<?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[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  Jesus evidently felt deeply the emptiness and futility of much... religious ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr, c.155  Jesus evidently felt deeply the emptiness and futility of much... religious talk. He was interested only in those emotions and professions which could get themselves translated into character and action. Words have always been the bane of religion as well as its vehicle. Religious emotion has enormous motive force, but it is the easiest thing in the world for it to sizzle away in high professions and wordy prayers. In that case, it is a substitute and counterfeit, and a damage to the Reign of God among men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Islamic Republic is ready to play an effective role in removing misunderstandings among certain regional countries and in helping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41320]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Islamic Republic is ready to play an effective role in removing misunderstandings among certain regional countries and in helping to start serious and constructive cooperation among them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is thehighest flight of human wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The white sail of his soul has rounded The promontory--death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11164]]></link><description><![CDATA[The white sail of his soul has rounded The promontory--death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm excited for Terry (Posey) and those players. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33948]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm excited for Terry (Posey) and those players.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26939]]></link><description><![CDATA[By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose course is run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2422]]></link><description><![CDATA[I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All movements go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64403]]></link><description><![CDATA[All movements go too far.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the time of year it always happens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39775]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the time of year it always happens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65752</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[I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I quit being afraid when my first venture failed and the sky didn't fall down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61973]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11483]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hundred wagon loads of thoughts will not pay a single ounce of debt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law is king of all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law is king of all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Journalists prize independence - not teamwork, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Journalists prize independence - not teamwork,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today is the worst performance of the season for me. I couldn't skate clean. I do not understand really what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today is the worst performance of the season for me. I couldn't skate clean. I do not understand really what happened to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the goose honk high, fair weather; when the goose honks low, foul weather ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61483]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the goose honk high, fair weather; when the goose honks low, foul weather]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed influence of one true loving human soul on another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed influence of one true loving human soul on another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great deservers grow Intolerable presumers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Masses are always breeding grounds of psychic epidemics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20331]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32586]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a privilege as well as being exciting. The fans are extremely tribal, very parochial, very supportive, and it's one of the huge highlights so far of my coaching career.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58845]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59770]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be trusted is a greater complement than to be loved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like I'd always get close [to gaining 100 yards in a game] but fall short. It felt good to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39138]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like I'd always get close [to gaining 100 yards in a game] but fall short. It felt good to get that one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6666]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another must place the truth of the case in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34454]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a trivial matter. From my perspective, this case demonstrates a blatant disregard for the privilege of owning a liquor license and for city ordinances designed to regulate the sale of alcohol.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43171]]></link><description><![CDATA[How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn:  A sadder and a wiser man, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42799]]></link><description><![CDATA[He went like one that hath been stunn'd, And is of sense forlorn:  A sadder and a wiser man,   He rose the morrow morn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27786]]></link><description><![CDATA[If it takes a lot of words to say what you have in mind, give it more thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Most musical, most melancholy" bird! A melancholy bird! Oh! idle thought!  In nature there is nothing melancholy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44541]]></link><description><![CDATA["Most musical, most melancholy" bird! A melancholy bird! Oh! idle thought!  In nature there is nothing melancholy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44541</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43731]]></link><description><![CDATA[In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely a big game for us and we'll be ready. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39368]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely a big game for us and we'll be ready.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not assume that she who seeks to comfort you now, lives untroubled among the simple and quiet words that sometimes do you good. Her life may also have much sadness and difficulty, that remains far beyond yours. Were it otherwise, she would never have been able to find these words.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another: I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities . . . because it is the quality which guarantees all others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62373]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18701]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2921]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Popular Applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's fun being a kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21241]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's fun being a kid.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink,  And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13061</guid></item></channel></rss>