<?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[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/94]]></link><description><![CDATA[God does not ask about our ability, but our availability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/94</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of our reach the gods have laid Of time to come th' event,  And laugh to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of our reach the gods have laid Of time to come th' event,  And laugh to see the fools afraid   Of what the knaves invent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not understanding the process of a spontaneously-ordered economy goes hand-in-hand with not understanding the creation of resources and wealth. And when a person does not understand the creation of resources and wealth, the only intellectual alternative is to believe that increasing wealth must be at the cost of someone else. This belief that our good fortune must be an exploitation of others may be the taproot of false prophecy about doom that our evil ways must bring upon us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44972]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this -- that we may have and change our opinions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38397]]></link><description><![CDATA[By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Christianity should happen to be true -- that is to say, if its God is the real God of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7552]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Christianity should happen to be true -- that is to say, if its God is the real God of the universe -- then defending it may mean talking about anything and everything. Things can be irrelevant to the proposition that Christianity is false, but nothing can be irrelevant to the proposition that Christianity is true. [All] things not only may have something to do with the Christian God, but must have something to do with Him if He lives and reigns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63652]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the hardest of all: to close the open hand out of love, and keep modest as a giver.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest man in history was the poorest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47885]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest man in history was the poorest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a marked man, his time has come. He's the son of God for heaven's sake, he knows his words ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39704]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a marked man, his time has come. He's the son of God for heaven's sake, he knows his words are revolutionary, they're rocking the boats, challenging the vested interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was the type of player that stood up for his teammates. He's the kind of teammate that you really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39655]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was the type of player that stood up for his teammates. He's the kind of teammate that you really respected.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety is the spice of life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety is the spice of life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only your friends steal your books ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only your friends steal your books]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37312]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being 4 or 5 years old, sitting in front of a record player with headphones listening to my dad's albums,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62019]]></link><description><![CDATA[The finest words in the world are only vain sounds, if you cannot comprehend them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead;  And made his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54471]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the king's gate the moss grew gray; The king came not. They call'd him dead;  And made his eldest son, one day,   Slave in his father's stead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is easy to understand in America - it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18958]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a heavy eater of beef. Methinks it doth harm to his wit.Wm Shakespeare in Twelfth Night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43937]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble with weather forecasting is that it's right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before, beside us, and above The firefly lights his lamp of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied.  Are they not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Scots are poor, cries surly English pride; True is the charge, nor by themselves denied.  Are they not then in strictest reason clear,   Who wisely come to mend their fortunes here?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59768]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21666]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49895]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Benefits become business events, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Benefits become business events,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13821]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord, defend me from my friends; I can account for my enemies]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13821</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally  By rammin' Scriptur' in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54915]]></link><description><![CDATA[So we're all right, an' I, for one, Don't think our cause'll lose in vally  By rammin' Scriptur' in our gun,   An' gittin' Natur' for an ally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ade's Law: Anybody can win--unless there happens to be a second entry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24349]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ade's Law: Anybody can win--unless there happens to be a second entry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3104]]></link><description><![CDATA["Can you do addition?" the White Queen asked. "What's one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one and one?" "I don't know," said Alice. "I lost count."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60216]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had one of their low performances. We really took a few steps backward - steps we couldn't afford to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36502]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had one of their low performances. We really took a few steps backward - steps we couldn't afford to take.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034]]></link><description><![CDATA[Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deed is everything, the glory is naught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deed is everything, the glory is naught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1196]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a compelling reason to master information and news. Clearly there will be better job and financial opportunities. Other high stakes will be missed by people if they don't master and connect information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in life, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waiting is a trap. There will always be reasons to wait...The truth is, there are only two things in life, reasons and results, and reasons simply don't count.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/907]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not yet reached the goal but.. we shall soon, with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty shall be banished from this nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20953]]></link><description><![CDATA[An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm delighted we have a general manager who is in demand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41846]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm delighted we have a general manager who is in demand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have any objection to what they're doing for City Center, and we understand that people want different things, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41617]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have any objection to what they're doing for City Center, and we understand that people want different things, ... But that's not why people choose to live out here. We don't want bus lines and bigger roads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47222]]></link><description><![CDATA[An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. - Beyond the Horizon, 1942.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18350]]></link><description><![CDATA[While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[During all the years with Pete [Sampras], everybody would talk about the finals. I think Pete and I were the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29178]]></link><description><![CDATA[During all the years with Pete [Sampras], everybody would talk about the finals. I think Pete and I were the only two guys not thinking about that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The point is that you can't be too greedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The point is that you can't be too greedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said: that it was a Great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7740]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said: that it was a Great delusion to think that the times of prayer ought to differ from other times; that we are as strictly obliged to adhere to God by action in the time of action, as by prayer in its season.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7740</guid></item></channel></rss>