<?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[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  If the wounds of millions are to be healed, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bridget of Sweden, Abbess of Vadstena, 1373  If the wounds of millions are to be healed, what other way is there except through forgiveness? Jesus, at least, leaves us no alternative. The command is stern. The terms are set: "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the United States will remain a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60119]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as our culture continues to fawn over its downward-aspiring lowest common denominators, the United States will remain a social and political punch line. As long as we continue tracking the every deed and fart of the Paris Hiltons and Kevin Federlines among us, we will continue to come out sixteenth best with regard to producing and introducing to the human race things of true substance worth appreciating for their aesthetic ingenuity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants, La prove en est connue,  Et que tous, nos premier parents   Ont ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2488]]></link><description><![CDATA[D'Adam nous sommes tous enfants, La prove en est connue,  Et que tous, nos premier parents   Ont mene la charrue.    Mais, las de cultiver enfin     La terre labouree      L'une a detele le matin,       L'autre l'apres-dinee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25169]]></link><description><![CDATA[In listening mood she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of good memories with that, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41461]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of good memories with that, too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54885]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62031]]></link><description><![CDATA[He speaketh to me the words of men. I listen to him and I repeat to him the words of gods.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a good lesson learned and we ended up winning the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28787]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a good lesson learned and we ended up winning the game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting histhumb on the scales. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rare is the person who can weigh the faults of others without putting histhumb on the scales.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38822]]></link><description><![CDATA[He (Thomas Hobbes) walked much and contemplated, and he had in the head of his staff a pen and ink-horn, carried always a notebook in his pocket, and as soon as a thought darted, he presently entered it into his book, or otherwise he might perhaps ha]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65693]]></link><description><![CDATA[And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Our triumphant holy day;  Who did once upon the cross   Suffer to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13138]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus Christ is risen to-day, Our triumphant holy day;  Who did once upon the cross   Suffer to redeem our loss.    Hallelujah!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13138</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14918]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16414]]></link><description><![CDATA[A foot more light, a step more true, Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency to work up a subjective state which, if we succeeded, we should describe as "faith", with the idea that this will somehow ensure the granting of our prayer. We have probably all done this as children. But the state of mind which desperate desire working on a strong imagination can manufacture is not faith in the Christian sense. It is a feat of psychological gymnastics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When buttercups are blossoming, The poets sand, 'tis best to wed:  So all for love we paired in Spring-- ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5147]]></link><description><![CDATA[When buttercups are blossoming, The poets sand, 'tis best to wed:  So all for love we paired in Spring--   Blanche and I--ere youth had sped.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In India there are a large proportion of people who have not seen significant change in their lifetime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31478]]></link><description><![CDATA[In India there are a large proportion of people who have not seen significant change in their lifetime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You want to hear about insanity? I was found running naked through the jungles in Mexico. At the Mexico City ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52248]]></link><description><![CDATA[You want to hear about insanity? I was found running naked through the jungles in Mexico. At the Mexico City airport, I decided I was in the middle of a movie and walked out on the wing on takeoff. My body... my liver... okay, my brain... went.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tougher the job, the greater the reward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15973]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tougher the job, the greater the reward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46242]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's in the reaction of others that perfection is found in the flawed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21308]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42327]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50014]]></link><description><![CDATA[To speake of an Vsurer at the table marres the wine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is an exciting addition to our kids program. Shari's is already a favorite destination for kids, as they get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33147]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is an exciting addition to our kids program. Shari's is already a favorite destination for kids, as they get to choose their meal from their own fold-out laminated menu just like mom and dad, plus every child receives a Free Cookie-on-a-Stick to end their meal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discontent is the seed of ethics ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12413]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discontent is the seed of ethics]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. [1 Timothy 6:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11375]]></link><description><![CDATA[For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. [1 Timothy 6:7].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19131]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is paved with good intentions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We each, in our very small ways multiplied by the millions of us are contributing to the overall pollution of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40426]]></link><description><![CDATA[We each, in our very small ways multiplied by the millions of us are contributing to the overall pollution of our waters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62306]]></link><description><![CDATA[And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are we really concerned about that stuff (environmental protection), or do we just want to speed things along? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are we really concerned about that stuff (environmental protection), or do we just want to speed things along?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31]]></link><description><![CDATA[I add this also, that natural ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability. [Lat., Etiam illud adjungo, saepius ad laudem atque virtutem naturam sine doctrina, quam sine natura valisse doctrinam.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nobody "out there." It's all in here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21959]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nobody "out there." It's all in here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A week ago, you could sense the soul of New Orleans from the people who were still around. There's no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30537]]></link><description><![CDATA[A week ago, you could sense the soul of New Orleans from the people who were still around. There's no people. It's like trying to interview someone's guitar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is merely gossip ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17879]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is merely gossip]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45765]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. - The Wretched of the Earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27695]]></link><description><![CDATA[For violence, like Achilles' lance, can heal the wounds it has inflicted. - The Wretched of the Earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that they like to run. They play a similar game to us, defense first, so it should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that they like to run. They play a similar game to us, defense first, so it should be an interesting game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50472]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fashion of the day has been to attempt to convert by insisting on conversion; to exhort men to be converted; to tell them to be sure they look at Christ instead of simply holding up Christ; to tell them to have faith rather than to supply its object; to lead them to work up their minds, instead of impressing upon them the thought of Him who can savingly work in them; to bid them to be sure their faith is justifying, that it is not dead, formal, self-righteous, or merely moral, instead of delineating Him whose image, fully delineated, destroys deadness, formality, self-righteousness; to rely on words, vehemence, eloquence, and the like, rather than to aim at conveying the one great idea, whether in words or not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10135]]></link><description><![CDATA[I seem to you cruel and too much addicted to gluttony, when I beat my cook for sending up a bad dinner. If that appears to you too trifling a cause, say for what cause you would have a cook flogged.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26459]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's the kind of man a woman would have to marry to get rid of.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 18 years I called games from the press box at Hilton Head (High School), and really I feel more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32759]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 18 years I called games from the press box at Hilton Head (High School), and really I feel more at home up there. As far as being able to really analyze the game, I'm much more comfortable up there.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any boy can get a girl, it takes a man to keep one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the early sixties, we were strong, we were virulent... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27889]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the early sixties, we were strong, we were virulent...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27889</guid></item></channel></rss>