<?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[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61798]]></link><description><![CDATA[What folly can be ranker. Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974  Let us remember how very soon the missionary character of the Church ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Jack Winslow, Missionary, Evangelist, 1974  Let us remember how very soon the missionary character of the Church was forgotten, and the Church, instead of obeying the commandment of Jesus to go and make disciples of all nations (in fact, that it was chiefly a missionary association), neglected this great and important calling... It is astonishing how a commandment so simple and distinct, and how a duty which you would have imagined would be eagerly greeted by the impulse of gratitude, of affection, and of compassion, was forgotten for so long a time, in the churches of the Reformation especially. Now we are accustomed to hear of mission work among the heathen nations, and to find that a great multitude of people are interested in it, and regard it with respect; but it was only at the commencement of the last century, and with great difficulty, [that] the attention of the Church was roused to this important duty; and even in the... Church of Scotland there were a number of ministers who thought that the state of heathenism was so utterly corrupt, and that there was so much to be done in our own country, that it was altogether a Utopian project to think of converting the idolaters, and that it was not our imperative duty to trouble ourselves with their wretched condition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Go far--too far you cannot, still the farther The more experience finds you: And go sparing;--  One meal a week will serve you, and one suit,   Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain,    The poorer and the baser you appear,     The more you look through still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill your pipe with that 'ere reflection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53189]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next time you go out to a smoking party, young feller, fill your pipe with that 'ere reflection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23054]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64919]]></link><description><![CDATA[When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Whose name was writ in water!" What large laughter Among the immortals when that word was brought!  Then when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43651]]></link><description><![CDATA["Whose name was writ in water!" What large laughter Among the immortals when that word was brought!  Then when his fiery spirit rose flaming after,   High toward the topmost heaven of heavens up-caught!    "All hail! our younger brother!" Shakespeare said,     And Dante nodded his imperial head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57455]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back then, my idol was Bugs Bunny, because I saw a cartoon of him playing ball - you know, the one where he plays every position himself with nobody else on the field but him? Now that I think of it, Bugs is still my idol. You have to love a ballplayer like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1470]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether the attitude is positive or negative.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fighting Words: The Origins of Religious Violence]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Example is leadership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Example is leadership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This special event at Vibrato brought together many people sharing a common bond - a love of jazz and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36478]]></link><description><![CDATA[This special event at Vibrato brought together many people sharing a common bond - a love of jazz and a desire to support its future, ... It gave them the opportunity to indulge in both passions - to celebrate the great artistry of Dave Brubeck, and to support the Brubeck Institute, a program at the University of the Pacific which, through its Fellowship Program and Summer Jazz Colony, serves to train and nurture the next generation of great jazz artists and innovators.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They did not have to kill him. They had no right shooting at that car. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42027]]></link><description><![CDATA[They did not have to kill him. They had no right shooting at that car.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is never too late to have a happy childhood ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5884]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is never too late to have a happy childhood]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48878]]></link><description><![CDATA[The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We always thought it could be a dangerous hurricane, ... is the typical track for October. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40859]]></link><description><![CDATA[We always thought it could be a dangerous hurricane, ... is the typical track for October.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. Andthe harms we do, we do to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There weren't any great performances, but we won it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36501]]></link><description><![CDATA[There weren't any great performances, but we won it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All for Our Country ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43273]]></link><description><![CDATA[All for Our Country]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from gay cities and the ways of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50924]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from gay cities and the ways of men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50924</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24753]]></link><description><![CDATA["A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35053]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not ent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3568]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night, The skies yet blushing with departing light,  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,   And the low sun had lengthened every shade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I welcome their demonstration. I support the First Amendment to the constitution. Everyone in this country has the right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I welcome their demonstration. I support the First Amendment to the constitution. Everyone in this country has the right to assembly and freedom of speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19365]]></link><description><![CDATA[History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64132]]></link><description><![CDATA[We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compound for sins they are inclin'd to, By damning those they have no mind to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is what's left over after you've defined everything else]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some credit in being jolly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some credit in being jolly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest But may imagine how the bird was dead,  Although the kite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who finds the partridge in the puttock's nest But may imagine how the bird was dead,  Although the kite soar with unbloodied beak?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Moral is that gardeners pine, Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.  Of all sad words experience gleans,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62048]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Moral is that gardeners pine, Whene'er no pods adorn the vine.  Of all sad words experience gleans,   The saddest are: "It might have beans."    (The did not make this up myself:     'Twas in a book upon my shelf.      It's witty, but I don't deny       It's rather Whittier than I.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/947]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/947</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins  (Not of old victors, all whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42956]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beauteous are rouleaus! how charming chests Containing ingots, bags of dollars, coins  (Not of old victors, all whose heads and crests   Weigh not the thin ore where their visage shines,    But) of find unclipt gold, where dully rests     Some likeness, which the glittering cirque confines,      Of modern, reigning, sterling, stupid stamp;--       Yes! ready money is Aladdin's lamp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Give no time to finding fault of criticism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Give no time to finding fault of criticism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5323]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail is getting experience that will always be helpful. He isn't likely to grow dim or doubtful. Chances are, he isn't likely to carry the cat that way again, either. But if he wants to, I say let him!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about creating buzz, ... We have the course, the accommodations, the resort-type area . . . This news ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35345]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about creating buzz, ... We have the course, the accommodations, the resort-type area . . . This news is just a step closer to really making this marathon shine as an international event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Think not I am what I appear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not I am what I appear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governments last as long as the undertaxed can defend themselves from the overtaxed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17667]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe that there is no God, but that matter is God and God is matter; and that it is no matter whether there is any God or no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32847]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a little leery with the weather like it is. The ice was about six inches thick. It was safe where we went.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For now, the corn house filled, the harvest home, Th' invited neighbors to the husking come;  A frolic scene, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18760]]></link><description><![CDATA[For now, the corn house filled, the harvest home, Th' invited neighbors to the husking come;  A frolic scene, where work and mirth and play   Unite their charms to cheer the hours away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't take up a man's time talking about the smartness of your children; he wants to talk to you about the smartness of his children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6013</guid></item></channel></rss>