<?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[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893  If the true revelation of God is in Christ, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893  If the true revelation of God is in Christ, the Bible is not properly a revelation, but the History of a Revelation. This is not only a Fact but a necessity, for a Person cannot be revealed in a Book, but must find revelation, if at all, in a Person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is lost yet, nothing broken, and yet the cold blue word is spoken: say goodbye now to the Sun, the days of love and leaves are done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63392]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why do people in ship mutinies always ask for "better treatment"? I'd ask for a pinball machine, because with all that rocking back and forth you'd probably be able to get a lot of free games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sacrifice, which is the passion of great souls, has never been the law of societies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware Of entrance to a quarrel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware Of entrance to a quarrel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While Fell was reposing himself in the hay, A reptile concealed bit his leg as he lay;  But, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46868]]></link><description><![CDATA[While Fell was reposing himself in the hay, A reptile concealed bit his leg as he lay;  But, all venom himself, of the wound he made light,   And got well, while the scorpion died of the bite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing that must be endured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58153]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to change my life a lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34150]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to change my life a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maidens, like moths, are ever caught, by glare, And Mammon wins his way where seraphs might despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59738]]></link><description><![CDATA[A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each of the arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each of the arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Temptations hurt not, though they have accesse; Satan o'ercomes none but by willingnesse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9531]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of evening tinct, The purple-streaming Amethyst is thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of evening tinct, The purple-streaming Amethyst is thine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ty it well, and let it goe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ty it well, and let it goe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two voices are there; one is of the sea, One of the mountains: each a mighty Voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13676]]></link><description><![CDATA[If someone is blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43346]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I look at the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Biography is one of the new terrors of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Biography is one of the new terrors of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gallantry to women--the sure road to their favor--is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gallantry to women--the sure road to their favor--is nothing but the appearance of extreme devotion to all their wants and wishes, a delight in their satisfaction, and a confidence in yourself as being able to contribute toward it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goodness is the only investment that never fails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goodness is the only investment that never fails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just happy to get a few balls over the net and let my partner run around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37348]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just happy to get a few balls over the net and let my partner run around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32010]]></link><description><![CDATA[The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1773]]></link><description><![CDATA[A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. Instead of its bringing sad and melancholy prospects of decay, it would give us hopes of eternal youth in a better world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was ever debated in America; and a greater perhaps never was, nor will be, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that those United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32345]]></link><description><![CDATA[On Blur bassist Alex James: I used to punch Alex a lot. He used to say really annoying things. I think he liked being punched.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27651]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more you say, the less people remember. The fewer the words, the greater the profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17992]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thousand years scarce serve to form a state; An hour may lay it in the dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48517]]></link><description><![CDATA[As high as Heaven, as deep as Hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It just seems like the last three or four days I've been able to keep my legs under me and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35265]]></link><description><![CDATA[It just seems like the last three or four days I've been able to keep my legs under me and kind of drive the ball. It's been a long time since I've had six hits and none of them have been singles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17068]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39363]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's always happy, so that makes me really happy, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine;  But might I of Jove's nectar ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thirst that from the soul doth rise, Doth ask a drink divine;  But might I of Jove's nectar sup,   I would not change for thine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can laugh together, you can work together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58772]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can laugh together, you can work together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inaction may be the biggest form of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inaction may be the biggest form of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head;  For men, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Princes that would their people should do well Must at themselves begin, as at the head;  For men, by their example, pattern out   Their limitations, and regard of laws:    A virtuous court a world to virtue draws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.  Oh, yo' daddy's rich, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer time an' the livin' is easy, Fish are jumpin' an' the cotton is high.  Oh, yo' daddy's rich, and yo' ma' is good-lookin',   So hush, little baby, don' yo' cry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   This Gospel accords perfectly with the account which St. Paul gives of his preaching in the last address to the Ephesian elders, and it contains all the elements which are to be found in all the sermons and in all the notices of St. Paul's preaching in the Acts, except only the answers to the objections against the Gospel, and the proofs of its truth, which would be manifestly out of place in writing to Christians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind has exactly the same power as the hands: not merely to grasp the world, but to change it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30782]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not getting any clamoring (for a special session) from constituents or anybody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice President Dan Quayle    Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. •Ambrose Bierce    You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Political history is largely an account of mass violence and of the expenditure of vast resources to cope with mythical fears and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47653</guid></item></channel></rss>