<?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[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben  Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's going to be very difficult for the judge to find penalties that could indeed be construed as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42054]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's going to be very difficult for the judge to find penalties that could indeed be construed as forward-looking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, lots have gone in already, ... If there's civil war, lots more will go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yes, lots have gone in already, ... If there's civil war, lots more will go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62746]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8007]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53404]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will. I cannot believe that such a program would be rejected by the people of this country, even if it does mean the establishment of personal contact with the dictators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52169]]></link><description><![CDATA[All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever is spared personal pain must feel himself called to help in diminishing the pain of others. We must all carry our share of the misery which lies upon the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're on a mission right now. I thought we played very well defensively today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36084]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're on a mission right now. I thought we played very well defensively today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784   Almighty and most merciful Father, by Whose providence my life has been prolonged, and Who has granted me now to begin another year of probation, vouchsafe me such assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that the continuance of my life may not add to the measure of my guilt, but that I may so repent of the days and years passed in neglect of the duties which Thou hast set before me, in vain thoughts, in sloth, and in folly, that I may apply my heart to true wisdom, by diligence redeem the time lost, and by repentance, obtain pardon, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist  Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist  Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism and selfishness that have chilled his faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr    There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr    There is not a heart but has its moments of longing, yearning for something better; nobler; holier than it knows now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958   There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25679]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never shall I forget the time I spent with you. Please continue to be my friend, as you will always find me yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop shallow water from running, it will rage; tread on a worm and it will turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61798]]></link><description><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While this amount may seem large, it pales in comparison to the estimated $100 billion spent each year on bottled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34505]]></link><description><![CDATA[While this amount may seem large, it pales in comparison to the estimated $100 billion spent each year on bottled water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10802]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is a part of nature, at least of human nature, but it is the one thing that seems unnatural to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bush was desperate to keep the Times from running this important story - which the paper had already inexplicably held for a year - because he knew that it would reveal him as a law-breaker. He insists he had 'legal authority derived from the Constitution and congressional resolution authorizing force.' But the Constitution explicitly requires the president to obey the law. And the post 9/11 congressional resolution authorizing 'all necessary force' in fighting terrorism was made in clear reference to military intervention. It did not scrap the Constitution and allow the president to do whatever he pleased in any area in the name of fighting terrorism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49364]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should learn to choose our words carefully, as we can hurt, and mislead others. Words...can't be taken back, once ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63188]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should learn to choose our words carefully, as we can hurt, and mislead others. Words...can't be taken back, once you give them away.Harsh words are like bullets: no matter what, they can still leave a painful injury. And sometimes, a "sorry" is not enough to heal the wounds you leave...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1644]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a terrible way to lose, like that. We definitely played hard as a team, (but) we only got one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33513]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a terrible way to lose, like that. We definitely played hard as a team, (but) we only got one point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't see Iraq the way you see it on TV. That's what we want to tell people. We're the same as you, we can sing, we can speak different languages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45737]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24852]]></link><description><![CDATA[The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you steal ideas from one source, that's plagiarism, but if you steal ideas from more than one source, that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20284]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you steal ideas from one source, that's plagiarism, but if you steal ideas from more than one source, that's research.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52217]]></link><description><![CDATA[...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You mean the producer is the guy who was telling me, 'Move along, sir, three feet from the rail?' ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32911]]></link><description><![CDATA[You mean the producer is the guy who was telling me, 'Move along, sir, three feet from the rail?' ... I want someone with musical experience to tell me that I (stink).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who guilt stains it equals. [Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who guilt stains it equals. [Lat., Facinus quos inquinat aequat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven's help is better than early rising.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have never felt that anything really mattered by the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have never felt that anything really mattered by the satisfaction of knowing that you stood for the things in which you believed and had done the very best you could.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient. -The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55558]]></link><description><![CDATA[My meaning in saying he is a good man, is to have you understand me that he is sufficient. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And bid the devil take the hin'most. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12139]]></link><description><![CDATA[And bid the devil take the hin'most.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49768]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay till the lame messenger come, if you will know the truth of the thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My guess is you'll see stuff coming out this year, but it will go on longer than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34579]]></link><description><![CDATA[My guess is you'll see stuff coming out this year, but it will go on longer than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I feel certain that I'm going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quarrels of lovers lead but to the renewal of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51748</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[Love is all you need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is all you need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57190</guid></item></channel></rss>