<?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[Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good history is a question of survival. Without any past, we will deprive ourselves of the defining impression of our being. -Ken Burns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grades are a problem. On the most general level, they're an explicit acknowledgment that what you're doing is insufficiently interesting or rewarding for you to do it on your own. Nobody ever gave you a grade for learning how to play, how to ride a bicycle, or how to kiss. One of the best ways to destroy love for any of these activities would be through the use of grades, and the coercion and judgment they represent. Grades are a cudgel to bludgeon the unwilling into doing what they don't want to do, an important instrument in inculcating children into a lifelong subservience to whatever authority happens to be thrust over them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until divers go down and actually examine the rigs and engineers can make estimates on the repair times, we just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37321]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until divers go down and actually examine the rigs and engineers can make estimates on the repair times, we just won't know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet, To think how mony consels sweet,  How mony lengthened, sage advices,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/774]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet, To think how mony consels sweet,  How mony lengthened, sage advices,   The husband frae the wife despises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two or three things I know for sure, and one is that I'd rather go naked than wear the coat the world has made for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The introverted church is one which puts its own survival before its mission, its own identity above its task, its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The introverted church is one which puts its own survival before its mission, its own identity above its task, its internal concerns before its apostolate, its rituals before its ministry. Undue emphasis on the static structure of the Church has led to the disappearance of a significant lay ministry in denominational Protestantism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up front, the quarter was fantastic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up front, the quarter was fantastic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was a wonderful nurse that I would say every nurse should emulate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40080]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was a wonderful nurse that I would say every nurse should emulate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The cancer treatment, combined with a bout of flu last year, left Farrakhan feeling] weak and drained, ... He was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28257]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The cancer treatment, combined with a bout of flu last year, left Farrakhan feeling] weak and drained, ... He was not his usual, energetic self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wilt thou seal up the avenues of ill? Pay every debt as if God wrote the bill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56812]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Prayer and love are learned in the hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Lanfranc, Prior of Le Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1089  Prayer and love are learned in the hour when prayer becomes impossible and your heart has turned to stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4519]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40708]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is going to steamroll.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're really excited about this. It's a great chance to showcase our league here in this city.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Families of the 'disappeared' deserve answers immediately to their repeated demands for information about the fate of their loved ones. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Families of the 'disappeared' deserve answers immediately to their repeated demands for information about the fate of their loved ones. Above all they deserve justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26870]]></link><description><![CDATA[In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise they that will times past, I joy to see My selfe now live: this age best pleaseth mee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66198]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out their good luck as a portent of calamity. To see them, you would never guess that God's good pleasure, and not the goddess of fate, rules human destiny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sent AB back home to learn some more about ODI cricket. He had a bit of an identity crisis ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42694]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sent AB back home to learn some more about ODI cricket. He had a bit of an identity crisis in this form of the game. I'm happy to see how well he did and we will definitely consider him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But civlyzation doos git forrid Sometimes upon a powder-cart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50583]]></link><description><![CDATA[But civlyzation doos git forrid Sometimes upon a powder-cart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We view this campaign more as a marathon than we do a sprint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39294]]></link><description><![CDATA[We view this campaign more as a marathon than we do a sprint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50784]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no useful thing which may not be turned to an injurious purpose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12527]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no disgrace to start all over. It is usually an opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66100]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was one thing all the losses in her life had taught her it was that life was short, fleeting, and way too precious to waste waiting around for happiness to hit you over the head and make itself known. Happiness wasn't something you found, happiness was something you made - by living in the moment, by cherishing the people in your life right now, by finding the courage to change those things you didn't like]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more highminded a man is the more easily is his anger appeased.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One learns to itch where one can scratch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/572]]></link><description><![CDATA[One learns to itch where one can scratch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/576]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air,  She tore the azure robe of night, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16131]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air,  She tore the azure robe of night,   And set the stars of glory there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200  [God desires] not that He may say to them, "Look how mighty I am, and go down upon your knees and worship", for power alone was never yet worthy of prayer; but that He may say thus: "Look, my children, you will never be strong but with my strength. I have no other to give you. And that you can get only by trusting in me. I can not give it you any other way. There is no other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is mental harmony; unhappiness is mental inharmony.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18748</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[Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,  And is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all The gift doth stretch itself as 'tis receiv'd,  And is enough for both.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17140</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[I am the Spirit that denies. [Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57397]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am the Spirit that denies. [Ger., Ich bin der Geist stets verneint.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty was the greatest motivating factor in my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19547]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19547</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[Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have the fingerprints of terrorist groups. But we do have the pictures of terrorist groups. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39210]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have the fingerprints of terrorist groups. But we do have the pictures of terrorist groups.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language tethers us to the world; without it we spin like atoms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51630]]></link><description><![CDATA[That delay is our surest protection which enables us to deliberate on the merits of our intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811]]></link><description><![CDATA[All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42534]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm more nervous about doing this than anything I've ever done before, because it is so prestigious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42534</guid></item></channel></rss>