<?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[What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14779]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   When law and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6862]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915   When law and sin ceased to be distinguished in Israel, compassion induced Him to appoint judges again. If these are gifted with heroic qualities, to vanquish the oppressors of Israel, it is nevertheless not this heroism that forms their principal characteristic. That consists in judging. They restore... the authority of the law. For this reason, God raises up judges, not princes. The title sets forth both their work and the occasion of their appointment. Israel is free and powerful when its law is observed throughout the land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56896]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we find ourselves wondering about the meaning of conditions and events, its always useful to ask, who profits?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anarchy is the only slight glimmer of hope]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved every minute of it. But to say I had a little stress would be an understatement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved every minute of it. But to say I had a little stress would be an understatement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are hard to get because not only were there four major hurricanes last year, but also winter storms this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31548]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are hard to get because not only were there four major hurricanes last year, but also winter storms this year caused great demand across the country. Manufacturers are producing them as fast as possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed. [Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;  Nox nulla secuta ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonders I sing; the sun has set; no night has followed. [Lat., Mira cano; sol occubuit;  Nox nulla secuta est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15332]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: the fashionable non-conformist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/824]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men who only live to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50469]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men who only live to eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24659]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46682]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've waited long enough. I just hope we have better luck this time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29201]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've waited long enough. I just hope we have better luck this time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42742]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since you go where all have gone before, why do you torment your your disgraceful life with such mean ambitions, O miser? [Lat., Abiturus illuc priores abierunt,  Quid mente caeca torques spiritum?   Tibi dico, avare.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like Heaven is bent,  An early but enduring monument, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14211]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Pilgrim of Eternity, whose fame Over his living head like Heaven is bent,  An early but enduring monument,   Came, veiling all the lightnings of his song    In sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's just one to throw away in the trash, pick it up tomorrow and play solid baseball. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32650]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's just one to throw away in the trash, pick it up tomorrow and play solid baseball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58961]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51482]]></link><description><![CDATA[O churl! drink all; and leave no friendly drop!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61856]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is trouble with a wife, but it's even worse with a woman who is not a wife]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be closing...That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11146]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be closing...That doesn’t mean you’re always closing the deal, but it does mean that you need to be always closing on the next step in the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martha has been a terrific partner. I've gotten to know her well of late, ... I can only see her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martha has been a terrific partner. I've gotten to know her well of late, ... I can only see her strengthening her relationship with us...I counsel with Martha. She's constantly helping me search out ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66655]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are not fifty ways of fighting, there\'s only one, and that\'s to win. Neither revolution nor war consists in doing what one pleases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43934]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard for the modern generation to understand Thoreau, who lived beside a pond but didn't own water skis or a snorkel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3243]]></link><description><![CDATA[For half a century photography has been the "art form" of the untalented. Obviously some pictures are more satisfactory than others, but where is credit due? to the designer of the camera? To the finger on the button? tso the law of averages?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12589]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good art is art that allows you to enter it from a variety of angles and to emerge with a variety of views.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'd ask for specific things and he'd basically try to fool you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42546]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'd ask for specific things and he'd basically try to fool you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't run a business without taking risks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15863]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't run a business without taking risks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3341]]></link><description><![CDATA[Colors that blend with the brick and the dark waters of the city's canals - greens, browns and the strong shade of oxblood that is known as Bruges red.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The will for the deed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The will for the deed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3818]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they're actually beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37614]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need three more elementary schools, two more intermediates and another high school. We never have enough schools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55421]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52844]]></link><description><![CDATA[By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7107]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am persuaded that love and humility are the highest attainments in the school of Christ and the brightest evidences that he is indeed our Master.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32530]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've made a push to play our best basketball in the final two weeks. We will need to be at our best mentally and physically in the tournament.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains  The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9139]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis light translateth night; 'tis inspiration Expounds experience; 'tis the west explains  The east; 'tis time unfolds Eternity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil  Of dropping buckets into empty wells, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil  Of dropping buckets into empty wells,   And growing old in drawing nothing up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43960]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15337]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1021]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Beryl Coronet".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17758]]></link><description><![CDATA[More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22507]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man. For it is not by the possession, but the search after truth that he enlarges his power, wherein alone consists his ever-increasing perfection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  The truth is that every man is in Christ; the condemnation ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Frederick Denison Maurice, Priest, teacher, 1872  The truth is that every man is in Christ; the condemnation of every man is that he will not own the truth, he will not act as if it were true, that except he were joined with Christ, he could not think, breathe, live a single hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6450</guid></item></channel></rss>