<?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[. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60936]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition . . .]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury may prove a blessing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50709]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury may prove a blessing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord  Ideological notions are strongest amongst people who have lost ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord  Ideological notions are strongest amongst people who have lost their traditional religious faith, and they provide a kind of pseudo-religion to take its place. Ideology may well be defined as religion-substitute. The fact that religious faith expresses itself in the particular ideological forms current in any given period is no reason why we should confuse religion with ideology; and, even though it requires a penetrating and candid investigation to distinguish between the genuinely religious and the merely ideological elements in the outlook of a particular period or individual, this does not mean that religion itself is an aspect of ideology. The core of religious belief is not ideological, whatever may be said of the soft pulp in which it is wrapped up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going beyond is as bad as falling short.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40778]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had a late supper one evening with Frank and Treat Williams... Treat took us for a trip in his plane around the Manhattan skyline, an incredible, somehow touching sight. I wonder why?... We passed so close to the World Trade Center buildings that we could see the diners innocently enjoying themselves in the restaurant. In the late-20th century, it's impossible not to see the whole great heart of the city as vulnerable, exposed to attack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Child abuse does not go away, but 90 percent of child abuse is preventable, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Child abuse does not go away, but 90 percent of child abuse is preventable,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shun an inquisitive man, he is invariably a tell-tale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64542]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was King Bradmond's palace, Was never none richer, the story says:  For all the windows and the walls ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3010]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was King Bradmond's palace, Was never none richer, the story says:  For all the windows and the walls   Were painted with gold, both towers and halls;    Pillars and doors all were of brass;     Windows of latten were set with glass;      It was so rich in many wise,       That it was like a paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55081]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have no idea how promising the world begins to look once you have decided to have it all for yourself. And how much healthier your decisions are once they become entirely selfish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1837]]></link><description><![CDATA[At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that love is a feeling or anything of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8178]]></link><description><![CDATA[To the Christian, love is the works of love. To say that love is a feeling or anything of the kind is really an un-Christian conception of love. That is the aesthetic definition and therefore fits the erotic and everything of that nature. But to the Christian, love is the works of love. Christ's love was not an inner feeling, a full heart and what-not: it was the work of love which was his life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63953]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven  Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;   It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.    'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes     The throned monarch better than his crown.      His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,       The attribute to awe and majesty,        Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;         But mercy is above this scept'red sway;          It is enthroned in the hearts of kings;           It is an attribute to God himself,            And earthly power doth then show likest God's             When mercy seasons justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41139]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was the best we've seen Hunter Jones throw the ball this year. That's the way he threw the ball last year. We were just hoping he'd get it back on track, and I think he did tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25997]]></link><description><![CDATA[My country right or wrong; when right, to keep her right; when wrong, to put her right.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40234]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're no longer a doormat, and the guys want to be part of this resurgence. If we were not in the top 10 this year, we would be disappointed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Excellence can be obtained if you:...care more than others think is wise;...risk more than others think is safe;...dream more than others think is practical;...expect more than others think is possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56605]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the man of one book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the man of one book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abuse is the weapon of the vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we have to have traditional roots, but then make things modern for the 90s. I think it makes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39125]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we have to have traditional roots, but then make things modern for the 90s. I think it makes us more creative by taking traditional concepts and blowing them out a little bit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64495]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27128]]></link><description><![CDATA[All women are born evil. Some just realize their potential later in life than others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62738]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One party is aggrieved and is seeking redress. I hope he will accept whatever result is obtained from the outcome ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28283]]></link><description><![CDATA[One party is aggrieved and is seeking redress. I hope he will accept whatever result is obtained from the outcome of the investigation and he has agreed to that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22595]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate creative capacity of the brain may be, for all practical purposes, infinite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56953]]></link><description><![CDATA[There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes, and those who do not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let an ill man lie in thy straw, and he looks to be thy heire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach sat us down after our bad start and told us we needed to come together as a team. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coach sat us down after our bad start and told us we needed to come together as a team.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no hospitality like understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19851]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no hospitality like understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11788]]></link><description><![CDATA[But there is suffering in life, and there are defeats. No one can avoid them. But it's better to lose some of the battles in the struggles for your dreams than to be defeated without ever knowing what you're fighting for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39739]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is absolute highway robbery and it really does show that the agency doesn't have a clue in getting real value of contracts. I've done the math in my head 100 times and I don't know how they computed this cost.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory is something nobody believes, except the person who made it. An experiment is something everybody believes, except the person who made it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian should participate in social and political efforts in order to have an influence in the work, not with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8301]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian should participate in social and political efforts in order to have an influence in the work, not with the hope of making a paradise (of the earth), but simply to make it more tolerable -- not to diminish the opposition between this world and the Kingdom of God, but simply to modify the opposition between the disorder of this world and the order of preservation that God wants it to have -- not to bring in the Kingdom of God, but so that the Gospel might be proclaimed in order that all men might truly hear the good news.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15429]]></link><description><![CDATA[They say, best men are moulded out of faults; And, for the most, become much more the better For being a little bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have absolutely no pen-raised birds on the Armstrong Ranch. It goes to the issue of sportsmanship. These are completely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have absolutely no pen-raised birds on the Armstrong Ranch. It goes to the issue of sportsmanship. These are completely wild birds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28758]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have stopped it after they paid me the $50,000. I wouldn't even have had to go on to do more than I already had: just the double agents' names that I gave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are destroyed. [Lat., Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia maximae dilabantur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60143]]></link><description><![CDATA[By union the smallest states thrive, by discord the greatest are destroyed. [Lat., Concordia res parvae crescunt, discordia maximae dilabantur.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A place for everything, everything in its place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45273]]></link><description><![CDATA[A place for everything, everything in its place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17952]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66494]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am thinking of taking a fifth wife. Why not? Solomon had a thousand wives and he is a synonym for wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law of inflation: whatever goes up will go up some more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law of inflation: whatever goes up will go up some more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15275]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is one who sticks to his guns whether they're loaded or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18804]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the way you love, but I hate the way I'm supposed to love you back]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32329]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had three chances to win the ballgame, and we blew all three of them,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32329</guid></item></channel></rss>