<?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[He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25023]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant day when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12815]]></link><description><![CDATA[People have not been horrified by war to a sufficient extent ... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige as the warrior does today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54010]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65176]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who teach the mind its proper face to scan, And hold the faithful mirror up to man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As sure as ever God puts his children in the furnace, he will be in the furnace with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6980]]></link><description><![CDATA[As sure as ever God puts his children in the furnace, he will be in the furnace with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47869]]></link><description><![CDATA[What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord God of hosts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can do most who has most power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50861]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can do most who has most power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27400]]></link><description><![CDATA[True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46539]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15382]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success, the mark no mortal wit, Or surest hand, can always hit:  For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,   We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,    Which in success oft disinherits,     For spurious causes, noblest merits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Albrecht's Law - Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10791]]></link><description><![CDATA[He rejoices to have made his way by ruin of others. [Lat., Gaudensque viam fecisse ruina.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a lot of pressure for test scores and academic performance, but being a part of creating something brings ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33339]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a lot of pressure for test scores and academic performance, but being a part of creating something brings about an energy. My students work together in a better way because of the opera.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15303]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fantasy turns you on, you're obligated to God and nature to start doing it right away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord   The greatest proof of Christianity for others is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord   The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49267]]></link><description><![CDATA[God comes to see without a bell.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Miss not the discourse of the elders. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Miss not the discourse of the elders.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27531]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind does not create what it perceives, any more than the eye creates the rose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10149]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people take the trouble to cook, you should take the trouble to eat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61430]]></link><description><![CDATA[No good man ever became suddenly rich. [Lat., Repente dives nemo factus est bonus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't think that, as proposed, this is a workable approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't think that, as proposed, this is a workable approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the lone Angler, patient man, At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,  Leaves off, against his placid wish,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16105]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the lone Angler, patient man, At Mewry-Water, or the Banne,  Leaves off, against his placid wish,   Impaling worms to torture fish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more audacious than these women when detected; they assume anger, and take courage from the very crime itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are doing this to people and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. This is an evil practice, and I want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41276]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are doing this to people and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. This is an evil practice, and I want them to acknowledge it. I want them to acknowledge that what they did to me was wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66056]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing worse than a boy who hates you: a boy that loves you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7425]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604 For the flowers are great blessings. For the Lord made a Nosegay in the meadow with his disciples and preached upon the lily. For the flowers have great virtues for all senses. For the flower glorifies God and the root parries the adversary. For the flowers have their angels even the words of God's creation. For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For flowers are peculiarly the poetry of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our customers have told us that they want access to high-speed data services. Through expanded deployment strategies and highly successful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our customers have told us that they want access to high-speed data services. Through expanded deployment strategies and highly successful self-installs, we believe that our 2001 projection is very achievable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8863]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou who hast The fatal gist of beauty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou who hast The fatal gist of beauty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44997]]></link><description><![CDATA[We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44322]]></link><description><![CDATA[But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. [Numb!2:23].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sanctity of human life is the most dangerous sophistry ever propagated by philosophy and it is all too well rooted. Because if it means anything it means the in-sanctity of species which are not human.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20180]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20180</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55269]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife is a sex object - every time I ask for sex, she objects.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55269</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8714]]></link><description><![CDATA[And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself to circumstances. [Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A full belly neither fights nor flies well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49021]]></link><description><![CDATA[A full belly neither fights nor flies well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59542]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no tragedies, just facts not recognized in time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63719]]></link><description><![CDATA[A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never marry a man who hates his mother, because he'll end up hating you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when you smile, it's so much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1133]]></link><description><![CDATA[When somebody gives you a sexy look, you know they're trying. It's terrible! But when you smile, it's so much sexier!.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[-Serv. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56082]]></link><description><![CDATA[-Serv.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losse embraceth shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49608]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losse embraceth shame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so, Not for thy faults, but mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15444]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then farewell, Horace; whom I hated so, Not for thy faults, but mine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15444</guid></item></channel></rss>