<?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[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764]]></link><description><![CDATA[Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50605]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foule Toade hath a faire stone in his head.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20125]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20125</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have believed--and we do believe now--that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20005]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have believed--and we do believe now--that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36698]]></link><description><![CDATA[He played too well. I also had some problems with my knee. But tomorrow it's going to be a different game.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like our dawn, merely a sob of light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like our dawn, merely a sob of light.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42771]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm pretty hopeful that the public will be favorable to it this time because we have had some comments that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33555]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm pretty hopeful that the public will be favorable to it this time because we have had some comments that the lily pads are getting to be too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose (of the meetings) is to re-establish an environment dedicated to caring for the people you serve, the sick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35976]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose (of the meetings) is to re-establish an environment dedicated to caring for the people you serve, the sick and afflicted, ... (It) is not to provide a forum to fight about the past, substantiate or disprove allegations made in both directions or continue the same destructive path that has led to the involvement of my office.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even doubtful accusations leave a stain behind them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15574]]></link><description><![CDATA[My idea of feminism is self-determination, and it's very open-ended: every woman has the right to become herself, and do whatever she needs to do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61774]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, Though blent with rosier hue,  As beautiful as woman's blush,   As ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, Though blent with rosier hue,  As beautiful as woman's blush,   As evanescent too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22139]]></link><description><![CDATA[To change and to change for the better are two different things.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43379]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are 4 kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54805]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called; Which some professing have erred concerning faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I implore you in God's name, not to think of Him as hard to please, but rather as generous beyond ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I implore you in God's name, not to think of Him as hard to please, but rather as generous beyond all that you can ask or think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37984]]></link><description><![CDATA[In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58535]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38232]]></link><description><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is like a wolf: it only destroys those who fear it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751]]></link><description><![CDATA[My hair is grey, but not with years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1832]]></link><description><![CDATA[Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1832</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48983]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you reveal your secrets to the wind you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,  Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,  Be there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6910]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord of all hopefulness, Lord of all joy,  Whose trust, ever childlike, no cares could destroy,  Be there at our waking, and give us, we pray,  Your bliss in our hearts, Lord, at the break of the day.  Lord of all eagerness, Lord of all faith,  Whose strong hands were skilled at the plane and the lathe,  Be there at our labors, and give us, we pray,  Your strength in our hearts, Lord, at the noon of the day.  Lord of all kindliness, Lord of all grace,  Your hands swift to welcome, your arms to embrace,  Be there at our homing, and give us, we pray,  Your love in our hearts, Lord, at the eve of the day.  Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,  Whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm,  Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,  Your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9645]]></link><description><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valour that parleys is near yielding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valour that parleys is near yielding.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an imaging system that's unique. It images physiology instead of anatomy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33203]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an imaging system that's unique. It images physiology instead of anatomy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33203</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23746]]></link><description><![CDATA[All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43645]]></link><description><![CDATA[Called me wessel, Sammy--a wessel of wrath.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24249]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against an whole people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56279]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878   Come all crosses, welcome, welcome! so I may get my heart full of my Lord Jesus.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23013]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human subtlety will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does nature because in her inventions nothing is lacking, and nothing is superfluous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15610]]></link><description><![CDATA[A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rabbi Zusya said that on the Day of Judgment, God would ask him, not why he had not been Moses, but why he had not been Zusya.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10941]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953 Continuing a Lenten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  In our praying, we should speak to God about Himself -- that is praise; or about His gifts--that is thanksgiving; or about other people -- that is intercession; or about our sins--that is confession and penitence; or about our needs--that is petition. Prayer has five fingers, like a hand, and each in turn must be pointed to God, that our prayer may be full and complete.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did somebody dream there is some way that the government doesn't need us? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Did somebody dream there is some way that the government doesn't need us?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of one who flatters unduly; he will also censure unjustly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will attempt no historical or theological classification of [George] Macdonald's thought, partly because I have not the learning to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8517]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will attempt no historical or theological classification of [George] Macdonald's thought, partly because I have not the learning to do so, still more because I am no great friend to such pigeon-holing. One very effective way of silencing the voice of conscience is to impound in an Ism the teacher through whom it speaks; the trumpet no longer seriously disturbs our rest when we have murmured '..Thomist', 'Barthian', or 'Existentialist'. And in Macdonald it is, always the voice of conscience that speaks. He addresses the will: the demand for obedience, for "something to be neither more nor less nor other than done" is incessant. Yet in that very voice of conscience every other faculty somehow speaks as well -- intellect and imagination and humour and fancy and all the affections; and no man in modern times was perhaps more aware of the distinction between Law and Gospel, the inevitable failure of mere morality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10927]]></link><description><![CDATA[That is why, all the girls in town / Follow you / All around / Just like me / They long to be / Close to you / On the day that you were born the angels got together / And decided to create a dream come true / So they sprinkled moon dust in your hair and golden starlight in your eyes of blue...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10927</guid></item></channel></rss>