<?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[Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, beneficent light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, beneficent light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4865]]></link><description><![CDATA[God himself favors the brave. [Lat., Audentes deus ipse juvat.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/405]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice as if you are the worst, perform as if you are the best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you believe their backgrounds? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you believe their backgrounds?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My favourite thing is to go where I've never been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59601]]></link><description><![CDATA[My favourite thing is to go where I've never been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17651]]></link><description><![CDATA[God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59270]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44210]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think over again my small adventures, my fears, These small ones that seemed so big. For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, The only thing. To live to see the great day that dawns And the light that fills the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The cross is laid on every Christian. It begins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Commemoration of Helena, Protector of the Faith, 330  The cross is laid on every Christian. It begins with the call to abandon the attachments of this world. It is that dying of the old man which is the result of his encounter with Christ. As we embark upon discipleship we surrender ourselves to Christ in union with His death -- we give over our lives to death. Since this happens at the beginning of the Christian life, the cross can never be merely a tragic ending to an otherwise happy religious life. When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die. It may be a death like that of the first disciples who had to leave home and work to follow Him, or it may be a death like Luther's, who had to leave the monastery and go out into the world. But it is the same death every time -- death in Jesus Christ, the death of the old man at His call. That is why the rich young man was so loath to follow Jesus, for the cost of his following was the death of his will. In fact, every command of Jesus is a call to die, with all our affections and lusts. But we do not want to die, and therefore Jesus Christ and His call are necessarily our death and our life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if only you can find it." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43094]]></link><description><![CDATA["Tut, tut, child," said the Duchess. "Everything's got a moral if only you can find it."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9351]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cloning of humans is on most of the lists of things to worry about from Science, along with behaviour control, genetic engineering, transplanted heads, computer poetry and the unrestrained growth of plastic flowers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's like Christmas. Everything is real, but not as it seems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40626]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's like Christmas. Everything is real, but not as it seems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that makes a thing too fine, breakes it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free,  The shrine of each ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2389]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, Columbia, the gem of the ocean, The home of the brave and the free,  The shrine of each patriot's devotion,   A world offers homage to them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53981]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sorts of affection - the love of a woman you respect, and the love for the woman you love]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no index of character so sure as the voice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60932]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no index of character so sure as the voice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54654]]></link><description><![CDATA[That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not good enough to rely on playing good offense or good defense. We need all three phases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30515]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not good enough to rely on playing good offense or good defense. We need all three phases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63473]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is an image in terms of which we try to make sense of the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63643]]></link><description><![CDATA[The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want them to be cutting each other's throats for the lead or something will come from behind and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want them to be cutting each other's throats for the lead or something will come from behind and beat them both,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abrams's Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are not at your ideal body weight and are not active, over time, you have a risk of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42080]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are not at your ideal body weight and are not active, over time, you have a risk of diabetes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40478]]></link><description><![CDATA[It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved every minute of being Val but as I said before there were other acting muscles in my body ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37981]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved every minute of being Val but as I said before there were other acting muscles in my body that I wanted to use.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22430]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never let my subject get in the way of what I want to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13740]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28835]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my opinion, a master is morally obliged to seize every sort of opportunity and to try to solve the problems of the position without fear of some simplifications.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's the humour of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20065]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's the humour of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32217]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't matter if the weather has been the same for 364 days. It's just a gut-level, immediate concern that most people have.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The scientific theroy I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My father was an eminent button-maker at Birmingham, . . . but I had a soul above buttons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57284]]></link><description><![CDATA[My father was an eminent button-maker at Birmingham, . . . but I had a soul above buttons.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have been no more than a medium, as it were. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have been no more than a medium, as it were.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47105]]></link><description><![CDATA[...no civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words that weep, and tears that speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words that weep, and tears that speak.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we do not understand the brain very well we are constantly tempted to use the latest technology as a model for trying to understand it. In my childhood we were always assured that the brain was a telephone switchboard. ('What else could it be?') I was amused to see that Sherrington, the great British neuroscientist, thought that the brain worked like a telegraph system. Freud often compared the brain to hydraulic and electro-magnetic systems. Leibniz compared it to a mill, and I am told some of the ancient Greeks thought the brain functions like a catapult. At present, obviously, the metaphor is the digital computer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work. -King Henry IV. Part ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55841]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn while you're young', he often said, 'there is much to enjoy, down here below, life for the living, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn while you're young', he often said, 'there is much to enjoy, down here below, life for the living, and rest for the dead!']]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45339]]></link><description><![CDATA[The screech-owl, with ill-boding cry, Portends strange things, old women say;  Stops every fool that passes by,   And frights the school-boy from his play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the operation has been successful, so it is going to be two or three weeks before he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30674]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the operation has been successful, so it is going to be two or three weeks before he is fit and available for selection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52854]]></link><description><![CDATA[An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin; to begin is half the work. Let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. [Lat., Incipe; dimidium facti est coepisse. Supersit  Dimidium: rursum hoc incipe, et efficies.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boxing is smoky halls and kidneys battered until they bleed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Others, like many of us, like "the good Germans" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39191]]></link><description><![CDATA[Others, like many of us, like "the good Germans" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights catastrophe against, in turn, another 'despised' minority: the Palestinian people. Their resistance to brutal ethnic cleansing is, ironically, labeled "anti-Semitic."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39191</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My creed is that:/ Happiness is the only good./ The place to be happy ishere./ The time to be happy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21645]]></link><description><![CDATA[My creed is that:/ Happiness is the only good./ The place to be happy ishere./ The time to be happy is now./ The way to be happy is to make othersso.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21645</guid></item></channel></rss>