<?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[So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25471]]></link><description><![CDATA[So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18571]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many people have died, both military and civilian. This travesty must end, and our brave and dedicated troops must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many people have died, both military and civilian. This travesty must end, and our brave and dedicated troops must be brought home and brought home now. Cindy, I want to know that it has been a profound privilege to care for these precious boots of your beloved son, Casey, and I now return them to you, so they may serve as a guiding light to carry your message forward, so that together we can continue the struggle to end this war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The minority of a country is never known to agree, except in its efforts to reduce and oppress the majority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19365]]></link><description><![CDATA[History as a discipline can be characterized as having a collective forgetfulness about women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20392]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now, we've got our projected cost out to 2010, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now, we've got our projected cost out to 2010,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25429]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is like the sword--those who appeal to it shall perish by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've forced the other team to hit to beat us. We've forced them to put the ball in play and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36127]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've forced the other team to hit to beat us. We've forced them to put the ball in play and we've made the plays behind them -- and that's something we didn't do last year. We didn't play good defense behind our pitching and we walked too many guys and we've cleaned up those areas. It's really been a difference for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is a dangerous place. Not because of the people who are evil; but because of the people who don't do anything about it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination rules the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination rules the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: knowst thou when Fate  Thy measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53965]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life's small things be resolute and great To keep thy muscle trained: knowst thou when Fate  Thy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee,   "I find thee worthy; do this deed for me?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spirit divine, attend our prayers.  And make this house thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers;  O ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spirit divine, attend our prayers.  And make this house thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers;  O come, great spirit, come! Come as the light; to us reveal  Our emptiness and woe; And lead us in the paths of life  Where all the righteous go. Come as the wind: sweep clean away  What dead within us lies, And search and freshen all our souls  With living energies.  Come as the fire: and purge our hearts  Like sacrificial flame; Let our whole soul as offering be  To our redeemer's name. Spirit divine, attend our prayers,  Make a lost world thy home; Descend with all thy gracious powers:  O come, great Spirit, come!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's to France, the moon whose magic rays move the tides of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59376]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's to France, the moon whose magic rays move the tides of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come like shadows, so depart! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come like shadows, so depart!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   The Hebrew religion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Thomas Bray, Priest, Founder of SPCK, 1730 Continuing a short series on forgiveness:   The Hebrew religion was an unfinished religion. That is one of the best proofs of its divine inspiration. The prophets had the forward look [and] great things were yet to come. As one of the most daring expressed it, the old and hallowed covenant, made by God at the Exodus, would be superseded by a new and higher relation; God would write his law into the hearts of the people; the old drill in outward statutes would disappear, for all men would know God by an inward experience of forgiveness and love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57936]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not adestination. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not adestination.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees things -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30644]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing politer than this. It's literally a camera looking at people -- a radio that sees things -- but it's completely private. You see a white ghost. There is nothing that gives any indication of race or sex, so there is no racial profiling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask but enough, and you may lower the price as you list.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the cease-fire. If the intensity of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36733]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Tigers have built a much stronger military machine in the four years of the cease-fire. If the intensity of the war increases, there is no doubt they have developed a capability to strike in Colombo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer isles of Eden, lying in dark purple spheres of sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Summer isles of Eden, lying in dark purple spheres of sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45082]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter how much milk you spill as long as you don't lose the cow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fate of a nation has often depended on the food or bad digestion of a prime minister.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26479]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29034]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I'm going to do something, I do it spectacularly or I don't do it at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. [Fr., Tous chemins vont a Rome; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54409]]></link><description><![CDATA[All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. [Fr., Tous chemins vont a Rome; ainsi nos concurrents  Crurent pouvoir choisir des sentiers differents.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you can do something you must first be something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you can do something you must first be something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44403]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics. To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26010]]></link><description><![CDATA[As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference is as great between The optics seeing as the objects seen.  All manners take a tincture from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference is as great between The optics seeing as the objects seen.  All manners take a tincture from our own;   Or come discolor'd through out passions shown;    Or fancy's beam enlarges, multiplies,     Contracts, inverts, and gives ten thousand dyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64186]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education, n. One of the few thing a fellow is willing to pay for and not get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And her face so fair Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14851]]></link><description><![CDATA[And her face so fair Stirr'd with her dream, as rose-leaves with the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A library is thought in cold storage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4584]]></link><description><![CDATA[A library is thought in cold storage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18300]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most pitiful human ailment is a birdseed heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18300</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22030]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you do not know what you are doing and what you are doing is the best -- that is inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action is the product of the qualities inherent in nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61524]]></link><description><![CDATA[A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42759]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are a good many real miseries in life that we cannot help smiling at, but they are the smiles that make wrinkles and not dimples.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear  The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45800]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twere sweet to sink in death for Truth and Freedom! Yes, who would hesitate, for who could bear  The living degradation we may know   If we do dread death for a sacred cause?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32004]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs along for centuries, ever responsive to the strain of the increasing needs of a growing population and an enlarging domain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is memory and metaphor]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27434</guid></item></channel></rss>