<?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[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5786]]></link><description><![CDATA[I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth only in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose of perpetually keeping it: for then it is a most inhumane vice. - But I call that Virginity a virtue which is willing and desirous to yield itself upon honest and lawful terms, when just reason requireth; and until then, is kept with a modest chastity of body and mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9917]]></link><description><![CDATA[I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42585]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can only say this situation presented me with an opportunity to move forward. My wife and I were pleased to use this time to move into a new life for ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women should be obscene and not heard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women should be obscene and not heard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learned man knows that he is ignorant.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity belongs to those who learn new things the fastest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are the governments in charge or is Ian Paisley in charge?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing can be done except little by little. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing can be done except little by little.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17703]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must believe in God, in spite of what the clergy say.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17703</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41599]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is my hope that the 2006 Season of Justice will not only be a time to raise awareness on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29044]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is my hope that the 2006 Season of Justice will not only be a time to raise awareness on our campus and in our community about justice issues around the world, but also a time for spiritual growth. It is our belief, and the belief of IJM, that God cares deeply about justice. As Christians, we are called to seek God and to do that fully we must also seek justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53058]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the plants that cover the earth and lie like a fringe of hair upon the body of our grandmother, try to obtain knowledge that you may be strengthened in life]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17605]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3254]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the most passionate orgy within man's grasp.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't get too much winter in the winter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65776]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't get too much winter in the winter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doctrine of the blessed Trinity is a reminder of the supernaturalness of biblical Christianity. The doctrine defies rationalization, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6725]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doctrine of the blessed Trinity is a reminder of the supernaturalness of biblical Christianity. The doctrine defies rationalization, yet it provides for the believer the answer to the unity and diversity of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.' ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40824]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a good start, ... Everything was, 'Yes, ma'am.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50810]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they can't win in fair fight, they resort to all sorts of sly tricks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm very pleased...It's awesome! We weren't expecting anything and we wanted to go out and be proud of the fact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm very pleased...It's awesome! We weren't expecting anything and we wanted to go out and be proud of the fact we were part of the competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's crime rates, the political situation and public life allow us to hold the elections because a civil society has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's crime rates, the political situation and public life allow us to hold the elections because a civil society has been built in the Chechen republic,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28999</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[So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;  So gently shuts the eye ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11175]]></link><description><![CDATA[So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er;  So gently shuts the eye of day;   So dies a wave along the shore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is worst of all is to advocate Christianity, not because it is true, but because it might prove useful... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8416]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is worst of all is to advocate Christianity, not because it is true, but because it might prove useful... To justify Christianity because it provides a foundation of morality, instead of showing the necessity of Christian morality from the truth of Christianity, is a very dangerous inversion; and we may reflect that a good deal of the attention of totalitarian states has been devoted with a steadfastness of purpose not always found in democracies, to providing their national life with a foundation of morality -- the wrong kind, perhaps, but a good deal more of it. It is not enthusiasm, but dogma, that differentiates a Christian from a pagan society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14600]]></link><description><![CDATA[You are told a lot about your education, but some beautiful, sacred memory, preserved since childhood, is perhaps the best education of all. If a man carries many such memories into life with him, he is saved for the rest of his days. And even if only one good memory is left in our hearts, it may also be the instrument of our salvation one day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every problem has a gift for you in its hands. -Richard Bach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49635]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A greater liar than the Parthians. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50175]]></link><description><![CDATA[A greater liar than the Parthians.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55446]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I were as tedious as a king, I could find it in my heart to bestow it all of your worship. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet we scored our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,  But musical as is Apollo's lute, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46492]]></link><description><![CDATA[How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,  But musical as is Apollo's lute,   And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,    Where no crude surfeit reigns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41504]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep feelings; their pleasure comes from what they know. . . . But this only emphasizes the difference between the artist and the scholar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41504</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For many years the Christians met in homes and never possessed any special buildings for their gatherings. As religio illicita, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6503]]></link><description><![CDATA[For many years the Christians met in homes and never possessed any special buildings for their gatherings. As religio illicita, no thought could be had of a permanent structure for gatherings. This would only facilitate matters for the Roman government in its merciless persecutions. The early Church was very conscious of its pilgrim character in a world which was at enmity with God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is the discovery that something is possible]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the men on my staff can type. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27038]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the men on my staff can type.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath me flows the Rhine, and, like the stream of Time, it flows amid the ruins of the Past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath me flows the Rhine, and, like the stream of Time, it flows amid the ruins of the Past.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's always too early to quit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13643]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's always too early to quit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset's golden and crimson ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44443]]></link><description><![CDATA[Up in the heights of the evening skies I see my City of Cities float In sunset's golden and crimson dyes: I look and a great joy clutches my throat!  Plateau of roofs by canyons crossed: windows by thousands fire-furled--   O gazing, how the heart is lost in the Deepest City in the World.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye  From thee takes timely warning.   Nor trusts the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52950]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye  From thee takes timely warning.   Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.   - John Keble,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sharon was a strong and charismatic leader who steered the politics toward the right and extremism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38887]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pooled funds are difficult to pull off because you're hitting up people for money but giving them little control over how it's spent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38887</guid></item></channel></rss>