<?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[You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45510]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know children are growing up when they start asking questions that have answers. -John Plomp.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty wants much; but avarice, everything]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€ÂI don't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39026]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€ÂI don't do that anymore. But when you go on bender you never know what's going to happen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60639]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we were not in Vietnam, all that part of the world would be enjoying the obscurity it so richly deserves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty antedates clothes and will be resumed when clothes are no more. Modesty died when clothes were born. Modesty died when false modesty was born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943]]></link><description><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not exist, since there is no divorce from memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9703]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56211]]></link><description><![CDATA[One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world.   - William Hazlitt,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their praises. [Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona  Multi: sed omnes illacrimabiles   Urgentur, ignotique longa    Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36283]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should remember that there was once a discipline called natural philosophy. Unfortunately, this discipline seems not to exist today. It has been renamed science, but science of today is in danger of losing much of the natural philosophy aspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10676]]></link><description><![CDATA[Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a tough call, but a sensible one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a tough call, but a sensible one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The last and highest result of prayer is not the securing of this or that gift, the avoiding of this or that danger. The last and highest result of prayer is the knowledge of God -- the knowledge which is eternal life -- and by that knowledge, the transformation of human character, and of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles   If we do not at least try to manifest something of Creative ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Philip & James, Apostles   If we do not at least try to manifest something of Creative Charity in our dealings with life, whether by action, thought, or prayer, and do it at our own cost -- if we roll up the talent of love in the nice white napkin of piety and put it safely out of the way, sorry that the world is so hungry and thirsty, so sick and so fettered, and leave it at that: then, even that little talent may be taken from us. We may discover at the crucial moment that we are spiritually bankrupt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We knew we had to press up and play good defense. Good defense turns into good offense. We take pride ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29683]]></link><description><![CDATA[We knew we had to press up and play good defense. Good defense turns into good offense. We take pride in playing good defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people play a fair game of golf - If you watch them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is the color of virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is the color of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only real failure in life is the failure to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14903]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only real failure in life is the failure to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both of them work very hard on their game. Both of them were outstanding in the classroom, and both of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both of them work very hard on their game. Both of them were outstanding in the classroom, and both of them do the right things most all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20904]]></link><description><![CDATA[One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cultural shift that it is acceptable to tell people not to come to court to testify imperils the criminal justice system,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia- that is, nowhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6969]]></link><description><![CDATA[One encounter with Jesus Christ is enough to change you, instantly, forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty: for beauty is simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5718]]></link><description><![CDATA[All things are perceived in the light of charity, and hence under the aspect of beauty: for beauty is simply Reality seen with the eyes of love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43763]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistakes are almost always of a sacred nature. Never try to correct them. On the contrary: rationalize them, understand them thoroughly. After that, it will be possible for you to sublimate them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.) [Lat., Ne laterum laves.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not waste bricks. (Waste your labor.) [Lat., Ne laterum laves.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57048]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45525]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The green earth sends her incense up.  From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13129]]></link><description><![CDATA[The green earth sends her incense up.  From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup  She pours her sacred wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No party will be able to get everything it wanted. A coalition is about sharing power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34785]]></link><description><![CDATA[No party will be able to get everything it wanted. A coalition is about sharing power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15836]]></link><description><![CDATA[What difference does it make how much you have? What you do not have amounts to much more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who knows he has enough is rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21545]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who knows he has enough is rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8818]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit  Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Call for the robin-red-breast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,  And with leaves and flowers do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Call for the robin-red-breast, and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover,  And with leaves and flowers do cover   The friendless bodies of unburied men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Move him into the sun —Gently its touch awoke him once,At home, whispering of fields unsown.Always it woke him, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Move him into the sun —Gently its touch awoke him once,At home, whispering of fields unsown.Always it woke him, even in France,Until this morning and this snow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was a real slap in the face. I think they perceive Microsoft as part of Western hegemony somehow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41788]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was a real slap in the face. I think they perceive Microsoft as part of Western hegemony somehow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66081]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away. It is time to go elsewhere. The best thing about space travel is that it made it possible to go elsewhere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a true man, and Christ was a true man. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8102]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a true man, and Christ was a true man. His prayer in Gethsemane, his sweat of blood, show that the preceding anxiety is a part of human affliction, which we must try to accept with some sort of submission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Throughout history females have picked providers. males have picked anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17816</guid></item></channel></rss>