<?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[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48454]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs  Of coming mischief is thy great delight,   Good dost thou ne'er foretell nor bring to pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literalism gets its name from its insistence that what we find in the Bible is not just the Word of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literalism gets its name from its insistence that what we find in the Bible is not just the Word of God but the very words of God. The distinction is of tremendous importance. The phrase "Word of God" as used in the Bible itself, notably in the opening sentences of the Fourth Gospel, is an English translation of a Greek word, Logos, which was in wide use among philosophers at the time the New Testament was written. It connotes the creative, outgoing, self-revealing activity of God. The Logos was not a particular divine utterance, but God's overall message to mankind. It was not necessarily communicated verbally in speech or writing. Indeed, the whole point of Christianity is that the supreme communication of the Word took place when it was expressed through a human life and personality in Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9438]]></link><description><![CDATA[An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught  Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61308]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis a little thing To give a cup of water; yet its draught  Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips,   May give a shock of pleasure to the frame    More exquisite than when nectarean juice     Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56618]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cunning and treachery are the offspring of incapacity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were able to visualize single nuclear pore complexes. This allowed us not only to watch as single pores formed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32592]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were able to visualize single nuclear pore complexes. This allowed us not only to watch as single pores formed but also to demonstrate that they formed from scratch without the help of already existing pores.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8393]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and the presence of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1917]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He said if (the U.S. team) loses, he can say he did his best and that he was prepared for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35852]]></link><description><![CDATA[He said if (the U.S. team) loses, he can say he did his best and that he was prepared for it. It builds up your confidence when you work hard at something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2849]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dress for women and I undress for men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No injury can be complained of by a consenting party. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50555]]></link><description><![CDATA[No injury can be complained of by a consenting party.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a campus setting, it's more of a secluded feel, as opposed to a high-rise. Plus, there's room for other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42208]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a campus setting, it's more of a secluded feel, as opposed to a high-rise. Plus, there's room for other facilities and amenities, such as more parking or a soccer field. When groups are working together, they don't have to get on a bus and drive to another building, they can just walk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25352]]></link><description><![CDATA[What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons. - Anthem for Doomed Youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human needs, wants, dreams and hopes. Its 'product' cannot be turned out on an assembly line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52893]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our body is a machine for living. It is organized for that, it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself, it will do more than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to keep his mouth shut, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2231]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that holds a marriage together is the husband being big enough to keep his mouth shut, to step back and see where his wife is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16157]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dave Weldon is the one who loses the most here because he isn't going out of his way to show his complete record. He's going to let this case cloud his reputation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,--a personage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier, in full military array.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7854]]></link><description><![CDATA[O God of earth and altar,  Bow down and hear our cry; Our earthly rulers falter,  Our people drift and die; The walls of gold entomb us,  The swords of scorn divide; Take not Thy thunder from us,  But take away our pride. From all that terror teaches,  From lies of tongue and pen; From all the easy speeches  That comfort cruel men; From sale and profanation  Of honor and the sword; From sleep and from damnation,  Deliver us, good Lord! Tie in a living tether  The prince and priest and thrall; Bind all our lives together,  Smite us and save us all; In ire and exultation  Aflame with faith, and free, Lift up a living nation,  A single sword to Thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47524]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8705]]></link><description><![CDATA[By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees  Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas for him who never sees The stars shine through his cypress-trees  Who, hopeless, lays his dead away,   Nor looks to see the breaking day    Across the mournful marbles play!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has passed his life in seclusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63488]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone can come in and get 20 points, at any given time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone can come in and get 20 points, at any given time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever--  And it may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59393]]></link><description><![CDATA[You to the left and I to the right, For the ways of men must sever--  And it may be for a day and a night,   And it well may be forever.    But whether we meet or whether we part,     (For our ways are past our knowing)      A pledge from the heart to its fellow heart,       On the ways we all are going!        Here's luck!         For we know not where we are going.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;   And so may you, for a light heart lives long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43757]]></link><description><![CDATA[By nature we have no defect that could not become a strength, no strength that could not become a defect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much will always wanting be To him who much desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My work is a game, a very serious game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62102]]></link><description><![CDATA[My work is a game, a very serious game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15604]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36567]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all four countries, it is clear that WFP will have to expand its existing operations to drought-affected populations in order to address the increasing needs. While final figures on the number of people in need of urgent assistance are still being established, donors must respond now if we are going to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5842]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12824]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is a place, a time, a consciousness, in which there is no love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have not the time to take our time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11769]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are not many things in life so beautiful as true friendship, and not many things more uncommon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10928]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are not many things in life so beautiful as true friendship, and not many things more uncommon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vision with action is a daydream; action without vision is a nightmare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stoughton tornado was probably a motivator as well, because that could just as easily have been Monroe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42077]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Stoughton tornado was probably a motivator as well, because that could just as easily have been Monroe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15377]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15377</guid></item></channel></rss>