<?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[Browning ... tells us that what won him for Christ was this, that while others tried to soothe his angry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Browning ... tells us that what won him for Christ was this, that while others tried to soothe his angry conscience, and kept urging that, really, things were not nearly so bad as he was making out, Christ looked him in the eyes and told him bluntly that he was a desperate sinner, worse, much worse, even than he realized. And that, queerly enough as you might think, the man was not discomfited but heartened. Here at last, he felt, is one who understands and knows the facts. And since His desperate diagnosis is so accurate, may not His optimism also justify itself even in me. Well does He know what is in human nature, and yet, knowing the worst, He still has confident hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27470]]></link><description><![CDATA[War, children, is just a shot away, it's just a shot away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In my end is my beginning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13785]]></link><description><![CDATA[In my end is my beginning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62415]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[(I-Newswire) - In the free event, Bell will read from] No Planets Strike, ... Edgy in both senses of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38737]]></link><description><![CDATA[[(I-Newswire) - In the free event, Bell will read from] No Planets Strike, ... Edgy in both senses of the word, Josh Bell populates his daft American heartland with the runaway muse Ramona and her clones. The resulting landscapes are as dangerous, funny, and drop-dead gorgeous as those in a Road Runner cartoon.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In naked beauty more adorned More lovely than Pandora. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2750]]></link><description><![CDATA[In naked beauty more adorned More lovely than Pandora.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64683]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Going out and doing focus groups to find out that your customer wants blue buttons on the screen instead of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42164]]></link><description><![CDATA[Going out and doing focus groups to find out that your customer wants blue buttons on the screen instead of red buttons is useful. But it's much more useful to have your customers creating those buttons beside you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a wisdom of the head, and... a wisdom of the heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37525]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are seeing today an unmistakable confirmation that there is in the country the emergence of a new political culture. A sense that the legacy of the rule of the gun can be resisted is now taking root.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think the juggernaut will just roll on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think the juggernaut will just roll on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24209]]></link><description><![CDATA[The person who knows how to laugh at himself will never cease to be amused.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What cracker is this same that deafs our ears With this abundance of superfluous breath? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58622]]></link><description><![CDATA[What cracker is this same that deafs our ears With this abundance of superfluous breath?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56339]]></link><description><![CDATA[From naive simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Red, Hot and Blue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Red, Hot and Blue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward, but then so is sin! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28069]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is its own reward, but then so is sin!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What they're doing here in Rock Star:INXS is revolutionary. No other band has done anything like this before and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42726]]></link><description><![CDATA[What they're doing here in Rock Star:INXS is revolutionary. No other band has done anything like this before and I think it's a very, very smart move.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true character of liberty is independence, maintained by force.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were probably there (at the accident scene) 20 minutes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32336]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were probably there (at the accident scene) 20 minutes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things to do in the world are to get something to eat, something to drink and somebody to love you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs. [Fr., Plus je vois des ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12661]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see the representatives of the people, the more I love my dogs. [Fr., Plus je vois des representants du peuple, plus j'aime mes chiens.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne;  He held them sixpence all too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58570]]></link><description><![CDATA[King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a crowne;  He held them sixpence all too deere,   Therefore he call'd the taylor lowne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That was big. That really gave us a cushion. If you have just a one-run game, it changes the whole ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35538]]></link><description><![CDATA[That was big. That really gave us a cushion. If you have just a one-run game, it changes the whole game. It changes the strategy for both teams.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to lose like this because we kind of felt like we let one slip away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37567]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to lose like this because we kind of felt like we let one slip away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The learn'd reflect on what before they knew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was Andy Warhol a bisexual? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was Andy Warhol a bisexual?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23920]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;  Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind to thy father, for when thou were young, who loved thee so fondly as he? He caught the first accents that fell from thy tongue, and joined in thy innocent glee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AARP commends the Governor and the State Legislature for taking this unprecedented step in helping to ensure that New York's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40898]]></link><description><![CDATA[AARP commends the Governor and the State Legislature for taking this unprecedented step in helping to ensure that New York's most vulnerable citizens can stay warm this winter. With some people actually having to choose between filling their prescriptions and filling their oil tank, this funding couldn't have come at a better time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not routine, but it's pretty close to it. He should be as good as new. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35903]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not routine, but it's pretty close to it. He should be as good as new.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37509]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a really nice surprise, ... We were the only newcomers, and doggone if we didn't take it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was not Lisa Holland. She didn't know about it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29214]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was not Lisa Holland. She didn't know about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take heed of a step-mother; the very name of her sufficeth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report says that you, Fidentinus, recite my compositions in public as if they were your own. If you allow them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Report says that you, Fidentinus, recite my compositions in public as if they were your own. If you allow them to be called mine, I will send you my verses gratis; if you wish them to be called yours, pray buy them, that they may be mine no longer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62469]]></link><description><![CDATA[I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62469</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7749]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is hardly ever a complete silence in our soul. God is whispering to us well-nigh incessantly. Whenever the sounds of the world die out in the soul, or sink low, then we hear these whisperings of God. He is always whispering to us, only we do not always hear, because of the noise, hurry, and distraction which life causes as it rushes on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And O the buttercups! that field O' the cloth of gold, when pennons swam--  Where France set up his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5144]]></link><description><![CDATA[And O the buttercups! that field O' the cloth of gold, when pennons swam--  Where France set up his lilied shield,   His oriflamb,    And Henry's lion-standard rolled:     What was it to their matchless sheen,      Their million million drops of gold       Among the green!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552  As long as I see any thing to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6512]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552  As long as I see any thing to be done for God, life is worth having; but O how vain and unworthy it is to live for any lower end!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All rising to great place is by a winding stair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48351]]></link><description><![CDATA[All rising to great place is by a winding stair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43350]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We know that we can steer it sufficiently to sample another region of the crater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32594]]></link><description><![CDATA[We know that we can steer it sufficiently to sample another region of the crater.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45657]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Father and His Two DaughtersA man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered. Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried. He said to her, If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1583</guid></item></channel></rss>