<?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[Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11482]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgetfulness. A gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25914]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing save the waves and I  May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing save the waves and I  May hear our mutual murmurs sweep;   There, swan-like, let me sing and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58444</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43226]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48499]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56838]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fanatic is not really a stickler to principle. He embraces a cause not primarily because of its justness or holiness but because of his desperate need for something to hold onto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10298]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather be a coward than brave because people hurt you when you are brave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above;  Ask of the great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask not of me, love, what is love? Ask what is good of God above;  Ask of the great sum what is light;   Ask what is darkness of the night;    Ask sin of what may be forgiven;     Ask what is happiness of heaven;      Ask what is folly of the crowd;       Ask what is fashion of the shroud;        Ask what is sweetness of thy kiss;         Ask of thyself what beauty is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who knows what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who knows what we live, and struggle, and die?... Wise men write many books, in words too hard to understand. But this, the purpose of our lives, the end of all our struggle, is beyond all human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893  If the true revelation of God is in Christ, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Phillips Brooks, Bishop of Massachusetts, spiritual writer, 1893  If the true revelation of God is in Christ, the Bible is not properly a revelation, but the History of a Revelation. This is not only a Fact but a necessity, for a Person cannot be revealed in a Book, but must find revelation, if at all, in a Person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49271]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is at the end, when we thinke he is furthest off it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to inquire tomorrow and perhaps make an issue out of it. I'm going to have to see where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37887]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to inquire tomorrow and perhaps make an issue out of it. I'm going to have to see where we stand .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester, 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'  And since, methinks, I would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18401]]></link><description><![CDATA['Ay,' quoth my uncle Gloucester, 'Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.'  And since, methinks, I would not grow so fast,   Because sweet flow'rs are slow and weeds make haste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I\'m not hungry enough to eat six. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66856]]></link><description><![CDATA[You better cut the pizza in four pieces because I\'m not hungry enough to eat six.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to cover our bases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31598]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to cover our bases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47522]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more the world is specialized the more it will be run by generalists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those.  The bursting tears my heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those.  The bursting tears my heart declare;   Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who that has loved knows not the tender tale Which flowers reveal, when lips are coy to tell?   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16253]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who that has loved knows not the tender tale Which flowers reveal, when lips are coy to tell?   - Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, first Baron Lytton,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Boy and the NettlesA boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently. That was just why it stung you, said his Mother. The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you. Whatever you do, do with all your might.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the signature of civilizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great men are rarely isolated mountain- peaks; they are the summits of ranges.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23938]]></link><description><![CDATA[If little labour. little are our gaines: Man's fortunes are according to his paines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963   That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear [in the world today], because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55928]]></link><description><![CDATA[O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse! how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness? -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52641]]></link><description><![CDATA[The qualities most needed are charity and tolerance, not some form of fanatical faith such as is offered to us by the various rampant isms]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19819]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise in heart are called discerning,    and pleasant words promote instruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33435]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise in heart are called discerning,    and pleasant words promote instruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt relief is considered to be aid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Debt relief is considered to be aid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43184]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother is not a person to lean on but a person to make leaning unnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43183]]></link><description><![CDATA[God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has some more things to learn, but he'll learn them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30869]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has some more things to learn, but he'll learn them,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22511]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11623]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34710]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have not been any big blips in inflation (so far this year).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forget the times of your distress, but never forget what they taught you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delight, the ecstacy of it, you will discover that for you the world is transformed. -I. Krishnamurti.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26047]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the mark of an inexperienced man not to believe in luck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Little journeys and good cost bring safe home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Little journeys and good cost bring safe home.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn't learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn't learn a little, at least we didn't get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn't die; so, let us all be thankful.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Greece we give our shining blades. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18285]]></link><description><![CDATA[To Greece we give our shining blades.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the violence will continue. Alas, we have learned not to believe that deliverance is around the corner. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34950]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the violence will continue. Alas, we have learned not to believe that deliverance is around the corner. We are at the end of year three of this war and every hope that the violence has subside, has been betrayed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34950</guid></item></channel></rss>