<?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[Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9799]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22248]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be afraid to take a big step. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59542]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming off a tough win against Minuteman, it's good to get a win against Swampscott over here. We just did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming off a tough win against Minuteman, it's good to get a win against Swampscott over here. We just did what we do best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49554]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand griefes prove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["I'll be happy when...." is the way many people think they are living their lives. Yet, happiness is not something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38443]]></link><description><![CDATA["I'll be happy when...." is the way many people think they are living their lives. Yet, happiness is not something that happens to you. Happiness is inside you now. You are motivated from within. You only have to allow happiness to surface.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20048]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto Wished him five fathom under the Rialto. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soprano, basso, even the contra-alto Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forever is a long, long time and time has a way of changing things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21673]]></link><description><![CDATA[When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57851]]></link><description><![CDATA[The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/211]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the addition of Web access to our free package of basic services and the planned acceleration of our highly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31396]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the addition of Web access to our free package of basic services and the planned acceleration of our highly successful subscriber acquisition program, we hope to be providing Web access to more individuals than any ISP or online service other than America Online before too much longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66347]]></link><description><![CDATA[That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64517]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each age has deemed the new-born year
The fittest time for festal cheer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animis opibusque parati [Prepared in mind and resources] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43274]]></link><description><![CDATA[Animis opibusque parati [Prepared in mind and resources]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62297]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing that wastes the body like worry, and one who has any faith in God should be ashamed to worry about anything whatsoever.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46408]]></link><description><![CDATA[One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14936]]></link><description><![CDATA[War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's neat about color is you can take a piece of wood that's pretty blah and make it really interesting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39661]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's neat about color is you can take a piece of wood that's pretty blah and make it really interesting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Among mortals second thoughts are wisest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5384]]></link><description><![CDATA[Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all! Reproach and everlasting shame  Sits mocking in our plumes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mort de ma vie! all is confounded, all! Reproach and everlasting shame  Sits mocking in our plumes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kathleen Mavourneen, the gray dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill,  The lark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kathleen Mavourneen, the gray dawn is breaking, The horn of the hunter is heard on the hill,  The lark from her light wing the bright dew is shaking--   Kathleen Mavourneen, what, slumbering, still?    Oh hast thou forgotten how soon we must sever?     Oh hast thou forgotten this day we must part?      It may be for years and it may be forever;       Oh why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I said, other people can write songs, let's see if I can. So the first 400 or 500 wound up on the floor somewhere. Then I wrote one called Melissa.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65213]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65213</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. [Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here honor binds me, and I wish to satisfy it. [Lat., Ici l'honneur m'oblige, et j'y veux satisfaire.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earnestness is good and impressive: genius is gifted and great. Thought kindles and inspires, but it takes a diviner endowment, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earnestness is good and impressive: genius is gifted and great. Thought kindles and inspires, but it takes a diviner endowment, and more powerful energy than earnestness or genius or thought to break the chains of sin, to win estranged and deprived hearts to God, to repair the breaches and restore the Church to her old ways of purity and power. Nothing but the anointing of the Holy Spirit can do this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19241]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is angry at a feast is rude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49362]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is angry at a feast is rude.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62593]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are only young once, and if you work it right, once is enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44446]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed of any late-breaking...humor we can find. Of course, our show is obviously at a disadvantage compared to the many news sources that we're competing with… at a disadvantage in several respects. For one thing, we are fake. They are not. So in terms of credibility we are, well, oddly enough, actually about even. We're about even.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,  The dew shall weep ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,  The dew shall weep thy fall to-night;   For thou must die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  Faith is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988  Faith is not the holding of correct doctrines, but personal fellowship with the Living God... What is offered to man's apprehension in any specific revelation is not truth concerning God but the Living God Himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are pauses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24062]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most precious things in speech are pauses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6081]]></link><description><![CDATA[In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism: The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24430]]></link><description><![CDATA[The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in other men the conviction and the will to carry on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abundance does not spread; famine does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abundance does not spread; famine does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd do anything to go back to those days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29330]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd do anything to go back to those days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you have no critics you'll likely have no success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22364]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you have no critics you'll likely have no success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64884]]></link><description><![CDATA[When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair of the women, they dedicated a temple to the Bald Venus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64884</guid></item></channel></rss>