<?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[A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42949]]></link><description><![CDATA[A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach: Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;  One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;   (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?  Better dwell in the midst of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57174]]></link><description><![CDATA[O solitude, where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face?  Better dwell in the midst of alarms,   Than reign in this horrible place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope! thou nurse of young desire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope! thou nurse of young desire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17300]]></link><description><![CDATA[As diamond cuts diamond, and one hone smooths a second, all the parts of intellect are whetstones to each other; and genius, which is but the result of their mutual sharpening, is character too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Merton, Monk, Spiritual Writer, 1968  Every other creature in nature is simply itself, without this discord which is our constant lot. That is why we can study everything else in nature much more surely than we can study ourselves. With ourselves, all we have to go on is an occasional glimpse of some small part of the truth, and we must be content with that, knowing that we are truly known by Him who alone knows us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the president's focus is on defending America it seems New York's junior senator remains dedicated to her political aspirations. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30944]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the president's focus is on defending America it seems New York's junior senator remains dedicated to her political aspirations. For someone that claims to be solely concerned with serving her constituents, Sen. Clinton spends an inordinate amount of time and energy attacking Republicans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30944</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things that have been and shall be no more, The things that are, and that hereafter shall be,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61982]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things that have been and shall be no more, The things that are, and that hereafter shall be,  The things that might have been, and yet were not,   The fading twilight of joys departed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22462]]></link><description><![CDATA[In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25161]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unto God, the Lord belong the issues of death. (68:20). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unto God, the Lord belong the issues of death. (68:20).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65222]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order to change the world, you have to get your head together first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No fool can be silent at a feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25541]]></link><description><![CDATA[No fool can be silent at a feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So many men, so little time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27003]]></link><description><![CDATA[So many men, so little time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55333]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is mine own, And I as rich in having such a jewel As twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl, The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold. -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Meek and lowly, pure and holy, Chief among the "blessed three." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Meek and lowly, pure and holy, Chief among the "blessed three."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars damage the civilian society as muchas they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/262]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars damage the civilian society as muchas they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord let the house of a brute to the soul of a man, And the man said, "Am I your debtor?"  And the Lord--"Not yet: but make it as clean as you can,   And then I will let you a better."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In sports and journeys men are knowne. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49544]]></link><description><![CDATA[In sports and journeys men are knowne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20398]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance is the soil in which belief in miracles grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11025]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he danced;--all foreigners excel The serious Angles in the eloquence  Of pantomime;--he danced, I say right well,   With emphasis, and also with good sense--    A thing in footing indispensable:     He danced without theatrical pretence,      Not like a ballet-master in the van       Of his drill'd nymphs, but like a gentleman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11025</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[Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53938]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is strange that we do not temper our resentment of criticism with a thought for our many faults which have escaped us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58787]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking;  But there is something when man's eye appears   Wet, still more disagreeable and striking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,   'Tis sweethearts of glory,    'Tis lads who are unafraid!     Ferryman ho!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the Thickest pizza on earth will be delivered cold. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the Thickest pizza on earth will be delivered cold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31735]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think one of the other medium-tier airlines, outside the big three, are going to be looking at their strategic operations quite carefully.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should compete with most anyone in the league. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39962]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should compete with most anyone in the league.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An honest answer is the sign of true friendship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19666]]></link><description><![CDATA[An honest answer is the sign of true friendship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion always has a soothing effect and makes people accept fate. We have to teach them that it was Allah's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion always has a soothing effect and makes people accept fate. We have to teach them that it was Allah's wish and no one could do anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows. They are polluted off'rings, more abhorred!  Than spotted livers in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods are deaf to hot and peevish vows. They are polluted off'rings, more abhorred!  Than spotted livers in the sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to become young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1876]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to become young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Its roots are in American Negro culture, which is part of the whole country's heritage, ... But the dance speaks to everyone. ... Otherwise it wouldn't work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18440]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether the pitcher hits the stone or the stone hits the pitcher, it goes ill with the pitcher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38822]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, carried always a notebook in his pocket, and as soon as a thought darted, he presently entered it into his book, or otherwise he might perhaps ha]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The violets prattle and titter, And gaze on the stars high above. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60708]]></link><description><![CDATA[The violets prattle and titter, And gaze on the stars high above.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to fill time is to waste it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14576]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to fill time is to waste it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16102]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth, thou shalt catch men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our advertising guidelines are such that Lowe's chooses not to advertise in controversial programming, including programming with gratuitous sex and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our advertising guidelines are such that Lowe's chooses not to advertise in controversial programming, including programming with gratuitous sex and violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Light seeking light doth light of light beguile. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Light seeking light doth light of light beguile. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is born to seek power, yet his actual condition makes him a slave to the power of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47972</guid></item></channel></rss>