<?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[But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1017]]></link><description><![CDATA[But a stranger in a strange land, he is no one: men know him not-and to know not is to care not for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61173]]></link><description><![CDATA[In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign.... Secondly, a just cause.... Thirdly ... a rightful intention.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6208]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossiping doesn't belong in the office. Most of us don't want to hear somebody else's personal drama. If there's good news ... graduation, a new house ... but the negative stuff doesn't have a place in the office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What has poster'ty done for us, That we, lest they their rights should lose,  Should trust our necks to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47853]]></link><description><![CDATA[What has poster'ty done for us, That we, lest they their rights should lose,  Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's a pretty jovial guy. He's very loyal, a very religious guy, very family-oriented young man. His mom and dad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33946]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's a pretty jovial guy. He's very loyal, a very religious guy, very family-oriented young man. His mom and dad were always very important to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40828]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think gas prices have had a definite impact on people who do not have a specific destination planned in advance, ... A lot of the fall foliage travelers are seniors. Because their budgets are impacted more dramatically, I don't think they'll be traveling as much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62995]]></link><description><![CDATA[A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong; but a man never feels ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger may be foolish and obsurd, and one may be irritated when in the wrong; but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is at bottom right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings  My ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44512]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love night more than day--she is so lovely; But I love night the most because she brings  My love to me in dreams which scarcely lie.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very fact that you are a complainer, shows that you deserve your lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. [Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20402]]></link><description><![CDATA[In extraordinary events ignorance of their causes produces astonishment. [Lat., Causarum ignoratio in re nova mirationem facit.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22828]]></link><description><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier!   Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[News, news, news, my gossiping friends, I have wonderful news to tell,  A lady by me her compliments sends; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44461]]></link><description><![CDATA[News, news, news, my gossiping friends, I have wonderful news to tell,  A lady by me her compliments sends;   And this is the news from Hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1408]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58532]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13004]]></link><description><![CDATA["Wery good power o' suction, Sammy," said Mr. Weller the elder. . . . "You'd ha' made an uncommon fine oyster, Sammy, if you'd been born in that station o' life."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will go there with an extremely open mind. If they are really serious . . . we should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will go there with an extremely open mind. If they are really serious . . . we should be able to find an agreement without too much difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36435]]></link><description><![CDATA[Action and faith enslave thought, both of them in order not be troubled or inconvenienced by reflection, criticism, and doubt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business is a means- the only means- to increase the quantity of goods available for preserving life and rendering it more agreeable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, & John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535   Almighty God, have mercy on N and N and on all that bear me ill will, and would me harm, and on their faults and mine together; and by such easy, tender, merciful means as Thine infinite wisdom best can divine, vouchsafe to amend and redress; and make us saved souls together in heaven where we may ever live and love together with Thee and Thy blessed saints, O glorious Trinity, for the bitter passion of our sweet saviour Christ, amen.   ... ascribed to Sir Thomas More  July 7, 2002   O God, the strength of all those who put their trust in thee; mercifully accept our prayers; and because, through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace, that in keeping thy commandments we may please thee, both in will and deed; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.   ... Collect for the first Sunday after Trinity, The Book of Common Prayer [1928]  July 8, 2002   Happily for us, the fundamental Christian message concerns not what we ought to do, but what God has done and what God is willing to do. In fellowship with Him and with others who are likewise trying to be like Him, we can be lifted up above our native possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61325]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky,  Hear the wedding song!   For the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky,  Hear the wedding song!   For the happy groom is near,    Tall as Mars, and statelier,     Hear the wedding song!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I really like the original Apes costumes. The colors were great, and the use of heavy materials was something that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32089]]></link><description><![CDATA[I really like the original Apes costumes. The colors were great, and the use of heavy materials was something that influenced me for this film.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32089</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange is a critical piece on the chess board. So you have to put a big premium ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The London Stock Exchange is a critical piece on the chess board. So you have to put a big premium on the price.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, the itch, and a cough cannot be hid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, the itch, and a cough cannot be hid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Drugs are a bet with your mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Drugs are a bet with your mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14769]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Out of nothing I have created a strange new universe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17374</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[I'm not in favor of it if they're vague about what they are going to do with the property. Without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31451]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not in favor of it if they're vague about what they are going to do with the property. Without a business plan I don't think it's wise to jump into a purchase like this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5844]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had she been light, like you, Of such a merry, nimble, stirring spirit,  She might ha' been a grandam ere she died;   And so may you, for a light heart lives long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60101]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change, when it comes, cracks everything open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change, when it comes, cracks everything open.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is learning what you didn't even know you didn't know.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a superb bill for America. It lets people keep their money, increases growth and job opportunity, and it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30198]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a superb bill for America. It lets people keep their money, increases growth and job opportunity, and it's just the beginning. You ain't seen nothing yet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, and daughters sometimes run off with the butler ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20806]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, and daughters sometimes run off with the butler]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16731]]></link><description><![CDATA[The free press is the mother of all our liberties and of our progress under liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  With us, our denomination is a source of pride: we feel an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  With us, our denomination is a source of pride: we feel an intimate link with our fellow church-member in Fiji, and we think how wonderful it is that we belong to a communion which spans the entire globe. We do not normally reflect that this sense of solidarity is very often gained at the expense of the unity which we ought to be experiencing with our fellow-Christian next door who belongs to a different denomination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not like we're alone out there. There are really a lot of people doing this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33865]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not like we're alone out there. There are really a lot of people doing this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time nor tide. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nae man can tether time nor tide.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The markets are clearly disappointed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42257]]></link><description><![CDATA[The markets are clearly disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65042]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65042</guid></item></channel></rss>