<?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 Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953   Counter-culture's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953   Counter-culture's glad tidings of revolution by consciousness are neither new nor revolutionary. Christianity has been trying to achieve a revolution by consciousness for two thousand years. Who would deny that Christian consciousness could have changed the world? Yet it was the world that changed Christian consciousness. If everybody adopted a peaceful, loving, generous, noncompetitive lifestyle, we could have something better than counter-culture -- we could have the Kingdom of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget all time: All seasons and their change, all please alike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10101]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget all time: All seasons and their change, all please alike.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These falls are typically always frozen, but they're getting shorter as the snow pack increases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34483]]></link><description><![CDATA[These falls are typically always frozen, but they're getting shorter as the snow pack increases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56194]]></link><description><![CDATA[In few, they hurried us aboard a bark, Bore us some leagues to sea; where they prepared  A rotten carcass of a butt, not rigged,   Nor tackle, sail, nor mast; the very rats    Instinctively have quit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56194</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't know if he was going to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33866]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't know if he was going to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are doing very well, making good money, more money than the rooms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35809]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are doing very well, making good money, more money than the rooms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's God--I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17719]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's God--I'd have known Him by Blake's picture anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Acon his right, Leonilla her left eye Doth want; yet each in form, the gods out-vie.  Sweet boy, with thine, thy sister's sight improved:   So shall she Venus be, thou God of Love.    [Lat., Lumine Acon dextre,--capta est Leonilla sinistre,     Et potis est forma vincere uterque dees:      Blande puer, lumen quod habes concede sorori,       Sic tu caecus Amor, sic erit illa Venus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26901]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to relax and enjoy the crisis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53078]]></link><description><![CDATA[A test of what is real is that it is hard and rough. Joys are found in it, not pleasure. What is pleasant belongs to dreams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66828]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One extends one's limits only by exceeding them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22693]]></link><description><![CDATA[One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How well I feathered by nest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51057]]></link><description><![CDATA[How well I feathered by nest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38032]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the long run, crowding out tends to mitigate the effects of fiscal policy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day I feel is a blessing from God. And I consider it a new beginning. Yeah, everything is beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man,  Commands all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/508]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is his own star, and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man,  Commands all light, all influence, all fate,   Nothing to him falls early or too late.    Our acts, our angles are, or good or ill,     Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47225]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of society is to give each of its members the possibility of fulfilling his destiny. When it becomes incapable of performing this duty it must be transformed. - Reflections on Life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are open to religious impression through the intellect, whereas ... there are at least four other gateways -- the emotions, the imagination, the aesthetic feeling, and the will -- through which they can be reached.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band  That knits me to thy rugged ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band  That knits me to thy rugged strand!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/487]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13623]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency--clear disinterested thinking and fearless action along the right lines of thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27400]]></link><description><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47334]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you. Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22788]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Aut disce aut discede [Either learn or leave] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43278]]></link><description><![CDATA[Aut disce aut discede [Either learn or leave]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old dog Tray's ever faithful; Grief can not drive him away;  He is gentle, he is kind--   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old dog Tray's ever faithful; Grief can not drive him away;  He is gentle, he is kind--   I shall never, never find    A better friend than old dog Tray!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the Squirrel skin Marcosset Made some mittens for our hero.  Mittens with the fur-side inside,   With ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44615]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the Squirrel skin Marcosset Made some mittens for our hero.  Mittens with the fur-side inside,   With the fur-side next his fingers    So's to keep the hand warm inside.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Generally the ridiculous touches the sublime. [Fr., En general, le ridicule touche au sublime.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27531]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Don't Need Yellow Ribbons, We Need Help, We Need Jobs ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Don't Need Yellow Ribbons, We Need Help, We Need Jobs]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47120]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are to stand up for your Government you must be able to stand up to your Government.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21647]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619]]></link><description><![CDATA[At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow, wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13328]]></link><description><![CDATA[The study of economy usually shows us that the best time for purchase was last year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The strongest man upon Earth is he who stands most alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Theatre director: a person engaged by the management to conceal the fact that the players cannot act.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;  So blithe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23568]]></link><description><![CDATA[So sweet, so sweet the roses in their blowing, So sweet the daffodils, so fair to see;  So blithe and gay the humming-bird a going   From flower to flower, a-hunting with the bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45047]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10819]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15879]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42069]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The following year will certainly be looked at as a transition period. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29281]]></link><description><![CDATA[The following year will certainly be looked at as a transition period.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29281</guid></item></channel></rss>