<?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 body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2035]]></link><description><![CDATA[The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63855]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is right reason in the doing of work.   Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is right reason in the doing of work.   Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were he now to do so, he would forfeit all credibility. If he now said 'Er, I'm not sure I was right to do what I've done,' I think people would turn on him. He's set his hand to this particular plough, he's got to complete the furrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Running is a great way to relieve stress and clear the mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52580]]></link><description><![CDATA[If punishment makes not the will supple it hardens the offender.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48850]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48850</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19400]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Innocents  The Bible is the written word of God, and because it is written it is confined and limited by the necessities of ink and paper and leather. The Voice of God, however, is alive and free as the sovereign God is free. "The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life." The life is in the speaking words. God's word in the Bible can have power only because it corresponds to God's word in the universe. It is the present Voice which makes the written Word all-powerful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34085]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's what we want our identity to be. We want to be a defense that runs and hits. That's what we want people to talk about.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10216]]></link><description><![CDATA[My countrymen should have nerves of steel, muscles of iron, and minds like thunderbolt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real discoveries come from chaos, from going to the place that looks wrong and stupid and foolish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Philosophy is a game with objectives and no rules. Mathematics is a game with rules and no objectives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64182]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at it when you do that as a form of eminent domain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34018]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at it when you do that as a form of eminent domain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20917]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis the sport to have the enginer Hoist with his own petar, and 't shall go hard  But I will delve one yard below their mines   And blow them at the moon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maybe the game is a little bit quicker and guys don't have as much energy. They hear that whistle and maybe everyone is just happy to get off the ice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I always thought I should be treated like a star. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26070]]></link><description><![CDATA[I always thought I should be treated like a star.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44108]]></link><description><![CDATA[We need society, and we need solitude also, as we need summer and winter, day and night, exercise and rest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3681]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15900]]></link><description><![CDATA[My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21830]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teaching Children to Love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25908]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teaching Children to Love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46433]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course that is not the whole story, but that is the way with stories; we make them what we will. It's a way of explaining the universe while leaving the universe unexplained, it's a way of keeping it all alive, not boxing it into time. Everyone who tel]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am having so much fun performing, I feel almost guilty. I think, my God, I hope no one comes and busts me for this.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35131]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned law so well, the day I graduated I sued the college, won the case, and got my tuition back.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,--  'Tis said thy blithesome song was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54340]]></link><description><![CDATA[On fair Britania's isle, bright bird, A legend strange is told of thee,--  'Tis said thy blithesome song was hushed   While Christ toiled up Mount Calvary,    Bowed 'neath the sins of all mankind;     And humbled to the very dust      By the vile cross, while viler men       Mocked with a crown of thorns the Just.        Pierced by our sorrows, and weighed down         By our transgressions,--faint and weak,          Crushed by an angry Judge's frown,           And agonies no word can speak,--            'Twas then, dear bird, the legend says             That thou, from out His crown, didst tear              The thorns, to lighten the distress               And ease the pain that he must bear,                While pendant from thy tiny beak                 The gory points thy bosom pressed,                  And crimsoned with thy Saviour's blood                   The sober brownness of thy breast!                    Since which proud hour for thee and thine.                     As an especial sign of grace                      God pours like sacramental wine                       Red signs of favor o'er thy race!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15840]]></link><description><![CDATA[The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through  The growing waters; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't but say it is an awkward sight To see one's native land receding through  The growing waters; it unmans one quite,   Especially when life is rather new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is wisdom. There is none in life But needs it and may learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65457]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55864]]></link><description><![CDATA[No more of that, Hal, an thou lovest me! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The common practice of keeping up appearances with society is a mere selfish struggle of the vain with the vain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience teaches only the teachable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience teaches only the teachable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on;  'Twas not given for thee alone,   Pass it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on;  'Twas not given for thee alone,   Pass it on;    Let it travel down the years,     Let it wipe another's tears,      'Till in Heaven the deed appears--       Pass it on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55844]]></link><description><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13481]]></link><description><![CDATA[The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15648]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66688]]></link><description><![CDATA[A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have written to them and asked them for statements. If I need to call them (to testify), I will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38436]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have written to them and asked them for statements. If I need to call them (to testify), I will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43365]]></link><description><![CDATA[It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43365</guid></item></channel></rss>