<?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[Defence, not defiance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43284]]></link><description><![CDATA[Defence, not defiance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thought is often the best.   - Bishop Joseph Butler,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39440]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just have to keep playing hard. We can't get all excited about where we are now, then come out and not play well. If we just come out each game and play our hardest, then we can stay in control.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36239]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There will also be women who are not committed to equality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945  The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945  The deceit, the lie of the devil consists of this, that he wishes to make man believe that he can live without God's Word. Thus he dangles before man's fantasy a kingdom of faith, of power, and of peace, into which only he can enter who consents to the temptations; and he conceals from men that he, as the devil, is the most unfortunate and unhappy of beings, since he is finally and eternally rejected by God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We compound our suffering by victimizing each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27713]]></link><description><![CDATA[We compound our suffering by victimizing each other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no hospitality like understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19851]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no hospitality like understanding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€ÂI don't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39026]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like cliffhangers, with the hero in trouble at the end. I used to go on real bendersÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€ÂI don't do that anymore. But when you go on bender you never know what's going to happen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51400]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humbleness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What, man! more water glideth by the mill That wots the miller of; and easy it is  Of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61302]]></link><description><![CDATA[What, man! more water glideth by the mill That wots the miller of; and easy it is  Of a cut loaf to steal a shive, we know:   Though Bassianus be the emperor's brother,    Better then he have worn Vulcan's badge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This will effectively be a godsend for small business owners particularly our constituents. They have repeatedly pleaded, prayed and demanded ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36320]]></link><description><![CDATA[This will effectively be a godsend for small business owners particularly our constituents. They have repeatedly pleaded, prayed and demanded a product that is affordable and answers the need for healthcare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have a lot of sympathy and we give him the maximum moral and technical support. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32603]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have a lot of sympathy and we give him the maximum moral and technical support.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging to him is under ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fit to give weight to smoke. [Lat., Dare pondus idonea fumo.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17409]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a gift. You can't buy it, you can't find it, someone has to give it to you. Learn to be receptive of that gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[While the U.S. media] was praising freedom on the march after the Iraqi elections, he told the real story: The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30036]]></link><description><![CDATA[[While the U.S. media] was praising freedom on the march after the Iraqi elections, he told the real story: The seeds of Islamic fundamentalism is all over Iraqi walls, ... He said that six months before anybody else in the media.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future influences the present just as much as the past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future influences the present just as much as the past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23225]]></link><description><![CDATA[A joke's a very serious thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55485]]></link><description><![CDATA[To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young Timothy Learnt sin to fly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young Timothy Learnt sin to fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted in spite of your changing moods]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us- in the dreariest and most dreaded moments- can see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42935]]></link><description><![CDATA[God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us- in the dreariest and most dreaded moments- can see a possibility of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46542]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one thing to photograph people. It is another to make others care about them by revealing the core of their humanness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't run around, because that's when the seams are there and the holes are there. The tighter you can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40024]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't run around, because that's when the seams are there and the holes are there. The tighter you can stay, the more you can make them move it around and maybe take a shot they don't want to take, the better you're doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43783]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there's a power above us, (and that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works) he must delight in virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was just a great game to watch. This is what Friday night football is all about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40878]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was just a great game to watch. This is what Friday night football is all about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the basis of worship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the basis of worship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Communism possesses a language which every people can understand--its elements are hunger, envy, and death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Communism possesses a language which every people can understand--its elements are hunger, envy, and death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47493]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of socialism is to raise suffering to a higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So saying, with despatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19863]]></link><description><![CDATA[So saying, with despatchful looks in haste She turns, on hospitable thoughts intent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,  And tints ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be thou the rainbow to the storms of life! The evening beam that smiles the clouds away,  And tints to-morrow with prophetic ray!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40679]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's only so much we can do. We can send letters to these people and we can make them pick the stuff up, but if you have a neighborhood association ... that goes much farther than what we can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One by one the flowers close, Lily and dewy rose  Shutting their tender petals from the moon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14261]]></link><description><![CDATA[One by one the flowers close, Lily and dewy rose  Shutting their tender petals from the moon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jake did a great job. Two runs, we'll take that most days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64028]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65009]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you change partners every time it gets tough or you get a little dissatisfied, then I don't think you get the richness that's available in a long-term relationship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're often so blind. Our demand for the credentialed so colors our perception of believeability, that we wouldn't recognize God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46084]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're often so blind. Our demand for the credentialed so colors our perception of believeability, that we wouldn't recognize God if he appeared within us. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43614]]></link><description><![CDATA[The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then from the neighboring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water.  Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music,   That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47952]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without his rod revers'd, And backward mutters of dissevering power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: I said in my haste, All men are liars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45358]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/562]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're more likely to act yourself into feeling than feel yourself into action. So act! Whatever it is you know you should do, do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20380]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reply to the ignorant like keeping silence]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kill a man's family, and he may brook it, But keep your hands out of his breeches' pocket.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59130</guid></item></channel></rss>