<?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 Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hugh, Carthusian Monk, Bishop of Lincoln, 1200 More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters, from absent friends, extinguish fear, Unite division, and draw distance near;  Their magic force each silent wish conveys, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letters, from absent friends, extinguish fear, Unite division, and draw distance near;  Their magic force each silent wish conveys,   And wafts embodied though, a thousand ways:    Could souls to bodies write, death's pow'r were mean,     For minds could then meet minds with heav'n between.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: "My God, make our enemies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54221]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have always made one prayer to God, a very short one. Here it is: "My God, make our enemies very ridiculous!" God has granted it to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think the market can make a lot of headway until we get an idea of the depth and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37128]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think the market can make a lot of headway until we get an idea of the depth and breadth of the profit recession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55045]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Court, every one for himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49140]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Court, every one for himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a crime But takes its proper change out still in crime  If once rung on the counter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10652]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a crime But takes its proper change out still in crime  If once rung on the counter of this world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is always a way to go if you look for it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22571]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is always a way to go if you look for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best dreams happen when you're awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62905]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best dreams happen when you're awake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17895]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadayssaying things against one, behind one's back, that are absolutely and entirely true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19149]]></link><description><![CDATA[To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that is the measure of our hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19149</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[With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine  Than my heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27422]]></link><description><![CDATA[With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come, And let my liver rather heat with wine  Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1452]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of knowledge is, having it, to apply it; not having it, to confess your ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is of this world and there are men who are unhappy escapees from hell, escapees destined ETERNALLY to reenact their escape.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're getting 184 million a year, and they are only spending about 6 million a year for maintenance. More of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37882]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're getting 184 million a year, and they are only spending about 6 million a year for maintenance. More of that should be spent to maintain the buildings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11100]]></link><description><![CDATA[My boyfriend used to ask his mother, 'How can I find the right woman for me?' and she would answer, 'Don't worry about finding the right woman- concentrate on becoming the right man.']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast prevariated with thy friend, By underhand contrivances undone me:  And while my open nature trusted in thee, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20231]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast prevariated with thy friend, By underhand contrivances undone me:  And while my open nature trusted in thee,   Thou hast stept in between me and my hopes,    And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear.     Thou hast betray'd me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most glorious night! Thou wert not sent for slumber!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4437]]></link><description><![CDATA[This body is not a home but an inn, and that only briefly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The noise is greater then the nuts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49899]]></link><description><![CDATA[The noise is greater then the nuts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Balance is beautiful. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Balance is beautiful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager administers; the leader innovates.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53562]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope with all my heart there will be painting in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nice to get everyone playing time, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39907]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nice to get everyone playing time,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smile of her I love is like the dawn Whose touch makes Menmon sing:  O see where wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56678]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smile of her I love is like the dawn Whose touch makes Menmon sing:  O see where wide the golden sunlight flows--   The barren desert blossoms as the rose!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11362]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11362</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[Others' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches;  And most of sterling worth is what   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51710]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others' follies teach us not, Nor much their wisdom teaches;  And most of sterling worth is what   Our own experience preaches.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No endeavour is in vain; Its reward is in the doing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50577]]></link><description><![CDATA[No endeavour is in vain; Its reward is in the doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57012]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is the immemorial refuge of the incompetent, the helpless, the miserable. They find not only sanctuary in His arms, but also a kind of superiority, soothing to their macerated egos; He will set the above their betters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fors juvat audentes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fortune favors the brave. [Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends make the bad times good, and the good times unforgettable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We tried to get the ball inside early, and Robbie did a great job. Our other guys also did a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41832]]></link><description><![CDATA[We tried to get the ball inside early, and Robbie did a great job. Our other guys also did a great job of getting him the ball in good position.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18711]]></link><description><![CDATA[The celebrated Galen said that employment was nature's physician. It is indeed so important to happiness that indolence is justly considered the parent of misery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10674]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34684]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was overwhelmed not only with his story but by the way he told it. You could have heard a pin drop in that room when he finished.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Russian Communism is the illegitimate child of Karl Marx and Catherine the Great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32175]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to score field goals when we can score touchdowns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People cry after the unsuccessful love not because love ends,but because it still continues, even if it’s over. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62858]]></link><description><![CDATA[People cry after the unsuccessful love not because love ends,but because it still continues, even if it’s over.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Back in the Saddle Again ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Back in the Saddle Again]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you have times of uncertainty, it's a time to take less risk, not more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39469]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you have times of uncertainty, it's a time to take less risk, not more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who are too lazy and comfortable to think for themselves and be their own judges obey the laws. Others sense their own laws within them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The potential possibilities of any child are the most intriguing and stimulating in all creation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50182]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50182</guid></item></channel></rss>