<?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[It is no hard matter to adhere to God while you are in the enjoyment of His comforts and consolations; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6559]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is no hard matter to adhere to God while you are in the enjoyment of His comforts and consolations; but if you would prove your fidelity to Him, you must be willing to follow Him through the paths of dryness and desertion. The truth of a friend is not known while he is receiving favours and benefits from us; but if he remain faithful to us when we treat him with coldness and neglect, it will be a proof of the sincerity of his attachment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21366]]></link><description><![CDATA[The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change thenature of the one who prays.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was our father no one man can replace him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36747]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was our father no one man can replace him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50010]]></link><description><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that after they get their degrees, they'll make their home and careers back in Texas, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34174]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that after they get their degrees, they'll make their home and careers back in Texas,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience is something you get too late to do anything about the mistakes you made while getting it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak little and well if you wish to be esteemed a person of merit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22137]]></link><description><![CDATA[An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52958]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54801]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every woman is supposed to have the same set of motives, or else to be a monster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Psychology which explains everything explains nothing, and we are still in doubt]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be unconscionable for the Brattleboro Select Board to approve the evacuation plan without including these improvements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34203]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be unconscionable for the Brattleboro Select Board to approve the evacuation plan without including these improvements.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger may in time change to gladness; vexation may be succeeded by content. But a kingdom that has once been destroyed can never come again into being; norcan the dead ever be brought back to life. Hence the enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. This is the way to keep a country at peace and an army intact.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36168]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had taken him under her wing ... and he helped her with shopping, cleaning and various other things she was no longer able to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When one of your dreams come true, you begin to look at the others more carefully. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65539]]></link><description><![CDATA[When one of your dreams come true, you begin to look at the others more carefully.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25263]]></link><description><![CDATA[We cultivate literature on a little oat-meal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Very, very impressive. In a way, he pulled a mini version of Normann last year. He got away and made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41746]]></link><description><![CDATA[Very, very impressive. In a way, he pulled a mini version of Normann last year. He got away and made it hold up with a solid run. He's the real deal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man goes before his time / unless the boss leaves early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4760]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man goes before his time / unless the boss leaves early.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65016]]></link><description><![CDATA[You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the American flag, and keep step to the music of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25999]]></link><description><![CDATA[We join ourselves to no party that does not carry the American flag, and keep step to the music of the Union.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like to think of it as a type of Thanksgiving, reestablishing that connection on a human level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guaranty against being dead wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellectual brilliance is no guaranty against being dead wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15877]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42788]]></link><description><![CDATA[A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63577]]></link><description><![CDATA[A church is a hospital for sinners, not a museum for saints.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66333]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kisses kept are wasted; Love is to be tasted.  There are some you love, I know;   Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23826]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kisses kept are wasted; Love is to be tasted.  There are some you love, I know;   Be not loath to tell them so.    Lips go dry and eyes grow wet     Waiting to be warmly met,      Keep them not in waiting yet;       Kisses kept are wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial flowers--to the daily life of others.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you think you can win, you can win. Faith is necessary to victory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54829]]></link><description><![CDATA[If politics is the art of the possible, research is surely the art of the soluble. Both are immensely practical-minded affairs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49570]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a poore stake that cannot stand one yeare in the ground.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd be under the nearest table the second I felt the first shudder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30384]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd be under the nearest table the second I felt the first shudder.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are jumping on it quicker, ... They are doing well. I'm kinda proud of the people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33183]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are jumping on it quicker, ... They are doing well. I'm kinda proud of the people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28168]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't want to abandon one work for the other, and I don't think I need to sacrifice anything to put my all into either one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dead Bee maketh no Hony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49009]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dead Bee maketh no Hony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30527]]></link><description><![CDATA[The information is used by conservation groups and other agencies to set priorities for funding and research.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58463]]></link><description><![CDATA[You think that upon the score of fore-knowledge and divining I am infinitely inferior to the swans. When they perceive approaching death they sing more merrily than before, because of the joy they have in going to the God they serve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19519]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world -- or the last.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788  Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, the infinite I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John and Charles Wesley, Priests, Poets, Teachers, 1791 & 1788  Matthew xi. 27. JESUS, the infinite I AM, With God essentially the same, With him enthroned above all height, As God of God, and Light of Light, Thou art by thy great Father known, From all eternity his Son. Thou only dost the Father know, And wilt to all thy followers show, Who cannot doubt thy gracious will His glorious Godhead to reveal; Reveal him now, if thou art he, And live, eternal Life, in me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46197]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most essential factor is persistence - the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you shouldbe-because sooner or later, if you're posing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you shouldbe-because sooner or later, if you're posing, you will forget the pose andthen where are you?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wondering's healthy. Broadens the mind. Opens you up to all sorts of stray thoughts and possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26510]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13085]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13085</guid></item></channel></rss>