<?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[Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28835]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62362]]></link><description><![CDATA[What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest, and but heal to wear  That which disfigures it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills  With ravishment the listening hours,--  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dark the Night, with breath all flowers, And tender broken voice that fills  With ravishment the listening hours,--   Whisperings, wooings,    Liquid ripples, and soft ring-dove cooings     In low-toned rhythm that love's aching stills!      Dark the night       Yet is she bright,        For in her dark she brings the mystic star,         Trembling yet strong, as is the voice of love,          From some unknown afar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanatics in power and the funnel of a tornado have this in common - the narrow path in which they move is marked by violence and destruction]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the luxuries and many of the so-called comforts of life, are not only not indispensable, but positive hindrances to the elevation of mankind]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  It may well be that the unknowable name stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, Teacher, 1901  It may well be that the unknowable name stands for the ultimate mystery of Jesus Christ. His love we can experience; His salvation we can appropriate; His help we can claim; but their remains in Him the divine mystery of the Incarnation, which is beyond our understanding, and before which we can only worship and adore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no great genius without some touch of madness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17295]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no great genius without some touch of madness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25099]]></link><description><![CDATA[Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was just trying to keep the inning going so we could have a chance. We did a poor job early in the game but were able to come on late.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thy friendship oft has made my heart to ache; do be my enemy - for friendship's sake. -William Blake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64246]]></link><description><![CDATA[How poor are they that have not patience! What wound did ever heal but by degrees?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60909]]></link><description><![CDATA[For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38598]]></link><description><![CDATA[I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42871]]></link><description><![CDATA[Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1091]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some of the trees were old and sick. They weren't made to resist winds like that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some of the trees were old and sick. They weren't made to resist winds like that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never despair; but if you do, work on in despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no office hours for leaders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22553]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no office hours for leaders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43585]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shell-fish ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13232]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as I have fat turtle-doves, a fig of your lettuce, my friend, and you may keep your shell-fish to yourself. I have no wish to waste my appetite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27156]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever they may be in public life, whatever their relations with men, in their relations with women, all men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, their codes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think men are a beautiful creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40248]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think men are a beautiful creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44925]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes 50000 nuts to put a car together, but only one to scatter them all over the road. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20310]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes 50000 nuts to put a car together, but only one to scatter them all over the road.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44833]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you get right down to the root of the meaning of the word "succeed," you find that it simply means to follow through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got some shots on goal, not a lot of quality chances. It's one of those games where the team ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32835]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got some shots on goal, not a lot of quality chances. It's one of those games where the team hangs in there. Their goaltender gives them a chance to win the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20866]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very room, coz she was in, Seemed warm f'om floor to ceilin'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Who hates his neighbor has not the rights of a child." And not only has he no rights as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8070]]></link><description><![CDATA["Who hates his neighbor has not the rights of a child." And not only has he no rights as a child, he has no "father". God is not my father in particular, or any man's father (horrible presumption and madness!); no, He is only father in the sense of father of all, and consequently only my father in so far as He is the father of all. When I hate someone or deny God is his father, it is not he who loses, but I: for then I have no father.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22196]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing to cling to the patterns you know inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing to cling to the patterns you know inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ore doesn't have added value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42607]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ore doesn't have added value.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66492]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife is the kind of girl who will not go anywhere without her mother, and her mother will go anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let your love be stronger than your hate or anger. Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little than to break.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judas had given them the slip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Judas had given them the slip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62445]]></link><description><![CDATA[A stone thrown at the right time is better than a stone thrown at the wrong time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23159]]></link><description><![CDATA[No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27708]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no permanent changes because change itself is permanent. It behooves the industrialist to research and the investor to be vigilant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4266]]></link><description><![CDATA[Born to be wild -- live to outgrow it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18770]]></link><description><![CDATA[Festination may prove Precipitation; Deliberating delay may be wise cunctation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19606]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need to go out and find that match, and we've gotten some support from various foundations and endowments so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37547]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need to go out and find that match, and we've gotten some support from various foundations and endowments so far, but we have a long row to hoe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62435]]></link><description><![CDATA[One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time and in others' minds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25033]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real reason for not committing suicide is because you always know how swell life gets again after the hell is over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25033</guid></item></channel></rss>