<?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[Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd,  That fires the length of Ophiucus huge  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrified, and like a comet burn'd,  That fires the length of Ophiucus huge   In th' artic sky, and from his horrid hair    Shakes pestilence and war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resolution is no strange and extraordinary thing; it is one of the most common acts that belong to us as we are men. But we do not ordinarily apply it to the best purposes. It is not so ordinary for men to resolve to be good as to resolve to be rich and great, not so common for men to resolve against sin as to resolve against poverty and suffering. It is not so usual for men to resolve to keep a good conscience as to keep a good place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46315]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination is the only weapon in the war against reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18598]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less with baldness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our New York flagship store is staffed and open for business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our New York flagship store is staffed and open for business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a for-loss company. This is something we should do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36054]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a for-loss company. This is something we should do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the girls were more excited than she was. She was in a daze about the whole thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42020]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the girls were more excited than she was. She was in a daze about the whole thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man who inflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man who inflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46307]]></link><description><![CDATA[The two most abundant things in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28373]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7498]]></link><description><![CDATA[By afflictions, God is spoiling us [i.e., taking away from us] of what otherwise might have spoiled us. When he makes the world too hot for us to hold, we let it go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50862]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who accuses another of wrong should look well into his own conduct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52999]]></link><description><![CDATA[That he that readeth may run over it. [Lat., Ut percurrat qui legerit eum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41595]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you stop having dreams and ideals - well, you might as well stop altogether.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No money, no Swiss. [Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51063]]></link><description><![CDATA[No money, no Swiss. [Fr., Point d'argent, point de Suisse.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a part of growth, unfortunately. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29142]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a part of growth, unfortunately.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That possession was the strongest tenure of the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47754]]></link><description><![CDATA[That possession was the strongest tenure of the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think everybody knows, at least everybody who is on the bubble, so to speak. All you can do is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think everybody knows, at least everybody who is on the bubble, so to speak. All you can do is do everything you possibly can every time you get a chance to make it a hard decision for them. When you get the opportunity, you just want to give them reasons to keep you around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65218]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stolen sweets are best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was like, bing, bing, bing. They threw some big punches, and we just didn't respond like we have all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was like, bing, bing, bing. They threw some big punches, and we just didn't respond like we have all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33248</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[The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God-seed into God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24050]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47057]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47057</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[For us, murder is once for all forbidden... It makes no difference whether one take away the life once born, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6698]]></link><description><![CDATA[For us, murder is once for all forbidden... It makes no difference whether one take away the life once born, or destroy it as it comes to birth. He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happened. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18903]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happened. It doesn't heal anything. I don't know how or what does the healing, but it isn't Time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14570]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45164]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you realized how powerful your thoughts are, you would never think a negative thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49046]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little given seasonably excuses a great gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49046</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must chose in life between boredom and suffering. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24963]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must chose in life between boredom and suffering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say a thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57192]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look at each other wondering what the other is thinking but we never say a thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61516]]></link><description><![CDATA[The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play,  And wild and sweet   The words repeat    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust not too much to appearances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust not too much to appearances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy -- I mean that if you are happy you will be good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26443]]></link><description><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61898]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woman is a miracle of divine contradictions]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60147]]></link><description><![CDATA[Union gives strength to the humble. [Lat., Auxilia humilia firma consensus facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shauna and I had no office yet. We had to find the equipment for the office, we had to find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shauna and I had no office yet. We had to find the equipment for the office, we had to find furniture, start writing grants, contact the IRS about our public charitable status, and get with the state about our tax-exempt status. We ended up going around Methodist Hospital to offices that were vacant at the time to make phone calls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them eat cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them eat cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark  Of the unfathomed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57283]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul of man is larger than the sky, Deeper than ocean, or the abysmal dark  Of the unfathomed centre.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57283</guid></item></channel></rss>