<?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[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  In religion, we are not asked to make up our minds, we are asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  In religion, we are not asked to make up our minds, we are asked to make up our lives... We may refuse to make up our minds, but our lives get made up, one way or the other... Whatever we believe with our minds, our lives are committed either to God's way or to the God-denying way, and what matters in religion is the act of commitment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Metaphors are dangerous. Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27633]]></link><description><![CDATA[[You reporters] should have printed what he meant, not what he said.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you wonder how you got on this mountain. But sometimes you wonder, "How will I get off?".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it my be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every event is a judgment of God. [Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23546]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every event is a judgment of God. [Ger., Denn aller Ausgang ist ein Gottesurheil.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we came up with the idea of dressing up as ice princesses. So it's been kind of fun. We'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33318]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we came up with the idea of dressing up as ice princesses. So it's been kind of fun. We'd hate to be another person in blaze orange.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10814]]></link><description><![CDATA[When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white  And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue   Do paint the meadows with delight,    The cuckoo then, on every tree,     Mocks married men: for thus sings he, Cuckoo;      Cuckoo, cuckoo: O, word of fear,       Unpleasing to a married ear!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unity of freedom has never relied on uniformity of opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45510]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where Mercy, Love, and Pity dwell There God is dwelling too. For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59606]]></link><description><![CDATA[The traveled mind is the catholic mind educated from exclusiveness and egotism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egad, I think the interpreter is the hardest to be understood of the two!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Ergo...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had them lay on the ground until the sheriff's department got there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had them lay on the ground until the sheriff's department got there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21440]]></link><description><![CDATA[The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the life of each family member so that this eternal principle will be ingrained in their lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20751]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: "Is it true in and for itself?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55095]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11404]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until people stop burning, it's going to keep going up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until people stop burning, it's going to keep going up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48674]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caring is a reflex... You live, you help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caring is a reflex... You live, you help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this for a song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57211]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this for a song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. Butthe spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21182]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. Butthe spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're there before it's over, you're on time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52533]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're there before it's over, you're on time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48478]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52416]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's amazing how much "mature wisdom" resembles being too tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33068]]></link><description><![CDATA[Franz Kline, who became known for his black and white paintings, did a whole series of gorgeous landscapes and wonderful portraits that may still hang in Greenwich Village.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16676]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves besides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still harping on my daughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still harping on my daughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42535]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you sound like yourself. That's all you can possibly do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14715]]></link><description><![CDATA[You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under normal conditions the research scientist is not an innovator but a solver of puzzles, and the puzzles upon which he concentrates are just those which he believes can be both stated and solved within the existing scientific tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eve in the garden gives Adam a hard onAnd no one will pardon the snakeLook who invents him and later ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eve in the garden gives Adam a hard onAnd no one will pardon the snakeLook who invents him and later torments himThen makes us repent our mistakes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them --but at the same time I sensed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62475]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was learning the importance of names -- having them, making them --but at the same time I sensed the dangers. Recognition was followed by oblivion, a yawning maw whose victims disappeared without a trace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26118]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is a direct experience independent of and prior to intellectual abstractions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,  Your locks were like the raven,   Your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45666]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,  Your locks were like the raven,   Your bonny brow was brent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52129]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52129</guid></item></channel></rss>