<?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[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[I'm really happy for him. That weight is so tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38931]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really happy for him. That weight is so tough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   The popular craving [for an English Bible] could not be stifled, and the sixteenth century saw the pioneering works of Tyndale and Coverdale; then, two years after Coverdale, the real "authorized version" appeared in 1537, when a mysterious translator called "Thomas Matthew" had his works not only dedicated to but licensed by Henry VIII. In the long run, what put the Bible into the hands of the common people was the influence exerted on public opinion and authority by the reformation of the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53720]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we debunk a fanatical faith or prejudice, we do not strike at the root of fanaticism. We merely prevent its leaking out at a certain point, with the likely result that it will leak out at some other point. Thus by denigrating prevailing beliefs and loyalties, the militant man of words unwittingly creates in the disillusioned masses a hunger for faith. For the majority of people cannot endure the barrenness and futility of their lives unless they have some ardent dedication, or some passionate pursuit in which they can lose themselves. Thus, in spite of himself, the scoffing man of words becomes the precursor of a new faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One today is worth two tomorrows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59451]]></link><description><![CDATA[One today is worth two tomorrows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calculation never made a hero. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calculation never made a hero.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50808]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the heart is sick it cannot bear the slightest annoyance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though these technological advances originally sought to control information and bring order to the office, in many instances they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though these technological advances originally sought to control information and bring order to the office, in many instances they have done just the opposite. The electronic office promised to reduce paper work and lessen work loads, but it has, in fact, generated more information that must sill be printed and -even more challenging-be assimilated. Since computers entered office systems, paper utilization has increased six-fold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62761]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For courage mounteth with occasion. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55782]]></link><description><![CDATA[For courage mounteth with occasion. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a lot of confidence coming in. I told them to treat it like a championship but to have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42381]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a lot of confidence coming in. I told them to treat it like a championship but to have fun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22407]]></link><description><![CDATA[A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36168]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she was no longer able to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30160]]></link><description><![CDATA[said Adams. ''We're really going to miss Matt, but we're lucky we gained someone young like Neal who is a great teacher and person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pen is the tongue of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57073]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pen is the tongue of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mercy to living beings, self restraint, truth, honesty, chastity and contentment, right faith and knowledge, and austerity are but the entourage of morality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8987]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never any pity for conceited people, because I think they carry their comfort about with them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the rights of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54264]]></link><description><![CDATA[They made and recorded a sort of institute and digest of anarchy, called the rights of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lower rates on loans will create quite tough conditions for consumer lenders because interest income accounts for the majority of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lower rates on loans will create quite tough conditions for consumer lenders because interest income accounts for the majority of their revenue. It's almost impossible to foresee clearly what their profits will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54440]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I might a rose-bud grow And thou wouldst cull me from the bower.  To place me on that breast of snow   Where I should bloom a wintry flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know who killed Jane. It was Ricky. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32056]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know who killed Jane. It was Ricky.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14664]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55389]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle, that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great As when a giant dies. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mass enormous! which, in modern days No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57940]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mass enormous! which, in modern days No two of earth's degenerate sons could raise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41051]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by sense?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41051</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47800]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For oute of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;  And out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1730]]></link><description><![CDATA[For oute of olde feldys, as men sey, Comyth al this newe corn from yere to yere;  And out of old bokis, in good fey,   Comyth al this newe science that men lere.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing focuses the mind better than the constant sight of a competitor who wants to wipe you off the map.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just because they come off the bench doesn't mean they're not really good. We're a team and everyone gets an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just because they come off the bench doesn't mean they're not really good. We're a team and everyone gets an opportunity. We use different kinds of combinations for different reasons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the hustler but the whittler.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/674]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18831]]></link><description><![CDATA[In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds are males, words females are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds are males, words females are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45326]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64696]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing is to enjoy your life - to be happy - it's all that matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14915]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is definitely not 'boys will be boys,' ... These are some serious assaults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42018]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely not 'boys will be boys,' ... These are some serious assaults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could be on scene and see someone mistreat an animal and we couldn't arrest them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40406]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could be on scene and see someone mistreat an animal and we couldn't arrest them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17498]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3899]]></link><description><![CDATA[His labor is a chant, His idleness a tune;  Oh, for a bee's experience   Of clovers and of noon!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64147]]></link><description><![CDATA[The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19985]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are times when one would like to hang the whole human race, and finish the farce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If [it] yields to the drift of the age and surrenders its hold of the awful but glorious individualism of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6447]]></link><description><![CDATA[If [it] yields to the drift of the age and surrenders its hold of the awful but glorious individualism of the Christian salvation,... the Church itself will not be much enriched by an accession of panic-stricken fugitives from a Personal God. And many unhappy young people are discovering now that Church membership is not the equivalent of being reconciled to God, and a kind of Confirmation is not a substitute for Conversion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6447</guid></item></channel></rss>