<?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[Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65501]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What 's gone and what 's past help Should be past grief. -The Winter's Tale. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55773]]></link><description><![CDATA[What 's gone and what 's past help Should be past grief. -The Winter's Tale. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon,  And please myself with, while ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45568]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we must part forever, Give me but one kind word to think upon,  And please myself with, while my heart's breaking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19543]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40258]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's here to stay, but there are problems to be ironed out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38725]]></link><description><![CDATA[an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52596]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man's mind becomes pure, his surroundings will also become pure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think doing everything just right is not as important a message these days. It's not as salient a message as doing everything with style and panache.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recognize the problem in Rocky Mountain National Park. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41818]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recognize the problem in Rocky Mountain National Park.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63213]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62473]]></link><description><![CDATA[You yawn to equalize the pressure on your eardrums. This pressure change outside your eardrums unbalances other people's ear pressures, so they must yawn to even it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self Empowerment -Doc Childre. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5249]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self Empowerment -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories last forever, never do they die, Friends stick together and never really say Goodbye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memories last forever, never do they die, Friends stick together and never really say Goodbye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the disarray in the Knesset, whatever's going on there, he's going to make a deal in the name of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the disarray in the Knesset, whatever's going on there, he's going to make a deal in the name of the people of Israel, and he's going to sell it to the people of Israel, and ultimately, because the people in the Knesset are politicians, they will have to back him up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my thill-horse has on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51407]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a beard hast thou got! thou hast got more hair on thy chin than Dobbin my thill-horse has on his tail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy on N and N and on all that bear me ill will, and would me harm, and on their faults and mine together; and by such easy, tender, merciful means as Thine infinite wisdom best can divine, vouchsafe to amend and redress; and make us saved souls together in heaven where we may ever live and love together with Thee and Thy blessed saints, O glorious Trinity, for the bitter passion of our sweet saviour Christ, amen.   ... ascribed to Sir Thomas More  July 7, 2002   O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee; mercifully accept our prayers; and because, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   ... Collect for the first Sunday after Trinity, The Book of Common Prayer [1928]  July 8, 2002   Happily for us, the fundamental Christian message concerns not what we ought to do, but what God has done and what God is willing to do. In fellowship with Him and with others who are likewise trying to be like Him, we can be lifted up above our native possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is evermore a slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51128]]></link><description><![CDATA[An old man at school is a contemptible and ridiculous object.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty's a fool And loses that it works for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty's a fool And loses that it works for.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie,  When from neither hill or dale,   Chants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4234]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the swallows homeward fly, When the roses scattered lie,  When from neither hill or dale,   Chants the silvery nightingale:    In these works my bleeding heart     Would to thee its brief impart;      When I thus thy image lose       Can I, ah! can I, e'er know repose?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's good to win, but we need to wrestle better. As a team we didn't wrestle good, but a few ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40317]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's good to win, but we need to wrestle better. As a team we didn't wrestle good, but a few kids pulled it through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26091]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Police were told the group was armed and they had made political demands, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Police were told the group was armed and they had made political demands,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,  More pangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10455]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,  More pangs and fears than wars or women have;   And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,    Never to hope again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Souls  We need never shout across the spaces to an absent God. He is nearer than our own soul, closer than our most secret thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.  [Ger., Ich ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52467]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish the crowd to feel itself well treated, Especially since it lives and lets me live.  [Ger., Ich wunschte sehr, der Menge zu behagen,   Besonders weil sie lebt und leben lasst.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54748]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there's a lust in man no charm can tame Of loudly publishing our neighbour's shame;  On eagles' wings immortal scandals fly,   While virtuous actions are but borne to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is by far the longest pleasure; Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I felt like slitting my wrists I used to like listening to depressed singers from the 1970s. It was great music for a misunderstood teenager. And when I'm feeling misunderstood these days, I'll stick on a bit of Leonard Cohen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We might not need Barry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34859]]></link><description><![CDATA[We might not need Barry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Act honestly, and answer boldly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Act honestly, and answer boldly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617  We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Rose of Lima, Contemplative, 1617  We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition: that our life express Christ, the bond of our adoption. Accordingly, unless we give and devote ourselves to righteousness, we not only revolt from our Creator with wicked perfidy, but we also abjure our Savior Himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is responsible to himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The silente man still suffers wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The silente man still suffers wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day of wrath that day of burning, Seer and Sibyl speak concerning,  All the world to ashes turning.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day of wrath that day of burning, Seer and Sibyl speak concerning,  All the world to ashes turning.   [Lat., Dies irae, dies illa!    Solvet saeclum in favilla,     Teste David cum Sybilla.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D'Angelo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow. -Anthony J. D'Angelo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books were my pass to personal freedom. I learned to read at age three, and soon discovered there was a whole world to conquer that went beyond our farm in Mississippi.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Lamentations 3:27 ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62578]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. Lamentations 3:27]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't beat somebody with nobody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36855]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't beat somebody with nobody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4474]]></link><description><![CDATA[In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That guy, if he's not the first pick in the country, I'd be awfully surprised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34472]]></link><description><![CDATA[That guy, if he's not the first pick in the country, I'd be awfully surprised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50538]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48309]]></link><description><![CDATA[The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49267]]></link><description><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49267</guid></item></channel></rss>