<?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[One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law, like the Jewish, for two reasons. (1) It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8543]]></link><description><![CDATA[One mustn't make the Christian life into a punctilious system of law, like the Jewish, for two reasons. (1) It raises scruples when we don't keep the routine. (2) It raises presumption when we do. Nothing gives one a more spuriously good conscience than keeping rules, even if there has been a total absence of all real charity and faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[At the Old-Time Radio Convention, which expects 600 attendees this weekend, leaders have begun inviting television stars -- over the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29667]]></link><description><![CDATA[[At the Old-Time Radio Convention, which expects 600 attendees this weekend, leaders have begun inviting television stars -- over the objections of purists who argue that only radio performers should be welcome.] If it becomes 'Friends of Old-Time Television,' I'm out of there, ... Let's Pretend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26310]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires. The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is thinking on paper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is thinking on paper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is originality? Undetected plagiarism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45293]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down And rest your gentle head upon her lap,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59937]]></link><description><![CDATA[She bids you on the wanton rushes lay you down And rest your gentle head upon her lap,  And she will sing the song that pleaseth you   And on your eyelids crown the god of sleep,    Charming your brood with pleasing heaviness,     Making such difference 'twixt wake and sleep      As is the difference betwixt day and night       The hour before the heavenly-harnessed team        Begins his golden progress in the east.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9562]]></link><description><![CDATA[... it is certain that the real function of art is to increase our self-consciousness; to make us more aware of what we are, and therefore of what the universe in which we live really is. And since mathematics, in its own way, also performs this function, it is not only aesthetically charming but profoundly significant. It is an art, and a great art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scoff not at the natural defects of any which are not in their power to amend. It is cruel to beat a cripple with his own crutches!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29145]]></link><description><![CDATA[His heroism, patriotism and service to the country are something we all need to see as a role model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66894]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But monument themselves memorials need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43038]]></link><description><![CDATA[But monument themselves memorials need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved, Where still so much is said;  One half will never be believed,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friend, for your epitaph I'm grieved, Where still so much is said;  One half will never be believed,   The other never read.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/97]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/97</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roche is one of the most outstanding companies in the pharmaceutical industry in our view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roche is one of the most outstanding companies in the pharmaceutical industry in our view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strew on her roses, roses, / And never a spray of yew. / In quiet she reposes: / Ah! would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strew on her roses, roses, / And never a spray of yew. / In quiet she reposes: / Ah! would that I did too!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The race went well but the start was difficult. The gun isn't loud enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race went well but the start was difficult. The gun isn't loud enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to the vanquished! [Lat., Vae victis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to the vanquished! [Lat., Vae victis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40219]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father is a man of impeccable character who has worked tirelessly for the United Nations for many years. His integrity is beyond reproach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48574]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a thing loves, it is infinite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20816]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a thing loves, it is infinite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19317]]></link><description><![CDATA[All history is a Bible--a thing stated in words by me more than once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42327]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16733]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people are successful unless a lot of other people want them to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination continually frustrates tradition, that is its function. -John Pfeiffer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination continually frustrates tradition, that is its function. -John Pfeiffer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61300]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's ale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though peace be made, yet it's interest that keep peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64374]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History books that contain no lies are extremely dull. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19394]]></link><description><![CDATA[History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men argue cases, fools decide them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men argue cases, fools decide them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the transmission of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fasts are done; the Aves said; The moon has filled her horn  And in the solemn night I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13149]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fasts are done; the Aves said; The moon has filled her horn  And in the solemn night I watch   Before the Easter morn.    So pure, so still the starry heaven,     So hushed the brooding air,      I could hear the sweep of an angel's wings       If one should earthward fare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1169]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees  Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees  Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,   Nor looks to see the breaking day    Across the mournful marbles play!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, planttrees. If you plan for 100 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21411]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you plan for one year, plant rice. If you plan for ten years, planttrees. If you plan for 100 years, educate mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26305]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is beautiful, but has a disease called man]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58367]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England! -King Henry V. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55969]]></link><description><![CDATA[An arrant traitor as any is in the universal world, or in France, or in England! -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 8.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23527]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men say that there are three sorts of persons who are wholly deprived of judgment,--they who are ambitious of preferments in the courts of princes; they who make use of poison to show their skill in curing it; and they who intrust women with their secrets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Lancelot Andrewes, Bishop of Winchester, Spiritual Writer, 1626 Commemoration of Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Monastic Reformer, Teacher, 1392  The more we study the early Church, the more we realize that it was a society of ministers. About the only similarity between the Church at Corinth and a contemporary congregation, either Roman Catholic or Protestant, is that both are marked, to a great degree, by the presence of sinners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7434</guid></item></channel></rss>