<?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[A man who suffers before it is necessary,suffers more than isnecessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21264]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who suffers before it is necessary,suffers more than isnecessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Refrain from entering a profession where you are selling your time; as you will never receive fair value in return. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Refrain from entering a profession where you are selling your time; as you will never receive fair value in return.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Word of God must always be heard quite specifically and in a new way, varying according to the conditions ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Word of God must always be heard quite specifically and in a new way, varying according to the conditions under which it is preached. Faith is not an acceptance of general, abstract truths, but an answer and a decision at a certain time and in a very certain place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29545]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not a habit, a commitment, or a debt. It isn`t what romantic songs tell us it is - love simply is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do what you should, not what you may. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do what you should, not what you may.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3586]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power comes not from the barrel of a gun, but from one's awareness of his or her own cultural strength and the unlimited capacity to empathize with, feel for, care, and love one's brothers and sisters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, simpleton, do you mix your verses with mine? What have you to do, foolish man, with writings that convict you of theft? Why do you attempt to associate foxes with lions, and make owls pass for eagles? Though you had one of Ladas's legs, you would not be able, blockhead, to run with the other leg of wood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'll seek a four-leaved shamrock in all thy fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'll seek a four-leaved shamrock in all thy fairy dells, And if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They switched everything and denied passes and did a good job of taking away what we wanted to do. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37103]]></link><description><![CDATA[They switched everything and denied passes and did a good job of taking away what we wanted to do. We just played a lot harder when we were playing well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The history of every individual man should be a Bible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The history of every individual man should be a Bible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20605]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis immortality to die aspiring, As if a man were taken quick to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51810]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one swain scorns you, you will soon find another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operatethrough intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22434]]></link><description><![CDATA[The real challenge (in life) is to choose, hold, and operatethrough intelligent, uplifting, and fully empowering beliefs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18498]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is base to filch a purse, daring to embezzle a million, but it is great beyond measure to steal a crown. The sin lessens as the guilt increases.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57796]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sing of brooks, of blossoms, birds, and bowers: Of April, May, of June, and July flowers.  I sing of Maypoles, Hock-carts, wassails, wakes,   Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A different world cannot be built by indifferent people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22412]]></link><description><![CDATA[A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The variety of all things forms a pleasure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60425]]></link><description><![CDATA[The variety of all things forms a pleasure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23996]]></link><description><![CDATA[Morals and manners will rise or decline with our attention to grammar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conscience, the executioner, shaking her secret scourge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20268]]></link><description><![CDATA[An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51514]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds are seen, wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall, then winter is at hand;  When the sun sets, who doth not look for night?   Untimely storms makes men expect a dearth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51514</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16192]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see how the company can have that kind of visibility, especially with a management team that had to revise earnings three times within one quarter last year. They don't have credibility.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the voice of men shall call, "He is fallen like us all,  Though the weapon of the Lord ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14088]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the voice of men shall call, "He is fallen like us all,  Though the weapon of the Lord was in his hand:"   And thine epitaph shall be--    "He was wretched ev'n as we;"     And thy tomb may be unhonoured in the land.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40671]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was not part of the U.N. resolution; it was not part of the mandate to go on to Baghdad and, frankly, if we had gone into Baghdad and pushed Saddam Hussein off, we would have inherited an even bigger mess than the mess we inherited with the refugee problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since Heaven's eternal year is thine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since Heaven's eternal year is thine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have jumped the gun. I'm sure on reflection they will regret they have done it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33845]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have jumped the gun. I'm sure on reflection they will regret they have done it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 Christ claims our help in many a strange disguise: Now, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Felix, Bishop, Apostle to the East Angles, 647 Christ claims our help in many a strange disguise: Now, fever ridden, on a bed He lies; Homeless He wanders now beneath the stars; Now counts the number of His prison bars; Now bends beside us, crowned with hoary hairs. No need have we to climb the heavenly stairs And press our kisses on His feet and hands; In every man that suffers, He, the Man of Sorrows, stands.  ... Anonymous    March 5, 1998  When we have, through Christ, obtained mercy for our persons, we need not fear but that we shall have suitable and seasonable help for our duties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49837]]></link><description><![CDATA[The escaped mouse ever feeles the taste of the bait.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patch grief with proverbs. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the things I might have said that fester. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26838]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the things I might have said that fester.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43716]]></link><description><![CDATA[A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today - and in fact we have forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From thine, as then, the healing virtue goes Into our hearts -- that is the Father's plan. From heart to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8196]]></link><description><![CDATA[From thine, as then, the healing virtue goes Into our hearts -- that is the Father's plan. From heart to heart it sinks, it steals, it flows, From these that know thee still infecting those. Here is my heart -- from thine, Lord, fill it up, That I may offer it as the holy cup Of thy communion to my every man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8196</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60653]]></link><description><![CDATA[People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle produce more milk than our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50752]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle produce more milk than our own.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When compassion for the common man was born on Christmas Day, with it was born new hope among the multitudes. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6565]]></link><description><![CDATA[When compassion for the common man was born on Christmas Day, with it was born new hope among the multitudes. They feel a great, ever-rising determination to lift themselves and their children our of hunger and disease and misery, up to a higher level. Jesus started a fire upon the earth, and it is burning hot today, the fire of a new hope in the hearts of the hungry multitudes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is something that creates equality and mutuality, not a reward for finding equality or a way of intensifying existing mutuality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For courage mounteth with occasion. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55782]]></link><description><![CDATA[For courage mounteth with occasion. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock. [It., Sta come torre ferme, che non crolla  Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dwellers in huts and in marble halls-- From Shepherdess up to Queen--  Cared little for bonnets, and less for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dwellers in huts and in marble halls-- From Shepherdess up to Queen--  Cared little for bonnets, and less for shawls,   And nothing for crinoline.    But now simplicity's not the rage,     And it's funny to think how cold      The dress they wore in the Golden Age       Would seem in the Age of Gold.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are already witnessing major strains in many of our developing countries, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36693]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are already witnessing major strains in many of our developing countries,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is an ape with possibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is an ape with possibilities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am unable to see how a man can find the hand of God in secular history unless he has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6322]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am unable to see how a man can find the hand of God in secular history unless he has first found an assurance of it in his personal experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6322</guid></item></channel></rss>