<?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[Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56086]]></link><description><![CDATA[Merrily, merrily shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough. -The Tempest. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate mystery is one's own self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43577]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate mystery is one's own self.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England  It frequently happens that the value of a thing lies in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Saints & Martyrs of England  It frequently happens that the value of a thing lies in the fact that someone has possessed it. A very ordinary thing acquires a new value, if it has been possessed by some famous person. In any museum we will find quite ordinary things--clothes, a walking-stick, a pen, pieces of furniture--which are only of value because they were possessed and used by some great person. It is the ownership which gives them worth. It is so with the Christian. The Christian may be a very ordinary person, but he acquires a new value and dignity and greatness because he belongs to God. The greatness of the Christian lies in the fact that he is God's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The same reason that makes us chide and brawl and fall out with any of our neighbors, causeth a war to follow between Princes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After 30 years of war and devastation, we are starting from nothing basically. It will take a long time for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40052]]></link><description><![CDATA[After 30 years of war and devastation, we are starting from nothing basically. It will take a long time for us to be fully self-sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some people see things and ask Why?I dream things which never were and askWhy not? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some people see things and ask Why?I dream things which never were and askWhy not?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, But with a crafty madness keeps aloof  When we would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, But with a crafty madness keeps aloof  When we would bring him on to some confession   Of his true state.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I personally am waiting to celebrate. I have my fingers crossed. Sharon was one of our biggest enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28325]]></link><description><![CDATA[I personally am waiting to celebrate. I have my fingers crossed. Sharon was one of our biggest enemies.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28325</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they hit that 3, I thought Sterling's 3 when we came right back down in transition was pretty big. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37925]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they hit that 3, I thought Sterling's 3 when we came right back down in transition was pretty big. They got a bit of momentum, but we got it right back by hitting that shot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51299]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis dangerous to take a cold, to sleep, to drink; but I tell you, my lord fool, out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is once borne, once must dy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49368]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is once borne, once must dy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28884]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd like the chance to do a little more performing before I become too old.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some cases suicidal girls were stripped naked and isolated for extended time periods in windowless empty 'dark rooms' with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28782]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some cases suicidal girls were stripped naked and isolated for extended time periods in windowless empty 'dark rooms' with only a drain in the cement floor to serve as a toilet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's scary, but we're holding our own right now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35409]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's scary, but we're holding our own right now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65476]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62307]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like your way of conditioning and contracting with the saints. Do this and I'll do that! Here's one for t'other. Save me and I'll give you a taper or go on a pilgrimage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23018]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where a new invention promises to be useful, it ought to be tried]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14174]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Big results require big ambitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2344]]></link><description><![CDATA[Big results require big ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41608]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These most brisk and giddy-paced times. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55748]]></link><description><![CDATA[These most brisk and giddy-paced times. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16680]]></link><description><![CDATA[My angel,--his name is Freedom,-- Choose him to be your king;  He shall cut pathways east and west,   And fend you with his wing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had a great time on the floor, though we had a few bobbles. We were so relaxed. By that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42385]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had a great time on the floor, though we had a few bobbles. We were so relaxed. By that time, we knew we had it won.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42385</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26825]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10647]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,  Or any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27382]]></link><description><![CDATA[It sounds like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits,  Or any merit that which he obtains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title  Hang loose about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3493]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those he commands move only in command, Nothing in live. Now does he feel his title  Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe   Upon a dwarfish thief.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3493</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23091]]></link><description><![CDATA[At the moment of childbirth, every woman has the same aura of isolation, as though she were abandoned, alone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When autumn scatters his departing gleams, Warn'd of approaching winter, gather'd, play  The swallow-people; and toss'd wide around,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58440]]></link><description><![CDATA[When autumn scatters his departing gleams, Warn'd of approaching winter, gather'd, play  The swallow-people; and toss'd wide around,   O'er the calm sky, in convolution swift,    The feather'd eddy floats; rejoicing once,     Ere to their wintry slumbers they retire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise none too much, for all are fickle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49715]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise none too much, for all are fickle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consideration, like an angel, came And whipped the offending Adam out of him. -King Henry V. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55945]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consideration, like an angel, came And whipped the offending Adam out of him. -King Henry V. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I loved every minute of it. But to say I had a little stress would be an understatement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38340]]></link><description><![CDATA[I loved every minute of it. But to say I had a little stress would be an understatement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6453]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Alphege, Archbishop of Canterbury, Martyr, 1012  Nothing is too great and nothing is too small to commit into the hands of the Lord.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are not and should not be a target of terrorists but we are alert for any possibilities, ... We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28259]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are not and should not be a target of terrorists but we are alert for any possibilities, ... We have not done anything to make people hate us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1965]]></link><description><![CDATA[And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why don't you want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is that you're in conflict with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-range planning works best in the short term. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Long-range planning works best in the short term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It brought tears to my eyes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30100]]></link><description><![CDATA[It brought tears to my eyes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64157]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing new in art except talent.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64749]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing new in art except talent.rn]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  After all, we are told, our salvation has already been accomplished ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209  After all, we are told, our salvation has already been accomplished by the grace of God... It was unkind to speak to men like this, for such a cheap offer could only leave them bewildered and tempt them from the way to which they had been called by Christ. Having laid hold on cheap grace, they were barred forever from the knowledge of costly grace. Deceived and weakened, men felt that they were strong now that they were in possession of this cheap grace -- whereas they had in fact lost the power to live the life of discipleship and obedience. The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust,if thou seest dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21274]]></link><description><![CDATA[That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust,if thou seest dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But monument themselves memorials need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43038]]></link><description><![CDATA[But monument themselves memorials need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43038</guid></item></channel></rss>