<?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://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[God never made His work for man to mend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17710]]></link><description><![CDATA[God never made His work for man to mend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I knew him tyrannous; and tyrants' fears Decrease not, but grow faster than the years;  And should he doubt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59976]]></link><description><![CDATA[I knew him tyrannous; and tyrants' fears Decrease not, but grow faster than the years;  And should he doubt it, as no doubt he doth,   That I should open to the list'ning air    How many worthy princes' bloods were shed     To keep his bed of blackness unlaid ope,      To lop that doubt, he'll fill this land with arms       And make pretense of wrong that I have done him;        When all, for mine, if I may call offense,         Must feel war's blow, who spares not innocence;          Which love to all, of which thyself art one,           Who now reproved'st me for't--]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourn, little harebells, o'er the lea; Ye stately foxgloves fair to see!  Ye woodbines, hanging bonnilie   In scented bowers!    Ye roses on your thorny tree     The first o' flow'rs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5440]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of ;antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let fancy still in my sense in Lethe steep; If it be thus to dream, still let me sleep!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The discontented man finds no easy chair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12428]]></link><description><![CDATA[The discontented man finds no easy chair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58557]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58557</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26303]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cried because I had no shoes, then I met a man who had no feet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance, it is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53465]]></link><description><![CDATA[But the religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principle of resistance, it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism of the Protestant religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since I arrived at the commission, we have greatly stepped up our enforcement against indecent broadcasts, ... I expect that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since I arrived at the commission, we have greatly stepped up our enforcement against indecent broadcasts, ... I expect that stepped-up actions like those we take today will convince broadcasters that they cannot ignore their responsibility to serve the public interest and to avoid the broadcast of indecent material over the public airwaves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64562]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to try to cut back on that and let this situation die down a little bit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37616]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to try to cut back on that and let this situation die down a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25671]]></link><description><![CDATA[If love is shelter, I'm going to walk in the rain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21970]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had a few arguments with people, but I never carry a grudge. You knowwhy? While you're carrying a grudge, they're out dancing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. - "Trees". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27864]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. - "Trees".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34967]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was very, very challenging. There was never a doubt that it was important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three;  "Pull, if ye never pulled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4111]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old mayor climbed the belfry tower, The ringers ran by two, by three;  "Pull, if ye never pulled before;   Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.    "Play uppe, play uppe, O Boston bells!     Ply all your changes, all your swells,      Play uppe The Brides of Enderby."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9336]]></link><description><![CDATA[A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47091]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young in limbs, in judgment old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46755]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut, When the reason stands on its squarest toes,  When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--   There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;    But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,     And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"      And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--       Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is marriage without love, there will be love without marriage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49326]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that can make a fire well, can end a quarrell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense is solid, and it's more athletic and faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense is solid, and it's more athletic and faster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regarding nothing as done, while ought remained to be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a theater you have that many more seats, so that many more people, and they are feeding you, telling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29913]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a theater you have that many more seats, so that many more people, and they are feeding you, telling you how far you can go or what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15384]]></link><description><![CDATA[To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27665]]></link><description><![CDATA[When better business decisions are made, economists won't make them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16742]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cannot tell the exact moment a friendship is formed; as in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses, there is at last one that makes the heart run over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62921]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot name any programs that will be cut. In fact, we did not focus on that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot name any programs that will be cut. In fact, we did not focus on that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6749]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defense, for myself and for those for whom I am responsible, must be a conscious defense. We cannot assume that, because we are Christians, in the full biblical sense, and indwelt by the Holy Spirit, automatically we shall be free from the influence of what surrounds us. The Holy Spirit can do what He will, but the Bible does not separate His work from knowledge; nor does the work of the Holy Spirit remove our responsibility as parents, pastors, evangelists, missionaries, or teachers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709  Life is at its noblest and its best when our effort cooperates with God's grace to produce the necessary loveliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashions, after all, are only induced epidemics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a real tug of war in the yen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a real tug of war in the yen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's tough. It's very tough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41725]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's tough. It's very tough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They started trash talking out there. It woke us up. We started to get up and down the court. ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They started trash talking out there. It woke us up. We started to get up and down the court. ... I was pointing at the Memphis TV guys. They was talking trash, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come from that hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61093]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's too bad to want a thing and not be allowed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2953]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no right to ask when a sorrow comes, 'Why did this happen to me?' unless we ask the same question for every joy that comes our way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff: you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55548</guid></item></channel></rss>