<?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[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44152]]></link><description><![CDATA[You cannot explain failure any more than you can argue with success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise;  Poetic fields encompass me around, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23094]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise;  Poetic fields encompass me around,   And still I seem to tread on classic ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16680]]></link><description><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,   And fend you with his wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's 24, she may be lucky]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eventually you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61822]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is by such encounters that wits come to know each other. [Ger., Les beaux esprits lernen einander durch dergleichen recontre erkennen.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9304]]></link><description><![CDATA[People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once! To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!  Vile earth, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12016]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, break, my heart! poor bankrout, break at once! To prison, eyes; ne'er look on liberty!  Vile earth, to earth resign; end motion here,   And thou and Romeo press one heavy bier!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Climate change is happening, humans are causing it, and I think this is perhaps the most serious environmental issue facing us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People can travel faster than sound, yes, but not nearly so fast as rumor! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28072]]></link><description><![CDATA[People can travel faster than sound, yes, but not nearly so fast as rumor!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The thorne comes forth with the point forwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The thorne comes forth with the point forwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4437]]></link><description><![CDATA[This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38359]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a number of killed in the action in Nasiriya with the Marines -- I believe that number will remain less than 10 -- and a number of wounded,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is all right if you don't inhale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15318]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house is a machine for living in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19645]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house is a machine for living in.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some guard these traitors to the block of death, Treason's true bed and yielder up of breath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some guard these traitors to the block of death, Treason's true bed and yielder up of breath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a chief part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miseries of which I was an eye witness and in which I took a chief part.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What wasn't hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28507]]></link><description><![CDATA[What wasn't hit by Katrina is being targeted by Rita. The market is taking the storm very seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What cracker is this same that deafs our ears With this abundance of superfluous breath? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58622]]></link><description><![CDATA[What cracker is this same that deafs our ears With this abundance of superfluous breath?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30418]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's sloppy and it's chaotic, but the degree to which it improves precision in the retrieval process can be quite significant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are good that are away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/179]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are good that are away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27121]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that of the men who deserve them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God's delays are not God's denials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21624]]></link><description><![CDATA[God's delays are not God's denials.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The words walked right out of my mouth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17016]]></link><description><![CDATA[If that a pearl may in a toad's head dwell, And may be found too in an oyster shell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62357]]></link><description><![CDATA[All good things are cheap: all bad are very dear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37892]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got us started. Without that start, it would have been a closer game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Skepticism: the mark and even the pose of the educated mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while And like a peacock sweep along his tail;  We'll pull his plumes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let frantic Talbot triumph for a while And like a peacock sweep along his tail;  We'll pull his plumes and take away his train,   If Dauphin and the rest will be but ruled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12292]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61605]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sought therefore to amend our will, and not to suffer it through despite to languish long time in error.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conservatism is sometimes a symptom of sterility. Those who have nothing in them that can grow and develop must cling to what they have in beliefs, ideas and possessions. The sterile radical, too, is basically conservative. He is afraid to let go of the ideas and beliefs he picked up in his youth lest his life be seen as empty and wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14055]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is an epigram? a dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Note how good you feel after you have encouraged someone else. No other argument is necessary to suggest that never miss the opportunity to give encouragement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The EU executive will] at technical...level find out what the truth is in these stories, ... In that sense, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35209]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The EU executive will] at technical...level find out what the truth is in these stories, ... In that sense, we will check the accuracy of those reports..then further define our stance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ that's huge progress. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42525]]></link><description><![CDATA[For them to begin to see ACS as a more positive presence in the communities ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ that's huge progress. We sit now right on the cusp of losing that if we're not careful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the Father; He is our right hand through which we offer ourselves to the Father. Unless He intercedes, there is no intercourse with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great pity were it if this beneficence of Providence should be marr'd in the ordering, so as to justly merit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great pity were it if this beneficence of Providence should be marr'd in the ordering, so as to justly merit the Reflection of the old proverb, that though God sends us meat, yet the D------does cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a young girl, the owner's daughter, doing what family wants her to do, and an immigrant trying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29720]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a young girl, the owner's daughter, doing what family wants her to do, and an immigrant trying to save up to bring the rest of his family over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though sympathizing with the revolutionaries' analysis of what was wrong with society and in fact being mistaken for a revolutionary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though sympathizing with the revolutionaries' analysis of what was wrong with society and in fact being mistaken for a revolutionary himself by the political authorities of his day, nevertheless Jesus did not advocate a new political regime to be established by force through revolutionary action. He called for the love of our enemies, not their destruction; ... for readiness to suffer instead of using force; for forgiveness instead of hate and revenge. One might even say [that] Jesus was more revolutionary than the revolutionaries, or revolutionary in a very different way. The revolution he had in mind was a radical change of heart on the part of mankind, involving conversion away from selfishness and toward the willing service of God and of people in general.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6323</guid></item></channel></rss>