<?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 believer is happy; the doubter is wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Individuality is either the mark of genius or the reverse. Mediocrity finds safety in standardization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat;  Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat   Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe    That all was lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16491]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is the highest, most beautiful form of love. In return, you will receive untold peace and happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell;  All the other sounds we hear,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell;  All the other sounds we hear,   Flatter, and but cheat our ear.    This doth put us still in mind     That our flesh must be resigned,      And, a general silence made,       The world be muffled in a shade.        [Orpheus' lute, as poets tell,         Was but moral of this bell,          And the captive soul was she,           Which they called Eurydice,            Rescued by our holy groan,             A loud echo to this tone.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45927]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest honor history can bestow is that of peacemaker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642  We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oswald, King of Northumbria, Martyr, 642  We do not very often come across opportunities for exercising strength, magnanimity, or magnificence; but gentleness, temperance, modesty, and humility, are graces which ought to color everything we do. There may be virtues of a more exalted mold, but... these are the most continually called for in daily life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â films, books, pieces of music, architecture ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that deserve the name 'icon' and have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40285]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're focusing on particular works ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â films, books, pieces of music, architecture ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that deserve the name 'icon' and have this influence on our culture. Everybody knows those things, but almost because they're icons, people don't look below the fact of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/794]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give advice by the bucket, but take it by the grain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41098]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection and redress against the violation of their rights and deprivation of their freedoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31246]]></link><description><![CDATA[That wasn't the end of it, either. This man and his lady friend, that I knew nothing about before this, came to the shelter and offered me a way out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Lee is dead, that good old man,-- We ne'er shall see him more:  He used to wear an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2712]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Lee is dead, that good old man,-- We ne'er shall see him more:  He used to wear an old drab coat   All buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35879]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have answered your letter sooner, but you didn't send one]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before a cure is found we will all have been affected one way or another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4601]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16934]]></link><description><![CDATA[True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. -David Tyson Gentry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25188]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. -J. Isham.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25188</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love him above father, mother, or thy own life." This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selective logging negatively impacts many plants and animals and increases erosion and fires. Additionally, up to 25 percent more carbon ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selective logging negatively impacts many plants and animals and increases erosion and fires. Additionally, up to 25 percent more carbon dioxide is released to the atmosphere each year, above that from deforestation, from the decomposition of what the loggers leave behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iron sharpeth iron. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Iron sharpeth iron.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54128]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Righteousness exalteth a nation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Righteousness exalteth a nation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46639]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature, that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issues that are important to voters (in Illinois) are Democratic issues. If the Republicans want to win back the Governor's Mansion, they really have to put up a Jim Edgar-type candidate, a moderate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4090]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take people very seriously. People are all I take seriously, in fact. Therefore, I have nothing but sympathy for how people behave - and nothing but laughter to console them with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56098]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing I lov'd my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While history never repeats itself, political patterns do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65058]]></link><description><![CDATA[While history never repeats itself, political patterns do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43708]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation will find it very hard to look up to the leaders who are keeping their ears to the ground]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17623]]></link><description><![CDATA[A winner is someone who recognizes his God- given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty;  Follow the straight line, thou shalt see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty;  Follow the straight line, thou shalt see   The curved line ever follow thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jennifer is an outstanding talent and has been part of a championship volleyball teams throughout her career. Her talent and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40587]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jennifer is an outstanding talent and has been part of a championship volleyball teams throughout her career. Her talent and winning experience will have an immediate impact for our program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19142]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41688]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we would not have subdued him when we did, the incident could have been much worse, or even fatal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17263]]></link><description><![CDATA[I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity. . in important things, diversity. . . in all things, generosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8683]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12534]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lover knows much more about absolute good and universal beauty than any logician or theologian, unless the latter, too, be lovers in disguise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39596]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found my voice was a reaction to all that voice stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12724]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be nobody but yourself in a world that's doing its best to make you somebody else, is to fight the hardest battle you are ever going to fight. Never stop fighting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The population is growing and there could still be impacts from the hurricanes last year, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The population is growing and there could still be impacts from the hurricanes last year,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17721]]></link><description><![CDATA[How to make God laugh: Tell him your future plans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our deeds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The golden hour of invention must terminate like other hours, and when the man of genius returns to the cares, the duties, the vexations, and the amusements of life, his companions behold him as one of themselves--the creature of habits and infirmities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39641</guid></item></channel></rss>