<?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[Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is terrible except fear itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is terrible except fear itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22196]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58018]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort, is not fit to be deemed a scholar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, c.107  Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires. The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playingyour proper role. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not worry about holding high position; worry rather about playingyour proper role.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49958]]></link><description><![CDATA[There needs a long time to know the worlds pulse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Despite the lopsided primary results, Archer cautioned his supporters not to take the general election for granted.] We've come too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33471]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Despite the lopsided primary results, Archer cautioned his supporters not to take the general election for granted.] We've come too far, built too many bridges, taken too many steps to be turned around, ... Something good is happening here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51510]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that stand high have many blasts to shake them, And if they fall, they dash themselves to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66528]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We would remind people that the Central Police Precinct is headquartered at the GEC. The police presence will be strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33713]]></link><description><![CDATA[We would remind people that the Central Police Precinct is headquartered at the GEC. The police presence will be strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  Is a mediator between the eternal spirit and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of David, Bishop of Menevia, Patron of Wales, c.601  Is a mediator between the eternal spirit and the finite an unreality, an intrusion? The mystic soul may impatiently think so, but the moral soul finds such mediation the way to reality; and the mystic experience is not quite trustworthy about reality. The pagan gods had no mediators, because they were not real or good gods; but the living God has a living Revealer. To know the living God is to know Christ; to know Christ is to know the living God. We do not know God by Christ but in Him. We find God when we find Christ; and in Christ alone we know and share his final purpose. Our last knowledge is not the contact of our person with a thing or a thought; it is intercourse of person and person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23950]]></link><description><![CDATA[The laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, tell me whence Love cometh! Love comes uncall'd, unsent.  Oh, tell me where Love goeth!   That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, tell me whence Love cometh! Love comes uncall'd, unsent.  Oh, tell me where Love goeth!   That was not Love that went.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19518]]></link><description><![CDATA[They died hard, those savage men-like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12598]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The heart] is the household divinity which, discharging its function, nourishes, cherishes, quickens the whole body, and is indeed the foundation of life, the source of all action.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18607]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They come out with a skill set and a belief that nobody but themselves will control their careers, ... Baby ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31094]]></link><description><![CDATA[They come out with a skill set and a belief that nobody but themselves will control their careers, ... Baby boomers took a very different approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had one lady ... we had an emergency run and she waited an hour to donate stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had one lady ... we had an emergency run and she waited an hour to donate stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He needs prayers. That's what it comes down to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29216]]></link><description><![CDATA[He needs prayers. That's what it comes down to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60011]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no strength in unbelief. Even the unbelief of what is false is no source of might. It is the truth shining from behind that gives the strength to disbelieve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crime does not pay ... as well as politics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the margin, it's not helpful to the stock-price performance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32882]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the margin, it's not helpful to the stock-price performance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're happy to take monies to build this library in whatever form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35647]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're happy to take monies to build this library in whatever form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3954]]></link><description><![CDATA[All this will not be finished in the first 100 days. Nor will it be finished in the first 1,000 days, not in the life of this Administration, nor even perhaps in our lifetime on this planet. But let us begin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11446]]></link><description><![CDATA[For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23026]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one has a right to happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47607]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one has a right to happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57036]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Universe has as many different centers as there are living beings in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most men remember obligations, but are not often likely to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance and the vain silent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57133]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each year his mighty armies marched forth in gallant show, Their enemies were targets, their bullets they were tow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9336]]></link><description><![CDATA[A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13426]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found time to conquer the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10360]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfect courage means doing unwitnessed what we would be capable of with the world looking on. -La Rochefoucauld.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand;  Ring out the darkness of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand;  Ring out the darkness of the land;   Ring in the Christ that is to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All movements go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64403]]></link><description><![CDATA[All movements go too far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every writer I know has trouble writing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every writer I know has trouble writing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. [Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heede of an oxe before, of an horse behind, of a monke on all sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4684]]></link><description><![CDATA[No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Social justice is a semantic fraud from the same stable as People's Democracy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Social justice is a semantic fraud from the same stable as People's Democracy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They come to see and be seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50786]]></link><description><![CDATA[They come to see and be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24083]]></link><description><![CDATA[All true language is incomprehensible, like the chatter of a beggar's teeth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56276]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under all speech that is good for anything three lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4045]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to learn to be a lady is to see how other ladies do it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4045</guid></item></channel></rss>