<?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[O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,  I pray ye flog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58732]]></link><description><![CDATA[O ye! who teach the ingenious youth of nations, Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain,  I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,   It mends their morals, never mind the pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65224]]></link><description><![CDATA[American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before we work on artificial intelligence why don't we do something about natural stupidity?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only great minds can afford a simple style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can definitely relate to a few things in the song. Going mudding on a dirt road, going to football ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37317]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can definitely relate to a few things in the song. Going mudding on a dirt road, going to football games, I did a few of those things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56172]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wooden wall alone should remain unconquered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3153]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very comfortable with that overall total reduction in risk, and I would not be able to say that there is anything that I can tell that should stop them from going ahead and flying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They turned a coal mine into a gold mine. People come from all over the world to see this mine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35615]]></link><description><![CDATA[They turned a coal mine into a gold mine. People come from all over the world to see this mine from Sweden and England and all kinds of places.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, infidel, I have you on the hip! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51418]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People don't understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41330]]></link><description><![CDATA[People don't understand I felt I had accomplished all I wanted as a player in football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take thou some new infection to thy eye, And the rank poison of the old will die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They believe in their heart of hearts that their comprehensive plan is going to do more than Hilton's $70 per ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37308]]></link><description><![CDATA[They believe in their heart of hearts that their comprehensive plan is going to do more than Hilton's $70 per share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36552]]></link><description><![CDATA[When there's considerable uncertainty in the market, like there is now, banks lead the decline.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. -Henry David Thoreau.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But thou know'st this, 'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59975]]></link><description><![CDATA[But thou know'st this, 'Tis time to fear when tyrants seem to kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast. [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5840]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cherefull looke makes a dish a feast. [A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44351]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 'CSI effect' is not something that we're happy about,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6040]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm old enough to know better, but still too young to care.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51075]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10436]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cast their nets in Galilee, just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, before the Lord came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6657]]></link><description><![CDATA[They cast their nets in Galilee, just off the hills of brown; Such happy, simple fisherfolk, before the Lord came down. Contented, peaceful fishermen, before they ever knew The peace of God that filled their hearts brimful, and broke them too. Young John who trimmed the flapping sail, homeless in Patmos died. Peter, who hauled the teeming net, head-down was crucified. The peace of God, it is no peace, but strife closed in the sod; Yet, brothers, pray for but one thing -- the marvelous peace of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is so unlike theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth,  And the brook cries like a child! ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roads are wet where'er one wendeth, And with rain the thistle bendeth,  And the brook cries like a child!   Not a rainbow shines to cheer us;    Ah! the sun comes never near us,     And the heavens look dark and wile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man can lose what he never had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25588]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man can lose what he never had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7279]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men turn to is more important than what they turn from, even if that to which they turn is only a higher moral truth; but to turn to Christ is far more important than to turn to higher moral truth: it is to turn the face towards Him in whom is all moral truth; it is to turn to HIm in whom is not only the virtue which corresponds to the known vice from which the penitent wishes to flee, but all virtue; it is to turn the face to all holiness, all purity, all grace. It was this repentance which the apostles preached after Pentecost.  ... Roland Allen, Pentecost and the World  ... Also see comments on this book in Bookworms August 23, 2000 Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617 Four things a man must learn to do If he would make his record true: To think without confusion clearly, To love his fellow men sincerely, To act from honest motives purely, To trust in God and heaven securely.   ... Henry van Dyke August 24, 2000 Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle Beginning a short series on the Bible:  The Bible is a supernatural book and can be understood only by supernatural aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to the tremendous difficulties]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thornes whiten yet doe nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thornes whiten yet doe nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63144]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20470]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts... For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth, to know the worst, and to provide for it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27810]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no fool like an old fool -- you can't beat experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patients may postpone getting needed effective treatment, because they are instead relying on alternative remedies that haven't been tested, ... The second danger is that they may actually be harmful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55545]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone desperate enough for suicide...should be desperate enough to go to creative extremes to solve problems: elope at midnight, stow away on the boat to New Zealand and start over, do what they always wanted to do but were afraid to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/418]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think I love and reverence all arts equally, only putting my own just above the others; because in it I recognize the union and culmination of my own. To me it seems as if when God conceived the world, that was Poetry; He formed it, and that was Sculpture; He colored it, and that was Painting; He peopled it with living beings, and that was the grand, divine, eternal Drama.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21101]]></link><description><![CDATA[They cannot take away our self-respect if we do not give it to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there's a will, there's a lawsuit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A computer will not make a good manager out of a bad manager. It makes a good manager better faster ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15882]]></link><description><![CDATA[A computer will not make a good manager out of a bad manager. It makes a good manager better faster and a bad manager worse faster.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59042]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that in a great city, or even in a small city or a village, a great theater is the outward and visible sign of an inward and probable culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now I see the secret of the making of the best persons. It is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13398]]></link><description><![CDATA[What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat., Quod enim munus reiplicae afferre majus, meliusve possumus, quam si docemus atque erudimus juventutem?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13092]]></link><description><![CDATA[For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62899]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62899</guid></item></channel></rss>