<?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[I haven't found anything I haven't liked. I like you're given an opportunity to taste before you go home and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39157]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't found anything I haven't liked. I like you're given an opportunity to taste before you go home and try it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make sure you want it enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make sure you want it enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bob's devotion to the craft of filmmaking and his wealth of head-and-heart knowledge about what we do and how we do it was a special gift to his fellow directors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Replacing McCabe was a big step for Jake. He had seasoned kids around him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Replacing McCabe was a big step for Jake. He had seasoned kids around him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pigmies placed on the shoulders of giants see more than the giants themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The charisma, the celebrity, around John Paul was so strong that, in a way, the religious significance of the event ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38501]]></link><description><![CDATA[The charisma, the celebrity, around John Paul was so strong that, in a way, the religious significance of the event sort of fades from view. Benedict is obviously determined that is not going to happen. He's trying very hard to make sure the focus is on the ritual, not the person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9285]]></link><description><![CDATA[What are facts but compromises? A fact merely marks the point where we have agreed to let investigation cease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. [Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. [Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The swan, like the soul of the poet, By the dull world is ill understood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55837]]></link><description><![CDATA[And now am I, if a man should speak truly, little better than one of the wicked. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, sweet Content, where doth thine harbour hold?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not only do we not know God except through Jesus Christ; We do not even know ourselves except through Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13428]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gentleman need not know Latin, but he should at least have forgotten it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48042]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wise does at once what the fool does at last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22049]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wise does at once what the fool does at last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23465]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never judge a man's actions until you know his motives]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are -- chaff and grain together -- certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away….]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64634]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will act consistently with our view of who we truly are, whether that view is accurate or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market is the best garden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49891]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market is the best garden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269   The offertory is the first essential action of the Liturgy, because in it we make the costly and solemn oblation, under tokens, of our very selves and all our substance, that they may be transformed, quickened, and devoted to the interests of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three all-powerful evils: lust, anger and greed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26064]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three all-powerful evils: lust, anger and greed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11153]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can survive everything nowadays, except death, and live down anything, except a good reputation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a master and servant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a master and servant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59558]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vice knows she's ugly, so puts on her mask]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915  I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of fagots, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to the load, before we are required to bear it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christopher Carson, whose renown as Kit Carson has reached almost every ear in the country was born in Madison county, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christopher Carson, whose renown as Kit Carson has reached almost every ear in the country was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on the 24th of December, 1809.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66721]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn\'t, then why would you say I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm from the city. I could care less what the zoning is out in the country, frankly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29296]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm from the city. I could care less what the zoning is out in the country, frankly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22235]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possiblylive long enough to make them all yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we need is continued engagement from the United States, first of all, in the war against terror, which will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28276]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we need is continued engagement from the United States, first of all, in the war against terror, which will help stability in Afghanistan and the whole region ... and also in the reconstruction efforts of our people,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have no idea what level of concern this industry has for pedestrians. The best way to avoid tragedies like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38201]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have no idea what level of concern this industry has for pedestrians. The best way to avoid tragedies like these is not be near the train tracks at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man, youth never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The specialty egg segment has grown dramatically in the last eight or nine years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28705]]></link><description><![CDATA[The specialty egg segment has grown dramatically in the last eight or nine years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very slight violence will break that which has once been cracked.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have 140 sergeant positions, ... That's a lot. In a city such as Elk Grove, they'll have perhaps 18. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35554]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have 140 sergeant positions, ... That's a lot. In a city such as Elk Grove, they'll have perhaps 18.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curfew must not ring to-night.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912  The law of nature is nothing but the law of God given to mankind for the conservation of his nature and the promotion of his perfective end: a law of which a man sees a reason and feels a necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't really trust a sane person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59747]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't really trust a sane person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66729]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373   Christ came, not so much to preach the Gospel, as that there might be a Gospel to preach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Inward rest... gives an air of leisure to [Christ's] crowded life: above all, there is in this Man a secret ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Inward rest... gives an air of leisure to [Christ's] crowded life: above all, there is in this Man a secret and a power of dealing with the waste-products of life, the waste of pain, disappointment, enmity, death -- turning to divine uses the abuses of man, transforming arid places of pain to fruitfulness, triumphing at last in death, and making a short life of thirty years or so, abruptly cut off, to be a "finished" life. We cannot admire the poise and beauty of this human life, and then ignore the things that made it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46552]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do -- that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21158]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the anger habit: Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Donot express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripplesin your surroundings. What you do is transform it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21158</guid></item></channel></rss>