<?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[Food for the soul. [Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24761]]></link><description><![CDATA[Food for the soul. [Lat., Nutrimentum spiritus.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. -The Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   We know that one school of psychology already regards religion as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   We know that one school of psychology already regards religion as a neurosis. When this particular neurosis becomes inconvenient to the government, what is to hinder the government from proceeding to 'cure' It? Such 'cure' will , of course, be compulsory; but under the humanitarian theory it will not be called by the shocking name of Persecution. No one will blame us for being Christians, no one will hate us, no one revile us. The new Nero will approach us with the silky manners of a doctor, and though all will be in fact {compulsory}, all will go on within the unemotional therapeutic sphere where words like 'right' and 'wrong' , or 'freedom' and 'slavery' are never heard. And thus when the command is given, every prominent Christian in the land may vanish overnight into Institutions for the Treatment of the Ideologically Unsound, and it will rest with the expert gaolers to when (if ever) they are to emerge. But it will not be persecution. Even if the treatment is painful, even if it is life-long, even if if it is fatal, that will be only a regrettable accident, the intention was purely therapeutic.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30700]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can definitely handle whatever they throw at him. Johnny's a cool cat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56238]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold.   - Nathaniel Hawthorne,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And so, his senses gradually wrapt In a half sleep, he dreams of better worlds,  And dreaming hears thee ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12870]]></link><description><![CDATA[And so, his senses gradually wrapt In a half sleep, he dreams of better worlds,  And dreaming hears thee still, O singing lark;   That singest like an angel in the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't believe in mathematics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46588]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't believe in mathematics.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33969]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're a decent basketball team. I hope we can get better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  In religion, we are not asked to make up our minds, we are asked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Matthias the Apostle  In religion, we are not asked to make up our minds, we are asked to make up our lives... We may refuse to make up our minds, but our lives get made up, one way or the other... Whatever we believe with our minds, our lives are committed either to God's way or to the God-denying way, and what matters in religion is the act of commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day of the Lord, as all our days should be! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day of the Lord, as all our days should be!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22698]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creative activity could be described as a type of learningprocess where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63932]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,  But musical as is Apollo's lute, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46492]]></link><description><![CDATA[How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as full fools suppose,  But musical as is Apollo's lute,   And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets,    Where no crude surfeit reigns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Next to a sincere compliment, I think I like a well-deserved and honest rebuke]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Through the black night and driving rain A ship is struggling, all in vain,  To live upon the stormy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Through the black night and driving rain A ship is struggling, all in vain,  To live upon the stormy main;--   Miserere Domine!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56996]]></link><description><![CDATA[This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence from whom we love is worse than death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence from whom we love is worse than death.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove  With flaunting honeysuckle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19691]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sat me down to watch upon a bank With ivy canopied and interwove  With flaunting honeysuckle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming in my freshman year we were a .500 team. Ohio State hasn't done it since the 1980s, so it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming in my freshman year we were a .500 team. Ohio State hasn't done it since the 1980s, so it means a lot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Oxen and the Axle-TreesA heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money is the barometer of a society's virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is like a mirror, we get the best results when we smile at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58488]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every sweet hath its sour, every evil its good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren't ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice cannot see the things that are because it is always looking for things that aren't]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How you choose to respond each moment to the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6085]]></link><description><![CDATA[How you choose to respond each moment to the movie of life determines how you see the next frame, and the next, and eventually how you feel when the movie ends. -Doc Childre.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Davidson is an aggressive, tough team to play. They are a threat everywhere. We're pleased to get the win. Jasmine ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Davidson is an aggressive, tough team to play. They are a threat everywhere. We're pleased to get the win. Jasmine Byrd started hot as fire and that gave us confidence. We made some little adjustments in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What will the world be quite overturned when you die? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28016]]></link><description><![CDATA[What will the world be quite overturned when you die?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17610]]></link><description><![CDATA[In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2064]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26344]]></link><description><![CDATA[There can be no defense like elaborate courtesy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'  'But yet' is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12759]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not like 'but yet, it does allay The good precedence: fie upon 'but yet,'  'But yet' is as a jailer to bring forth   Some monstrous malefactor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He could eat, especially if it was Jack-in the Box. He really loved the big ultimate cheeseburgers and could easily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30366]]></link><description><![CDATA[He could eat, especially if it was Jack-in the Box. He really loved the big ultimate cheeseburgers and could easily eat three.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody has any doubt that ETA wanted to attack before the general elections, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody has any doubt that ETA wanted to attack before the general elections,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We could have lots of warning in a matter of months, or we could have limited warning in a matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38724]]></link><description><![CDATA[We could have lots of warning in a matter of months, or we could have limited warning in a matter of weeks. It's very difficult to tell so we have to focus on surveillance as prevention and on response and recovery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44076]]></link><description><![CDATA[The art of our necessities is strange, That can make vile things precious.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hole calls the thiefe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hole calls the thiefe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17256]]></link><description><![CDATA[The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The East bow'd low before the blast, In patient, deep disdain.  She let the legions thunder past,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10205]]></link><description><![CDATA[The East bow'd low before the blast, In patient, deep disdain.  She let the legions thunder past,   And plunged in thought again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age. [Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48963]]></link><description><![CDATA[An angelic boyhood becomes a Satanic old age. [Lat., Angelicus juvenis senibus satanizat in annis.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. -Samuel Ullman.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow, Boreas, foe to human kind! Blow, blustering, freezing, piercing wind!  Blow, that thy force I may rehearse,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow, Boreas, foe to human kind! Blow, blustering, freezing, piercing wind!  Blow, that thy force I may rehearse,   While all my thoughts congeal to verse!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the concept of the sea is very important. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28764]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the concept of the sea is very important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32248]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's been a big help to me so far. I just want to make sure to take what he tells me and bring it out on the court.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has a ton of talent. He has always put up numbers in the minor leagues. And he's a great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31537]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has a ton of talent. He has always put up numbers in the minor leagues. And he's a great cook - great Mexican food.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31558]]></link><description><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is the strongest hitter in this program, and he has been for the last three years. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34642]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is the strongest hitter in this program, and he has been for the last three years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34642</guid></item></channel></rss>