<?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[If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we really want to be full and generous in spirit, we have no choice but to trust at some level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Change of weather is the discourse of fools. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change of weather is the discourse of fools.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16039]]></link><description><![CDATA[Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obstinacy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24682]]></link><description><![CDATA[My vigour relents. I pardon something to the spirit of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42933]]></link><description><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Favours out of place I regard as positive injuries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dream is short, repentance long. [Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53824]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dream is short, repentance long. [Ger., Der Wahn ist kurtz, die Reu ist lang.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are the only person on earth who can use your ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are the only person on earth who can use your ability.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state, with its haughtiness, its violence, its punishment, its wars]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13165]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11825]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained in arms, is the best most natural defense of a free country.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has a personal bias. If the dog weighs less than 40 or 45 pounds, they will probably have trouble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has a personal bias. If the dog weighs less than 40 or 45 pounds, they will probably have trouble encountering logs or heavy brush or tall grass. It doesn't mean they can't do it, but they're limited.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65119]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63507]]></link><description><![CDATA[I went to a fight the other night, and a hockey game broke out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27959]]></link><description><![CDATA[An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult. - Letter to his son, October 9, 1746.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48655]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48655</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[Boldness is a child of ignorance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4467]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boldness is a child of ignorance]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It currently seems a pretty safe bet that interest rates will not change for several more months to come, if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36610]]></link><description><![CDATA[It currently seems a pretty safe bet that interest rates will not change for several more months to come, if at all this year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The heritage of the state is very agricultural. Re-energizing agriculture is the key to Indiana's economy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53998]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53998</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Douglas Downes, Founder of the Society of Saint Francis, 1957 There are three lessons I would write,  Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,  Upon the hearts of men. Have Hope. Though clouds environ round,  And gladness hides her face in scorn,  Put off the shadow from thy brow:  No night but hath its morn. Have Faith. Where'er thy bark is driven -  The calm's disport, the tempest's mirth - Know this: God rules the hosts of heaven,  The inhabitants of earth. Have Love. Not love alone for one,  But man, as man, thy brother call;  And scatter, like a circling sun,  Thy charities on all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23609]]></link><description><![CDATA[Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2481]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ass and His Purchaser A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner thathe should try ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Ass and His Purchaser A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner thathe should try out the animal before he bought him. He took theAss home and put him in the straw-yard with his other Asses, uponwhich the new animal left all the others and at once joined theone that was most idle and the greatest eater of them all. Seeing this, the man put a halter on him and led him back to hisowner. On being asked how, in so short a time, he could havemade a trial of him, he answered, I do not need a trial; I knowthat he will be just the same as the one he chose for hiscompanion. A man is known by the company he keeps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the church was in the county, this never would have happened. They never would have allowed us to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37462]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the church was in the county, this never would have happened. They never would have allowed us to be inundated with traffic out here. The city never accepted responsibility for this. They do this all over. They give carte blanche to developers. I firmly believe that's why the church was annexed into the city. I firmly believe that's why they never talked to us and they never got a development order.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pray, pray, thou who also weepest,-- And the drops will slacken so;  Weep, weep--and the watch thou keepest,   With a quicker count will go.    Think,--the shadow on the dial     For the nature most undone,      Marks the passing of the trial,       Proves the presence of the sun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was an infantry officer in the Army from 1969 to 1971. Men in my platoon who had served time in Vietnam told me many stories—but none more chilling than the one from two helicopter pilots. They told me how they would shoot the friendlies on their way back from reconnaissance missions just so they could empty their ammunition before returning to base. The friendlies were South Vietnamese women and children, helpless victims in a war they did not understand. But to the American pilots, they were simply dots on the ground.Whitehead is a political conservative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47045]]></link><description><![CDATA[If school results were the key to power, girls would be running the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15008]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12207]]></link><description><![CDATA["How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26253]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is like love; it kills slowly and painfully the one who withholds it, and enlivens the other who turns it on his fellow man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had two guys that transferred in that I'm confident will go to state. And, they were so anxious to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39060]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had two guys that transferred in that I'm confident will go to state. And, they were so anxious to get out there -- this was their first night -- and they didn't get to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16697]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34946]]></link><description><![CDATA[[One of Ms. Miller's lawyers, Floyd Abrams, wrote a letter to Mr. Libby's lawyer on Thursday in what he said was an effort] to set the record straight. ... coerced and had been required as a condition for Mr. Libby's continued employment at the White House.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53566]]></link><description><![CDATA[The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't;  Thrice I guessed wrong,   And I kept my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once I guessed right, And I got credit by't;  Thrice I guessed wrong,   And I kept my credit on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religions are the great fairy tales of conscience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24244]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15670]]></link><description><![CDATA[If fighting is sure to result in victory, then you must fight, even though the ruler forbid it; if fighting will not result is victory, then you must not fight, even at the ruler's bidding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33370]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very good news. A lot of larger institutions have already adopted this approach. At least for today, this is the best thing we can offer our patients.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30529]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Forest Service is not obligated to abide by state rules, but we try to work with them. There's also nothing in the state law that controls what a private landowner can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred,  For the same sound is in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57302]]></link><description><![CDATA[My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred,  For the same sound is in my ears   Which in those days I heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This event was intended to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina while bringing people together, regardless of faith. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37861]]></link><description><![CDATA[This event was intended to raise money for the victims of Hurricane Katrina while bringing people together, regardless of faith. Everyone understands the need to help others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37861</guid></item></channel></rss>