<?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[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sickness seizes the body from bad ventilation. [Lat., Aere non certo corpora languor habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have head the nightingale herself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44538]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have head the nightingale herself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3681]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where itlooks impossible, and then gets discouraged. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where itlooks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place tobecome discouraged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50347]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jackdaw, stript of her stolen colours, provokes our laughter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14616]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not the sum of our possessions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not the sum of our possessions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9429]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two best physicians of them all -- Dr. Laughter and Dr. Sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next these learn'd Jonson in this list I bring Who had drunk deep of the Pierian Spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4239]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do you ne'er think what wondrous beings these? Do you ne'er think who made them, and who taught  The dialect they speak, where melodies   Alone are the interpreters of thought?    Whose household words are songs in many keys,     Sweeter than instrument of man e'er caught!   - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14152]]></link><description><![CDATA[To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est errare, nullius nisi insipientis in errore perseverare.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like they have a backer, and it's always all about the money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34327]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like they have a backer, and it's always all about the money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great paines quickly find ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great paines quickly find ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That suggests that the size of the average house is stabilizing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35894]]></link><description><![CDATA[That suggests that the size of the average house is stabilizing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make;  We bring our precious gifts to them,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8628]]></link><description><![CDATA[For little children everywhere A joyous season still we make;  We bring our precious gifts to them,   Even for the dear child Jesus' sake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8260]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christ is the Master; the Scriptures are only the servant. The true way to test all the Books is to see whether they work the will of Christ or not. No Book which does not preach Christ can be apostolic, though Peter or Paul were its author. And no Book which does preach Christ can fail to be apostolic, although Judas, Ananias, Pilate, or Herod were its author.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/820]]></link><description><![CDATA[What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity for the closest possible intimacy with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/185]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man earnestly seeks a righteous life, his first act of abstinence is from animal food.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25895]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46022]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sacred Dove a quill did lend From her high-soaring wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50800]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hate the hawk because he ever lives in battle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50449]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become rich, wishes to become so as quickly as possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65124]]></link><description><![CDATA[I actually think sadness and darkness can be very beautiful and healing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bigotry is the disease of ignorance, of morbid minds; enthusiasm of the free and buoyant. education and free discussion are the antidotes of both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Proposeth, God disposeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man Proposeth, God disposeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap  Of murky buildings: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57182]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap  Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,--   Nature's observatory--whence the dell,    In flowery slopes, its river's crystal swell,     May seem a span; let me thy vigils keep      'Mongst boughs pavilion'd, where the deer's swift leap       Startles the wild bee from the foxglove bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12600]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of indifference to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51740]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am myself a man, and nothing relating to men is a matter of indifference to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44097]]></link><description><![CDATA[I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;  Or out of breath with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61642]]></link><description><![CDATA[The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew;  Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge   Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay a little and news will find you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay a little and news will find you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword. [Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46014]]></link><description><![CDATA[From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the sword. [Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis strange how like a very dunce, Man, with his bumps upon his sconce,  Has lived so long, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46576]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis strange how like a very dunce, Man, with his bumps upon his sconce,  Has lived so long, and yet no knowledge he   Has had, till lately, of Phrenology--    A science that by simple dint of     Head-combing he should find a hint of,      When scratching o'er those little pole-hills       The faculties throw up like mole hills.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285   If I slip into the place that can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285   If I slip into the place that can be filled by Christ alone, making myself the first necessity to a soul instead of leading it to fasten upon Him, then I know nothing of Calvary love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With vollies of eternal babble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58605]]></link><description><![CDATA[With vollies of eternal babble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed  Incessantly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13104]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around, around in ceaseless circles wheeling With clangs of wings and scream, the Eagle sailed  Incessantly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[might is right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19901]]></link><description><![CDATA[might is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth troubles over eternity, age grasps at a day and is satisfied to have even the day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth troubles over eternity, age grasps at a day and is satisfied to have even the day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48508]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father, now in heaven, is a keeper of the birds. And his eye is on his sparrow]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46942]]></link><description><![CDATA[You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your identity and your success go hand in hand. Many people sacrifice their identities by not doing what they really want to do. And that's why they're not successful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The process builds faith. You have to trust God and pray a lot - for yourself, for Habitat, for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30025]]></link><description><![CDATA[The process builds faith. You have to trust God and pray a lot - for yourself, for Habitat, for the other families.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30025</guid></item></channel></rss>