<?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[It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23497]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the law and not by the crooked cord of discretion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to property. They are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47658]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property rights are not the rights of property; they are the rights of humans with regard to property. They are a particular kind of human right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29764]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We generally have had a good feeling going into the third and fourth quarters because the economy is doing better ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32035]]></link><description><![CDATA[We generally have had a good feeling going into the third and fourth quarters because the economy is doing better than expected. Semiconductors are going to get a boost from seasonal trends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57276]]></link><description><![CDATA[John Brown's body lies a mould'ring in the grave, His soul goes marching on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! The frontier town and citadel of night!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leave not a sword in the hand of an idiot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/193]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. He will become one of the great players in NBA history. He's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40666]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an exciting time for the Rockets. He will become one of the great players in NBA history. He's got the size, intelligence, youth, and quickness to be a phenomenal, forceful player in the league.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no limit to the power of loving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63508]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no limit to the power of loving.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look back, and smile on perils past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66881]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look back, and smile on perils past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They that are booted are not alwaies ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49964]]></link><description><![CDATA[They that are booted are not alwaies ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While women need the right to birth control and abortion, we also need to be able to have and raise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38744]]></link><description><![CDATA[While women need the right to birth control and abortion, we also need to be able to have and raise children, and that means equal opportunity, good jobs and equal pay.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57130]]></link><description><![CDATA[God and a soldier all people adore In time of war, but not before;  And when war is over and all things are righted,   God is neglected and an old soldier slighted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43921]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can live for years next door to a big pine tree, honored to have so venerable a neighbor, even when it sheds needles all over your flowers or wakes you, dropping big cones onto your deck at still of night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though it looked like an easy game, he went deep into the count on a lot of hitters. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35541]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though it looked like an easy game, he went deep into the count on a lot of hitters. But he threw a strike when he had to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53409]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love fools experiments. I am always making them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53409</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[Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14735]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63389]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4227]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not think, sir, to catch old birds with chaff.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38825]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a private conversation between myself and another elected official, and that's the end of it. We can work ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38122]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a private conversation between myself and another elected official, and that's the end of it. We can work on other issues.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It affects the income, no doubt. Most people just want to wait for the good days. But figuring which days ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30005]]></link><description><![CDATA[It affects the income, no doubt. Most people just want to wait for the good days. But figuring which days those are is hard enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whipping and abuse are like laudanum; you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back  How he esteems your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16773]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that hails you Tom or Jack, And proves by thumps upon your back  How he esteems your merit,   Is such a friend, that one had need    Be very much his friend indeed     To pardon or to bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's starting to settle in by getting in a groove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38568]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's starting to settle in by getting in a groove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A leader is a dealer in hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24491]]></link><description><![CDATA[A leader is a dealer in hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like plants in mines, which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be,  And do the best to climb, and get to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9412]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Really, it?s interchangeable who plays the point, but having us both out there will feed our offense. My role now ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Really, it?s interchangeable who plays the point, but having us both out there will feed our offense. My role now will to be a little more aggressive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs. [Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder les ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16621]]></link><description><![CDATA[One knows in France 685 different ways of preparing eggs. [Fr., On connoit en France 685 manieres differentes d'accommoder les oeufs.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We produced a good all-round performance and I suppose the only slight concern was that the top order batsmen could ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41968]]></link><description><![CDATA[We produced a good all-round performance and I suppose the only slight concern was that the top order batsmen could have done better,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak, Against the wicked remnant of the week."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43985]]></link><description><![CDATA[And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096]]></link><description><![CDATA[As we know, forgiveness of oneself is the hardest of all the forgivenesses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each new generation is a fresh invasion of savages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another fresh new year is here . . .Another year to live!To banish worry, doubt, and fear,To love and laugh and give!This bright new year is given meTo live each day with zest . . .To daily grow and try to beMy highest and my best!I have the opportunityOnce more to right some wrongs,To pray for peace, to plant a tree,And sing more joyful songs!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912  Let us not inquire into the affairs of others that concern us not, but be busied within ourselves and our own spheres; ever remembering that to pry into the actions or interests of other men not under our charge may minister to pride, to tyranny, to uncharitableness, to trouble, but can never consist with modesty; unless where duty or the mere intentions of charity and relation do warrant it... Knock, therefore, at the door before you enter upon your neighbor's privacy: and remember, that there is no difference between entering his house and looking into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11623]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mother who is really a mother is never free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27268]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mother who is really a mother is never free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Antony of Egypt, Abbot, 356 Commemoration of Charles Gore, Bishop, Teacher, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, 1932   Now what ought to have been the attitude of thoughtful Christians towards ecclesiastical authority, resulting from our Lord's whole attitude towards it? I think that the Catholic Church ought to have maintained and used ecclesiastical and sacerdotal authority, but that its maintenance and its use ought to have been accompanied with a continual fear. Because they had before them this fact, that however divinely authoritative, however securely resting on a basis of legitimate and genuine inspiration, yet the ecclesiastical authority of the Old Covenant, by no process of sudden revolution, but simply by a process of gradual development, was capable of becoming something so utterly alien in spirit from what it was intended to be, that when the Christ came, to prepare for whom and to welcome whom was the one reason for which it existed, it did in fact reject Him utterly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains;  Grasp it like a man of mettle,   And it soft as silk remains.    'Tis the same with common natures,     Use 'em kindly, they rebel;      But, be rough as nutmeg-graters,       And the rogues obey you well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46829]]></link><description><![CDATA[Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Sadder than owl-songs or the midnight blast;  Is that portentous phrase, "I told you so."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were well aware coming into this game that playing Falmouth was going to be a learning experience for many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40093]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were well aware coming into this game that playing Falmouth was going to be a learning experience for many of our younger players,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smell of money is good, come whence it may. [Alluding to Vespasian's tax on ordure.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employ a million. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satan hasn't a single salaried helper; the Opposition employ a million.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17724</guid></item></channel></rss>