<?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 ingenuous youth of nations-- Holland, France, England, Germany or Spain;  I pray ye flog ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48754]]></link><description><![CDATA[O ye who teach the ingenuous 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/48754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28028]]></link><description><![CDATA[God has been replaced, as he has all over the West, with respectability and air conditioning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One today is worth two tomorrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59451]]></link><description><![CDATA[One today is worth two tomorrows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto Wished him five fathom under the Rialto. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to love and be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25831]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to love and be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24868]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more; it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47337]]></link><description><![CDATA[...there is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People aren't going to be happy if it goes down this way. I hope we get a simpler solution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35013]]></link><description><![CDATA[People aren't going to be happy if it goes down this way. I hope we get a simpler solution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41768]]></link><description><![CDATA[In your free time, you will choose who to hang out with. If you were to show me your friends, I could tell you your future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59467]]></link><description><![CDATA[You pile up enough tomorrows, and you'll find you've collected a lot of empty yesterdays.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10927]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They long to be / Close to you / On the day that you were born the angels got together / And decided to create a dream come true / So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair and golden starlight in your eyes of blue...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637  There is a pride of faith, more unforgiveable and dangerous than the pride of the intellect. It reveals a split personality in which faith is "observed" and appraised, thus negating that unity born of a dying-unto-self, which is the definition of faith. To "value" faith is to turn it into a metaphysical magic, the advantages of which ought to be reserved for a spiritual elite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32776]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets than they can even drill on. So why is Congress or the administration always looking for ways to exempt the wealthiest companies in the world from their environmental responsibilities?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13525]]></link><description><![CDATA[The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,  And earth's base built on stubble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14926]]></link><description><![CDATA[If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness,  And earth's base built on stubble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her plates are scarred by the sun, dear lass, And her ropes are taut with the dew,  For we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her plates are scarred by the sun, dear lass, And her ropes are taut with the dew,  For we're booming down on the old trail, our own trail, the out trail,   We're sagging south on the Long Trail, the trail that is always new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Training is useless unless you have a purpose, it's knowing for what purpose to train for that can break men's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Training is useless unless you have a purpose, it's knowing for what purpose to train for that can break men's fulfillment. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt there truth is--'tis her shadow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a call out to the community and surrounding areas to let them know about the situation we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41495]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a call out to the community and surrounding areas to let them know about the situation we are in to stay open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything will past, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything will past, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,  That starts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58786]]></link><description><![CDATA[What gem hath dropp'd, and sparkles o'er his chain? The tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,  That starts at once--bright pure--from Pity's mine,   Already polish'd by the hand divine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1827]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war. [Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31889]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had 10 dropped passes. Shane easily could have had 400 passing yards. And that's no surprise at all. He's an unbelievable athlete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take gifts with a sigh: most men give to be paid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During the occupation of Iraq, both US and UK used cluster bombs which killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians. The purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29898]]></link><description><![CDATA[During the occupation of Iraq, both US and UK used cluster bombs which killed hundreds of Iraqi civilians. The purpose of using these bombs was to test their efficiency, not to kill Saddam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before I knew the best part of my life had come, it had gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53028]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling,  To thought and impulse while they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19765]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heart bow'd down by weight of woe, To weakest hope will cling,  To thought and impulse while they flow,   That can no comfort bring,    That can, that can no comfort bring,     With those exciting scenes will blend,      O'er pleasure's pathway thrown;       But mem'ry is the only friend        That grief can call its own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scope is a pox on humanity. It's corrupted the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scope is a pox on humanity. It's corrupted the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24406]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29853]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a free world there is, alas, more common crime than in a dictatorial system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks;  And when she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks;  And when she winds them round a young man's neck,   She will not ever set him free again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49900]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ofspring of those that are very young, or very old, lasts not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  How often we look upon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The water is just too bad. The salvage company hired by the insurance is going to take over now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The water is just too bad. The salvage company hired by the insurance is going to take over now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56502]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge is gained by learning; trust by doubt; skill by practice; and love by love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mind conscious of its own rectitude. [Lat., Mens sibi conscia recti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got our composure back. Last week, we missed a lot of tackles. This week, we got them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37437]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got our composure back. Last week, we missed a lot of tackles. This week, we got them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37437</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></channel></rss>