<?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[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53065]]></link><description><![CDATA[As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46779]]></link><description><![CDATA[For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew a very wise man that believed that . . . if a man were permitted to make all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3696]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew a very wise man that believed that . . . if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.   - Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (2),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Jeremy Taylor gives us some fundamental rules for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  Jeremy Taylor gives us some fundamental rules for prayer. And the chief of them is this: "Do not lie to God." And that curt piece of advice, so bluntly thrown down for us, is indeed all-important. Do not burn false fire upon God's altar; do not pose and pretend, either to Him or to yourself, in your religious exercises; do not say more than you mean, or use exagerated language that goes beyond the facts, when speaking to Him whose word is truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good and the wise lead quiet lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good and the wise lead quiet lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thought fills immensity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59219]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thought fills immensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3353]]></link><description><![CDATA[A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are talking about patterns of behavior. What is striking about this is that it suggests that the rate (of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28462]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are talking about patterns of behavior. What is striking about this is that it suggests that the rate (of disorders) in these much younger children, aged 2-5, are not very different from what they will be in children of 9 or 14.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eye will have his part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49841]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eye will have his part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I owe my solitude to other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66453]]></link><description><![CDATA[I owe my solitude to other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women prefer emotions to reasoning ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women prefer emotions to reasoning]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56130]]></link><description><![CDATA[As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. [Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet non pudebit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you fall , you damagewhen you fall in love with somebody your love for them stays with you foreverif ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25871]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you fall , you damagewhen you fall in love with somebody your love for them stays with you foreverif you fall out of love, you where never really in loveonce you fall, you can't fall out of it, you only fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23865]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is the kiss of welcome and of parting, the long, lingering, loving, present one; the stolen, or the mutual one; the kiss of love, of joy, and of sorrow; the seal of promise and receipt of fulfillment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53688]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the power of conviction, there is no sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The current earnings and the forward-looking guidance, in general, have not met expectations among a lot of companies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876   The sacred page is not meant to be the end, but only the means toward the end, which is knowing God himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29856]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49365]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is his owne Counsellor knowes nothing sure but what hee hath laid out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13122]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is enough in the world for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61351]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are more often treacherous, through weakness than through calculation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48630]]></link><description><![CDATA[The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not seldom clad in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,  Not seldom evening in the west   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not seldom clad in radiant vest Deceitfully goes forth the dawn,  Not seldom evening in the west   Sinks smilingly forsworn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  The neglect of the spiritual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7628]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Josephine Butler, Social Reformer, 1906 Commemoration of Apolo Kivebulaya, Priest, Evangelist, 1933  The neglect of the spiritual cannot be laid directly at the door of advertising. It may be better laid at the door of the church [that] has failed to preach the God of the Bible, heaven and hell, repentance, faith, and eternal life. It can be argued that a society only gets the advertising it deserves. Yet the power to commend certain patterns of spending behaviour to millions with regularity is an open invitation to orchestrate the covetousness, envy, lust, and desire to dominate, which lie in the heart of sinful man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer lasts not for ever; seasons succeed each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More light! [Ger., Mehr Licht!] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25053]]></link><description><![CDATA[More light! [Ger., Mehr Licht!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What does not destroy me, makes me strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What does not destroy me, makes me strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The impact will be very minimal. I doubt there's that many (Delaware County residents) working for Delphi in Anderson now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32418]]></link><description><![CDATA[The impact will be very minimal. I doubt there's that many (Delaware County residents) working for Delphi in Anderson now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62043]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the ability to meet life's situations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the ability to meet life's situations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a nice drive right off the bat, but we couldn't get the job done, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37464]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a nice drive right off the bat, but we couldn't get the job done,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19502]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19502</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Texas 'redistricting' hasouted Tom Delay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/251]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Texas 'redistricting' hasouted Tom Delay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15459]]></link><description><![CDATA[You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40471]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48089]]></link><description><![CDATA[Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man of science is a poor philosopher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man of science is a poor philosopher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me,  And gone my bier ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58783]]></link><description><![CDATA[And friends, dear friends,--when it shall be That this low breath is gone from me,  And gone my bier ye come to weep,   Let One, most loving of you all,    Say, "Not a tear must o'er her fall;     He giveth His beloved sleep."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25122]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the language, that soft bastard Latin, Which melts like kisses from a female mouth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is like manure: It's not worth anything unless you spread it around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42969]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is like manure: It's not worth anything unless you spread it around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948]]></link><description><![CDATA[At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  It is generally true that all that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Patrick, Bishop of Armagh, Missionary, Patron of Ireland, c.460  It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits eternal. [Lat., Non est diuturna possessio ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18162]]></link><description><![CDATA[That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits eternal. [Lat., Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue. [Fr., On commence par etre dupe,  On finit par ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5526]]></link><description><![CDATA[We begin by being dupe, and end by being rogue. [Fr., On commence par etre dupe,  On finit par etre fripon.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His pitch count was good. We don't have another game until Thursday, so after the fifth inning I told him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32715]]></link><description><![CDATA[His pitch count was good. We don't have another game until Thursday, so after the fifth inning I told him I was going to give him a shot to go the full distance. I'm very proud of what we saw from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32715</guid></item></channel></rss>