<?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[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume that, because we are Christians, in the full biblical sense, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, automatically we shall be free from the influence of what surrounds us. The Holy Spirit can do what He will, but the Bible does not separate His work from knowledge; nor does the work of the Holy Spirit remove our responsibility as parents, pastors, evangelists, missionaries, or teachers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Martin, Monk, Bishop of Tours, 397   Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship -- and not as ends in themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sisters define their rivalry in terms of competition for the gold cup of parental love. It is never perceived as a cup which runneth over, rather a finite vessel from which the more one sister drinks, the less is left over for the others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38401]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that dies pays all debts. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56090]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that dies pays all debts. -The Tempest. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clay lies still but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad; when the journey's over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clay lies still but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad; when the journey's over There'll be time enough for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or, transcending the resources of religion, to relieve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can occur beyond the strength of faith to sustain, or, transcending the resources of religion, to relieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62092]]></link><description><![CDATA[To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pity me that the heart is slow to learn What the swift mind beholds at every turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We brought the mall back, they were brought back really quickly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31119]]></link><description><![CDATA[We brought the mall back, they were brought back really quickly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog won't forsake his master because of his poverty; a son never deserts his mother for her homely appearance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them. [Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53088]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not necessary to retain facts that we may reason concerning them. [Fr., Il n'est pas necessaire de tenir les choses pour en raisonner.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings?  Ah, who is this lady fine?   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61677]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing! Who sings To her who weareth a hundred rings?  Ah, who is this lady fine?   The Vine, boys, the Vine!    The mother of the mighty Wine,     A roamer is she      O'er wall and tree       And sometimes very good company.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For I no sooner in my heart divin'd My heart, which by a secret harmony  Still moves with thine, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58527]]></link><description><![CDATA[For I no sooner in my heart divin'd My heart, which by a secret harmony  Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50625]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,  With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down; Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,  With here and there a violet bestrown,   Fast by a brook or fountain's murmuring wave;    And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels  When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Michael & All Angels  When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself -- a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman, a righteous or unrighteous man, ... when in the fullness of tasks, questions, success or ill-hap, experiences and perplexities, a man throws himself into the arms of God... then he wakes with Christ in Gethsemane. That is faith, and it is thus that he becomes a man and Christian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42625]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can never understand how we have been able to follow these worn-out tracks, which have been laid down by panic in the face of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The present condition of fame is merely fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15128]]></link><description><![CDATA[The present condition of fame is merely fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dead could not speak against thewar from Vietnam.Who to speak for them if not Kerry? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dead could not speak against thewar from Vietnam.Who to speak for them if not Kerry?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All kings is mostly rapscallions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54526]]></link><description><![CDATA[All kings is mostly rapscallions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure--and for such a tomb might be content ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13220]]></link><description><![CDATA[He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious epicure--and for such a tomb might be content to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear grows in darkness; if you think there's a bogeyman around, turn on the light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good horses make short miles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. But as for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out on't, in the world, than they are. And for my own part, I would a hundred thousand of them were there [Virginia] for we are all one countrymen now, ye know, and we should find ten times more comfort of them there than we do here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something given that way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something given that way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,  And with him toiled his children, and their lives ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3028]]></link><description><![CDATA[The architect Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,  And with him toiled his children, and their lives   Were builded, with his own, into the walls,    As offerings unto God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone you know you don't belong with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63065]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone you know you don't belong with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach always preaches to us, get ahead, get ahead, make something happen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach always preaches to us, get ahead, get ahead, make something happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43819]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42535]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you sound like yourself. That's all you can possibly do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2291]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life tobecome well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21213]]></link><description><![CDATA[A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life tobecome well known, then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47325]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702]]></link><description><![CDATA[A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man can do all things if he but wills them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40633]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man can do all things if he but wills them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away, and that in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May my soul bloom in love for all existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60182]]></link><description><![CDATA[May my soul bloom in love for all existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is boring. If a face doesn't have mistakes, it's nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;  But such plain roofs as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8685]]></link><description><![CDATA[No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;  But such plain roofs as Piety could raise,   And only vocal with the Maker's praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, happy years, once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48720</guid></item></channel></rss>