<?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[Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me, To maken vertu of necessite,  And take it weel, that we may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thanne is it wysdom, as thynketh me, To maken vertu of necessite,  And take it weel, that we may not eschu,   And namely that that to us alle is due.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53618]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad. "You must have little to do," said the man. The next day, they met again. Once more the lad was weeping. "Why do you weep now?" asked the man. "I am weeping because I have nothing to eat," said the lad. "I thought it would come to that," said the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53618</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[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40259]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be a certain amount of common sense. As we know, common sense isn't that common.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pain Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart  Is stirred thus in the wound again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pain Remembrance gives, when the fix'd dart  Is stirred thus in the wound again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61632]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?  No! grown, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18382]]></link><description><![CDATA[What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?  No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne'er forgets;   May learn a thousand things, not twice the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us believe neither half of the good people tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil they say of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54271]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident,--that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61889]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl -- and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to -- which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like I said earlier, the movie is metaphorical for the world. Today we're seeing so many instances of monumental duplicity, ... I think that's the task, in a way, to show what an architect of duplicity this character is, in his simplicity, forthrightness and morality. It's a strange and wonderful study of how far a horrible lie can be taken in terms of a character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is very little disease here. We have not been seeing the diseases that many people around the country feared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32275]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is very little disease here. We have not been seeing the diseases that many people around the country feared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain  Of finite hearts that yearn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain  Of finite hearts that yearn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5759]]></link><description><![CDATA["Charm" - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wound is for you, but the pain is for me. [Fr., La blessure est pour vous, la douleur est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wound is for you, but the pain is for me. [Fr., La blessure est pour vous, la douleur est pour moi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christians seeking social justice have a special responsibility. Much more is required than the bringing of aid to people who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christians seeking social justice have a special responsibility. Much more is required than the bringing of aid to people who are homeless and in need, and contributing to their support. There are real dangers to be faced. It must never be allowed to appear that charity is dispensed to the unfortunate by superior beings... Much greater care must be taken to identify the giver with those whom he comes to serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9200]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather have five energetic and competent enemies than one fool friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is likely to be highest when misery is bearable; when conditions have so improved that an ideal state seems almost within reach. A grievance is most poignant when almost redressed. De Tocqueville in his researches into the state of society in France before the revolution was struck by the discovery that "in no one of the periods which have followed the Revolution of 1789 has the national prosperity of France augmented more rapidly than it did in the twenty years preceding that event." He is forced to conclude that "the French found their position the more intolerable the better it became.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48533]]></link><description><![CDATA[To throw a blot on a man's reputation by praising him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48718]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sword laid by, Which eats into itself, and rusts ingloriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43851]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13183]]></link><description><![CDATA[The proof of the pudding is in the eating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49412]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not have peace, God gives him warre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10014]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do. He has lain down to die, and the grass is already over him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will not let happen to Soldiers these days what happened to the Vietnam Soldiers when they came back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38699]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will not let happen to Soldiers these days what happened to the Vietnam Soldiers when they came back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55267]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know that look women get when they want sex? Me neither]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32873]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are making investments now so they need our advice as to how to go about doing it. So an agreement is urgent for us in the U.S..]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming in my freshman year we were a .500 team. Ohio State hasn't done it since the 1980s, so it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming in my freshman year we were a .500 team. Ohio State hasn't done it since the 1980s, so it means a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obviously, there's quite a lot of concern about what's going on around the world. Greed has been replaced by fear. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obviously, there's quite a lot of concern about what's going on around the world. Greed has been replaced by fear. There's not much rationality in a greed environment and there's not much rationality in a fear environment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only positive consequences encourage good future performances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only positive consequences encourage good future performances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important to come prepared. Particularly during night digs, we also ask people to keep a close eye on young children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6685]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a series on the person of Jesus:  Jesus is honey in the mouth, music in the ear, a song of gladness in the heart.  ... Bernard of Clairvaux May 8, 2000 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/6685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And took for truth the test of ridicule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54224]]></link><description><![CDATA[And took for truth the test of ridicule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10321]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45755]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16031]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62741]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always the simple that produces the marvelous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65274]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always the simple that produces the marvelous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu;  Though we sever, my fond heart  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45562]]></link><description><![CDATA[One kind kiss before we part, Drop a tear, and bid adieu;  Though we sever, my fond heart   Till we meet shall pant for you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If blue collar jobs are leavingand white collar jobs are outsourcedwhat color collar jobs are left? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10681]]></link><description><![CDATA[If blue collar jobs are leavingand white collar jobs are outsourcedwhat color collar jobs are left?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces doesn't want to be in a position where anyone might say she has divided loyalties. I don't believe for a second she would have had them, but symbols are important.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a lot anarchists are out there who see what they're doing as a long-term war against technology. They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36672]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a lot anarchists are out there who see what they're doing as a long-term war against technology. They don't believe in taking credit -- they just want to do damage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4425]]></link><description><![CDATA[An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well, January is slow. ... Why not? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well, January is slow. ... Why not?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49507]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all fooles wore white Caps, wee should seeme a flock of geese.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60676]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63275]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63275</guid></item></channel></rss>