<?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[The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking men cannot be ruled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking men cannot be ruled.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He holds him with his glittering eye-- . . . .  And listens like a three years' child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25167]]></link><description><![CDATA[He holds him with his glittering eye-- . . . .  And listens like a three years' child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59493]]></link><description><![CDATA[A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My library Was dukedom large enough. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56097]]></link><description><![CDATA[My library Was dukedom large enough. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11717]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid my favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we'd all go play in his cave, and every once in a while he would eat one of us. It wasn't until later that I found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depression is nourished by a lifetime of ungrieved and unforgiven hurts]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62185]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62185</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Saving is a fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We felt we had been badly let down by Historic Scotland. They were concerned about catering for visitors to the castle and some health-and-safety issues, but suggestions were made to resolve these and with a bit of goodwill and better joint working it could have happened. At the time, I don't think there was a meaningful attempt to do so but we need to ensure that these concerts happen next year.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's crazy and it just got crazier, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37654]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's crazy and it just got crazier,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7052]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  The fundamental doctrines of our evangelical belief are... the full inspiration and ruling authority of Holy Scripture, with its consequences, the Divinity of Christ, the finality of His Atonement, and salvation through faith alone. These basic truths should be studied as set forth in the New Testament, that they may be asserted or defended whenever occasion requires. If this be done in a humble and Christian spirit, we shall in the long run be promoting the cause of Christian unity, which must ultimately find its basis in the truth which God has revealed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is a relief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is a relief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13758]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a basic philosophy here that by empowering...workers you'll make their jobs far more interesting, and they'll be able to work at a higher level than they would have without all that information just a few clicks away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17952]]></link><description><![CDATA[So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the more. [Fr., Il n'y a rien de change en ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has changed in France, there is only a Frenchman the more. [Fr., Il n'y a rien de change en France; il n'y a qu'un Francais de plus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is little Effie's head. Her brains are made of gingerbread. Whenthe judgement day comes, God will find six crumbs. Stooping by the coffinlid waiting for something to rise as the something's always did. ImagineHis surprise, bellowing above the general noise, "Where is Effie? Shewas dead." Back to God in a tiny voice: "My name's Maybe."The first crumb said. The number two crumb picked up the song."Might, I'm called. I've done no wrong." Cried the third crumb,"I am Should. Here's our little brother Could and my big sisterWould. Don't punish us for we've been good." And the last crumb, withsome shame, whispered unto God, "My name is Must and with the others,we've been Effie, who isn't alive and never was. Cross the threshold haveno dread. Lift the sheet back in this way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21693</guid></item><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[It is grievous to be caught. [Lat., Deprendi miserum est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10660]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is grievous to be caught. [Lat., Deprendi miserum est.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14725]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did you ever hear anyone say "That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very dangerous to me?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall be ashamed nor confounded world without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62199]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation: ye shall be ashamed nor confounded world without end.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14112]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the citizens of a state cannot be equally powerful, but they may be equally free]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11814]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of power is responsibility for the public good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47485]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of power is responsibility for the public good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30980]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the margin, it's not helpful to the stock-price performance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32882]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the margin, it's not helpful to the stock-price performance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really a mix of our two cultures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39362]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really a mix of our two cultures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1808]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45366]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is purpose in pain, Otherwise it were devilish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19606]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33962]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has always been a good shooter. After he got about halfway through his junior varsity year, we saw he could be a good player because he could shoot the ball.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alcohol was involved, of course, and this is the sort of idea you generally expect will fade as sobriety returns, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alcohol was involved, of course, and this is the sort of idea you generally expect will fade as sobriety returns, but the next day we both still loved the idea, ... We knew how much work it would be, but the more we thought about it, the more irresistible it seemed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Percentage-wise, it's not that much. We've always been lucky to keep it under 3 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30395]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because of the lack of transparency, we don't know whether the commander is a scapegoat, or if he is only one of many who should be arrested. The investigation must be conducted openly for people to have confidence that powerful figures will not be protected.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty is the promise of happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beauty is the promise of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome!  With eager thirst, by folly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25457]]></link><description><![CDATA[London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome!  With eager thirst, by folly or by fate,   Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is an illogical record. It hinges on nothing. It is a story that changes, and has accidents, and recovers with scars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like quick sand, if u fall in it then there is no way out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like quick sand, if u fall in it then there is no way out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51039]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an easy thing to find a staff to beat a dog.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51039</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about how cruel and unfair it is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good old man, sir; he will be talking: as they say, When the age is in the wit is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55447]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good old man, sir; he will be talking: as they say, When the age is in the wit is out. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act iii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50799]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are slow to believe that which, if true, would grieve us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22836]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Weak and imperfect men shall, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7203]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Weak and imperfect men shall, notwithstanding their frailties and effects, be received as having pleased God, if they have done their utmost to please Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55151</guid></item></channel></rss>