<?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[I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11327]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather. Not screaming in terror like his passengers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good ideas are all hammered out in agony by individuals, not spewed out by groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47565]]></link><description><![CDATA[[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed (if necessary) in order to safeguard the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government is vacillating because it is unable to find an agreement within the coalition for partisan reasons,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46750]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column: In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   Infant Baptism... has been a witness for the Son of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872   Infant Baptism... has been a witness for the Son of Man and the universality of His Kingdom, like no other. It has taught parents that to bring children into the world is not a horrible crime. It has led them to see Christ and His redemption of humanity through all the mists of our teachings and our qualifications. It has explained the nature of His Kingdom to the hearts even of the poorest. Christ has preached at the fonts, when we have been darkening counsel in the pulpits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it: then ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38586]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child enters your home and makes so much noise for twenty years that you can hardly stand it: then departs leaving the house so silent that you think you will go mad]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54757]]></link><description><![CDATA[The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After my injury, it could have gone either way, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37370]]></link><description><![CDATA[After my injury, it could have gone either way,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is the conscience of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is the conscience of the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6642]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ini Kopuria, Founder of the Melanesian Brotherhood, 1945  Extraordinary afflictions are not always the punishment of extraordinary sins, but sometimes the trial of extraordinary graces. Sanctified afflictions are spiritual promotions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think anegative thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21155]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think anegative thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Department has refused to allow the firm to tell its story to a grand jury, in violation of both ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Department has refused to allow the firm to tell its story to a grand jury, in violation of both Department policy and the basic precepts of fundamental fairness,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61877]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every mess I find a friend, In every port a wife.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very telling that marshals are interested in going to Border Patrol at a lower pay grade, a very revealing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38933]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very telling that marshals are interested in going to Border Patrol at a lower pay grade, a very revealing reflection of low morale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23620]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dying while you are young is a great boon in your old age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quick beleevers neede broad shoulders.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give thy thoughts no tongue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give thy thoughts no tongue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11653]]></link><description><![CDATA[The concentration and dedication- the intangibles are the deciding factors between who won and who lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he's had his family with him during this time. I think that has really helped. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30340]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he's had his family with him during this time. I think that has really helped.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59285]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43234]]></link><description><![CDATA[People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5891]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even people who aren't sick may not have optimal wellness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;  To ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/433]]></link><description><![CDATA[To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart;  To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold,   Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold--    For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to France, the moon whose magic rays move the tides of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to France, the moon whose magic rays move the tides of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41505]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64787]]></link><description><![CDATA[My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27378]]></link><description><![CDATA[He merits no thanks who does a kindness for his own ends]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10520]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the adulation of life is gone, the coward sneaks to his death, but the brave live on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's really an impressive number. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31318]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's really an impressive number.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drought never brought dearth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drought never brought dearth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed largely for education... no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would love to be loved for what I am, and not for what I have! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66098]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would love to be loved for what I am, and not for what I have!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3884]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like feather-bed betwixt a wall And heavy brunt of cannon ball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of all beauty, I call love, The attribute, the evidence, and end,  The consummation to the inward sense   Of beauty apprehended from without,    I still call love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43412]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to the museum where they had all the heads and arms from the statues that are in all the other museums.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's out there. You can't be quite as selective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31234]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's out there. You can't be quite as selective.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who can give law to lovers? Love is a greater law to itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we are all men In our own natures frail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51365]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we are all men In our own natures frail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Seducers we, they say; but they lead men astray. Oh, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Seducers we, they say; but they lead men astray. Oh, what a noble seduction ours, that men should change from dissolute to sober living -- or towards it; to justice from injustice -- or tending that way; to wisdom from being foolish -- or becoming such; and from cowardice, meanness and timidity, show courage and fortitude, not least in this struggle for the sake of our religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On every full moon, rituals such as the one described above take placeon hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61846]]></link><description><![CDATA[On every full moon, rituals such as the one described above take placeon hilltops, beaches, in open fields and in ordinary houses. Writers,teachers, nurses, computer programmers, artists,lawyers, poets, plumbers,and auto mechanics - women and men from many backgrounds cometogether to celebrate the mysteries of the Triple Goddess of the Danceof Life. The religion they practise is called Witchcraft.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The increase in gasoline prices and the prospect of a long, expensive winter is depressing sentiment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39110]]></link><description><![CDATA[The increase in gasoline prices and the prospect of a long, expensive winter is depressing sentiment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39110</guid></item></channel></rss>