantages of which ought to be reserved for a spiritual elite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One out of suits with fortune. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55627]]></link><description><![CDATA[One out of suits with fortune. -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13460]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. [Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis manibus plus dolet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58205]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most. [Lat., Si stimulos pugnis caedis manibus plus dolet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53750]]></link><description><![CDATA[And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women may fall when there's no strength in men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women may fall when there's no strength in men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No love to a Fathers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49653]]></link><description><![CDATA[No love to a Fathers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are all alike--except the one you've met who's different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Getting state management is a nice first down, but delisting is crossing the goal line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37618]]></link><description><![CDATA[Getting state management is a nice first down, but delisting is crossing the goal line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love came down at Christmas; love all lovely, love divine; love was born at Christmas, stars and angels gave the sign.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64944]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19704]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally noble, or in such as have been cultivated by good examples, or a refined education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59104]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground,  And the far-off stream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45344]]></link><description><![CDATA[When cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground,  And the far-off stream is dumb,   And the whirring sail goes round,    And the whirring sail goes round;     Alone and warming his five wits,      The white owl in the belfry sits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My ventures are not in one bottom trusted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51399]]></link><description><![CDATA[My ventures are not in one bottom trusted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47253]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: "But what would you replace it with?" When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether we name divine presence synchronicity, serendipity, or graced moment matters little. What matters is the reality that our hearts have been understood. Nothing is as real as a healthy dose of magic which restores our spirits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10239]]></link><description><![CDATA[God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, "This is my Country.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who profits by a crime commits it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20768]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The conquest of fear yields the courage of life. That is the cardinal initiation of every heroic adventure-- fearlessness and achievement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14213]]></link><description><![CDATA[And can eternity belong to me, Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkeness - or so good as drink. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13013]]></link><description><![CDATA[No animal ever invented anything so bad as drunkeness - or so good as drink.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36135]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was the worst pain I'd ever felt in my life. I didn't want to go to school. I dreaded going to the training room every day because I knew what was going to happen. It was a lot of pain, but I wanted to come back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to be known as the 'Intelligent Design University,' ... We don't think this is science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to be known as the 'Intelligent Design University,' ... We don't think this is science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sadness is also a kind of defence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sadness is also a kind of defence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the ways to prevent a war is to be prepared for it. But Iran will do everything possible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35736]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the ways to prevent a war is to be prepared for it. But Iran will do everything possible to avoid any war in the region.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13116]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean. From it we have learned most of what we know. Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, at most, wet our ankles. The water seems inviting. The ocean calls. So]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His influence and popularity among the core constituency of the revolution and the government ... [has put him] in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41306]]></link><description><![CDATA[His influence and popularity among the core constituency of the revolution and the government ... [has put him] in a situation where other figures cannot contradict him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They continue to say the city is teetering on the brink of financial disaster. Quite frankly it?s inappropriate, because we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29476]]></link><description><![CDATA[They continue to say the city is teetering on the brink of financial disaster. Quite frankly it?s inappropriate, because we are not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even before he had one book published, Jack was one of those people you could feel was very special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He seems very happy and content with himself at the moment, and you're seeing that getting delivered on the field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35969]]></link><description><![CDATA[He seems very happy and content with himself at the moment, and you're seeing that getting delivered on the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A merry monarch, scandalous and poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54530]]></link><description><![CDATA[A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't pray when it rains if you don't pray when the sun shines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12712]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47083]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we've had in a couple of hundred years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a draft of the proposals in hand which we're going through. A vote this week is possible, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33629]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a draft of the proposals in hand which we're going through. A vote this week is possible, but there are still some areas where we don't have agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was frustrating because I didn't know how he died. I felt it was a suspicious death, the way he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41893]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was frustrating because I didn't know how he died. I felt it was a suspicious death, the way he fell down. The TV in his room was knocked off its stand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41094]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chinese authorities indicated that they want to ratify the covenant as early as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50357]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of humanity is towards the forbidden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goe not for every griefe to the Phtsitian, nor for every quarrell to the Lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's helped me a lot with my situational moves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28194]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's helped me a lot with my situational moves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28194</guid></item></channel></rss>