<?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[Monotheism is a gift from the gods. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Monotheism is a gift from the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I conjure you, my brethren, to remain faithful to earth, and do not believe those who speak unto you of superterrestrial hopes! Poisoners they are, whether they know it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout,  Touched by light, with heavenly warning   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soft as Memnon's harp at morning, To the inward ear devout,  Touched by light, with heavenly warning   Your transporting chords ring out.    Every leaf in every nook,     Every wave in every brook,      Chanting with a solemn voice       Minds us of our better choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28391]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55955]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would give all my fame for a pot of ale and safety. -King Henry V. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25171]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning andlo! Your purse is magnificently filled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21930]]></link><description><![CDATA[The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning andlo! Your purse is magnificently filled with 24 hours of the unmanufacturedtissue of the universe of life. It is yours! The most precious of yourpossessions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speech is silvern, silence is golden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14172]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,    And, in this upshot, purposes mistook     Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62722]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Influencing people is dangerous. Their acts and thoughts become your illegitimate children. You can't get away from them and Heaven ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Influencing people is dangerous. Their acts and thoughts become your illegitimate children. You can't get away from them and Heaven knows what they mayn't grow up into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the glue that bonds a broken heart, but love is the air which dries the glue. -J. Franklin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the glue that bonds a broken heart, but love is the air which dries the glue. -J. Franklin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Savage bears agree with one another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Savage bears agree with one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution as to warm without heating, to cheer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution as to warm without heating, to cheer but not inebriate. (Tar Water.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27959]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29037]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're getting hurt, but I'm a long-term investor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64836]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm tired of ignoring that I march to a different beat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is spiritualized imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could be into mid-July until we see the Dow break that record. It may take another round of earnings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38856]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could be into mid-July until we see the Dow break that record. It may take another round of earnings to give it that push.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of Thought,--the magic of the Mind!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll discover that real love is millions of miles past falling in love with anyone or anything. When you make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25807]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll discover that real love is millions of miles past falling in love with anyone or anything. When you make that one effort to feel compassion instead of blame or self-blame, the heart opens again and continues opening. -Sara Paddison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25807</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are some rougher realities about being a writer in Montana, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40107]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are some rougher realities about being a writer in Montana,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't, and that's a spouse who can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28048]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one thing more exasperating than a spouse who can cook and won't, and that's a spouse who can't cook and will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27448]]></link><description><![CDATA[The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter "O."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But these are foolish things to all the wise, And I love wisdom more than she loves me;  My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61754]]></link><description><![CDATA[But these are foolish things to all the wise, And I love wisdom more than she loves me;  My tendency is to philosophise   On most things, from a tyrant to a tree;    But still the spouseless virgin Knowledge flies,     What are we? and whence come we? what shall be      Our ultimate existence? What's our present?       Are questions answerless, and yet incessant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The] doctrine of progress sustained our fathers in the carrying of capitalistic democratic culture to most parts of the globe. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6740]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The] doctrine of progress sustained our fathers in the carrying of capitalistic democratic culture to most parts of the globe. Its core was the conviction that in thus extending the range of western liberal culture and developing its assumptions, they were in effect establishing on earth that which would grow into the kingdom of God. Some put it sharply but un-Biblically: "building the Kingdom". That whole view exists today only as debris, for it has foundered on the rocks, not so much of human sin, as of the contradictions and complexities of the very western culture which was the substance of its belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should be religious, not superstitious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48982]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should be religious, not superstitious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8054]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41204]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3429]]></link><description><![CDATA[So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417 Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  And what might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417 Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  And what might this noble Lord do of more worship and joy to me than to show me (that am so simple) this marvelous homeliness [i.e., naturalness and simplicity]? Thus it fareth with our Lord Jesus and with us. For truly it is the most joy that may be that He that is highest and mightiest, noblest and worthiest, is lowest and meekest, homeliest and most courteous: and truly this marvelous joy shall be shewn us all when we see Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are pauses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are pauses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls. Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;  Dresses to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dresses for breakfasts, and dinners, and balls. Dresses to sit in, and stand in, and walk in;  Dresses to dance in, and flirt in, and talk in,   Dresses in which to do nothing at all;    Dresses for Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall;     All of them different in color and shape.      Silk, muslin, and lace, velvet, satin, and crape,       Brocade and broadcloth, and other material,        Quite as expensive and much more ethereal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63067]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dont put off living to next week, next month, next year or next decade. The only time you're ever living is in this moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle  It is not in our life that God's help and presence must still be proved, but rather God's presence and help have been demonstrated for us in the life of Jesus Christ. It is, in fact, more important for us to know what God did to Israel and to His Son Jesus Christ, than to seek what God intends for us today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48437]]></link><description><![CDATA[And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5963]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as you can still be dissapointed, you are still young. -Sarah Churchill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64351]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49522]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you loose your time, you cannot get mony nor gaine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new broome sweepeth cleane. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50606]]></link><description><![CDATA[A new broome sweepeth cleane.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid of death so much as an inadequate life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is for children. But it is for grown-ups too. Even if it is a headache, a chore, and a nightmare, it is a period of necessary defrosting of chilled hidebound hearts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has many eyes. [Sp., El miedo tiene muchos ojos.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15503</guid></item></channel></rss>