<?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 absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/174]]></link><description><![CDATA[The absent are like children, helpless to defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65112]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63499]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light wind swept over the corn, and all nature laughed in the sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't give up on your dreams, or your dreams will give up on you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11202]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15342]]></link><description><![CDATA[As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Denys, Bishop of Paris, & his Companions, Martyrs, 258 Commemoration of Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, Philosopher, Scientist, 1253   Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this, or that; He knows best what is good for us. If your boy should ask you [for] a suit of clothes, and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he: let him ask a suit of clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight.  Mother, come back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Backward, turn backward, then time in your flight; Make me a child again just for tonight.  Mother, come back from the echoeless shore,   Take me again to your heart as of yore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53058]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49943]]></link><description><![CDATA[The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I 'd set my ten commandments in your face. -King Henry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Could I come near your beauty with my nails, I 'd set my ten commandments in your face. -King Henry VI. Part II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29278]]></link><description><![CDATA[People now realize there are opportunities to move up in the department as a whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prayers and provender hinder no journey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prayers and provender hinder no journey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard to abstain from writing satire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50460]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard to abstain from writing satire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice is like a train that is nearly always late ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice is like a train that is nearly always late]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57067]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jane Heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22300]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jane Heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm happy to be here. My mother's prayers were answered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34133]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm happy to be here. My mother's prayers were answered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are like steel: when they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -Chuck Norris.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42902]]></link><description><![CDATA[He takes the greatest ornament from friendship, who takes modesty from it. [Lat., Maximum ornamentum amicitiae tollit, qui ex ea tollit verecudiam.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give us the luxuries of life and we'll dispense with the necessaries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20117]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We talk to Travis every week about guiding the team and not turning the ball over. He's making the plays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40364]]></link><description><![CDATA[We talk to Travis every week about guiding the team and not turning the ball over. He's making the plays is doing what exactly needs to be done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These results, like the 14-day study before it, are unprecedented, and offer strong support for a three-month course of therapy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41856]]></link><description><![CDATA[These results, like the 14-day study before it, are unprecedented, and offer strong support for a three-month course of therapy as optimal duration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14201]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe). [Lat., Summarum summa est aeternum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34147]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're learning now that the destruction was even greater than we thought. What we need most now is skeleton staffs to protect these collections not just in New Orleans but all along the Gulf Coast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will never have anything you don't respect, including lot's of money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63219]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will never have anything you don't respect, including lot's of money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28885]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/473]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a woman of very few words, but lots of action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liberty is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14172]]></link><description><![CDATA[So shall you hear Of carnal, bloody, and unnatural acts,  Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters,   Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause,    And, in this upshot, purposes mistook     Fall'n on th' inventors' heads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man, at the bottom of his heart, wants to do right. But only he can do right who knows right; only he knows right who thinks right; only he thinks right who believes right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God, though present everywhere, has His special residence, as being a pure Spirit, in our minds -- "In Him we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7294]]></link><description><![CDATA[God, though present everywhere, has His special residence, as being a pure Spirit, in our minds -- "In Him we live, and move, and have our being". He is somewhere in the recesses of our soul, in the springs of our existence, a light in that mysterious region of our nature where the wishes, feelings, thoughts, and emotions take their earliest rise. The mind is a sanctuary, in the center of which the Lord sits enthroned, the lamp of consciousness burning before Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. -Amelia Earhart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. -Amelia Earhart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24316]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made little, too little of sacraments and priests, because God was so intensely real to him. What should he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17689]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made little, too little of sacraments and priests, because God was so intensely real to him. What should he do with lenses who stood thus full in the torrent of the sunshine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6789]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is praying for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be pain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be pain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me! and be quiet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lucy was lovely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lucy was lovely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman of mystique is fully aware of her flaws and weaknesses, yet she is strong enough to admit them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61348]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman of mystique is fully aware of her flaws and weaknesses, yet she is strong enough to admit them and not be embarrassed by them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61348</guid></item></channel></rss>