<?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[As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59624]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9267]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best compliment to a child or a friend is the feeling you give him that he has been set free to make his own inquiries, to come to conclusions that are right for him, whether or not they coincide with your own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's never a new fashion but it's old. - The Canterbury Tales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2886]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's never a new fashion but it's old. - The Canterbury Tales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709  Life is at its noblest and its best when our effort cooperates with God's grace to produce the necessary loveliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40838]]></link><description><![CDATA[They stay in their homes, ... There is a lot of suspicion. Fifty percent of the children that were held hostage did not return to school after the attack. Parents and children are fearful and mistrustful about school.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51277]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him, according as he pleased and displeased them. . . . I am no true man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before we can change direction, we have to question many of the assumptions underlying our current philosophy. Assumptions like bigger is better; you can't stop progress; no speed is too fast; globalization is good. Then we have to replace them with some different assumptions: small is beautiful; roots and traditions are worth preserving; variety is the spice of life; the only work worth doing is meaningful work; biodiversity is the necessary pre-condition for human survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would pay thousands of dollars ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40003]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would pay thousands of dollars]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemical toilets were a luxury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chemical toilets were a luxury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15640]]></link><description><![CDATA[FIDELITY, n. A virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not released from his commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25612]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis impossible Hate to return with love.  [It., Che amar chi t'odia, ell'e impossibil cosa.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that the real emotion is one of great pride, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37217]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that the real emotion is one of great pride,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49887]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seemed to me that he was there for her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seemed to me that he was there for her.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all our criticism and near-despair of the institutional Church, it should never be forgotten that many powers and possibilities ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6646]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all our criticism and near-despair of the institutional Church, it should never be forgotten that many powers and possibilities really exist in it, but often in captivity; they exist as frozen credits and dead capital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows--  The best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you the heart? When your head did but ache, I knit my handkercher about your brows--  The best I had, a princess wrought it me--   And I did never ask it you again;    And with my hand at midnight held your head,     And like the watchful minutes to the hour,      Still and anon cheered up the heavy time,       Saying, 'What lack you?' and 'Where lies your grief?']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46985]]></link><description><![CDATA[What a crazy world we live in! Trying to treat addiction as a legal problem, and trying to treat criminal misbehaviors using guns as a medical problem! Beam me up, Scotty. Ain't no intelligent life down here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30351]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I did feel a friendship with him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51318]]></link><description><![CDATA[What stronger breast-plate than a heart untainted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62797]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59288]]></link><description><![CDATA[In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ever noticed how people who believe in Creationism look really unevolved? You ever noticed that? Eyes real close together, eyebrow ridges, big furry hands and feet. "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks like He rushed it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever wants to be a judge of human nature should study people's excuses]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36397]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rebuilding process has begun. The architects are currently finalizing the plans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47831]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance is the fool's name for Fate]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would find it bizarre to speak of tolerating blonds. For whatever reason, hair color has not been a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52092]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would find it bizarre to speak of tolerating blonds. For whatever reason, hair color has not been a basis of tribal identity or group politics in our culture; the concept of tolerance is never invoked in this context because there is too obviously nothing to tolerate. In a rational culture, the same would be true of race, ethnicity, and the like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23742]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'try to be a little kinder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos of thought and passion all confused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos of thought and passion all confused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39607]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Chief Justice battled thyroid cancer since being diagnosed last October and continued to perform his duties on the court until a precipitous decline in his health the last couple of days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may have been Jay Davis' best game here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31877]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may have been Jay Davis' best game here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Frier preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve. [The Friar preached against stealing, and had a goose in his sleeve.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses;  It slipped from politics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58619]]></link><description><![CDATA[His talk was like a stream which runs With rapid change from rock to roses;  It slipped from politics to puns;   It passed from Mahomet to Moses;    Beginning with the laws that keep     The planets in the radiant courses,      And ending with some precept deep       For dressing eels or shoeing horses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15378]]></link><description><![CDATA[But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Terrible is the temptation to be good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Terrible is the temptation to be good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44451]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people deserve to know that they're not just watching the administration's spin on their local newscasts -- they're paying for it, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877  It is the recognition of this divine necessity -- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Augustus Muhlenberg of New York, Priest, 1877  It is the recognition of this divine necessity -- not to forgive, but to forgive in a way which shows that God is irreconcilable to evil, and can never treat it as other or less than it is -- it is the recognition of this divine necessity, or the failure to recognise it, which ultimately divides interpreters of Christianity into evangelical and non-evangelical, those who are true to the New Testament and those who cannot digest it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With me being a big guy and a physical presence out there, that's what I need to do ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ lay ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29238]]></link><description><![CDATA[With me being a big guy and a physical presence out there, that's what I need to do ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ lay the body, have some big hits, play strong defense and, when you need to fight and the opportunity arises, go at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up front, the quarter was fantastic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38448]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up front, the quarter was fantastic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28349]]></link><description><![CDATA[A quicker-than-expected recovery in capital expenditure spending will probably be the biggest catalyst, if one occurs at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28349</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 secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking whatone does. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22323]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking whatone does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:  Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fair face may hide a foul heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50955]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fair face may hide a foul heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25102]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be pleased with one's limits is a wretched state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are that which activates the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21167]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are that which activates the body.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21167</guid></item></channel></rss>