<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[My eyes make pictures, when they are shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12869]]></link><description><![CDATA[My eyes make pictures, when they are shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avalanche danger is something to consider. That's only an issue when there are steep slopes above you or when you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avalanche danger is something to consider. That's only an issue when there are steep slopes above you or when you're in a chute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no business like show business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5015]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no business like show business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43364]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the 1930s people went to see films not just to be entertained or to escape the dreariness of their workaday lives but to gain an education, to see the world, to learn table manners and interior decoration, how to dress, kiss, to laugh and cry, how to react to tragedy and happiness, how to be brave, evil and good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's clearly a very special, gifted player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36112]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's clearly a very special, gifted player.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is too short not to do a little practical joking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45546]]></link><description><![CDATA[That a parliament, especially a Parliament with Newspaper Reporters firmly established in it, is an entity which by its very nature cannot do work, but can do talk only]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19428]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27869]]></link><description><![CDATA[An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54656]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the prospect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64753]]></link><description><![CDATA[I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think people are willing to spend more to have a premium experience so they're buying less but they're buying ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30542]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think people are willing to spend more to have a premium experience so they're buying less but they're buying higher quality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain. (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonetheless, struggle for civilian supremacy is still perilous and uncertain. (Wahid) is struggling for authority over the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of middle-class black people think that the Democrats have nothing new to say about race, that their ideas are bankrupt, and that the party basically takes their loyalty for granted, ... Then the Republicans start coming around and we're like the lonely girl standing against the wall at a dance. Even if you know it's lip service, you feel receptive, just because somebody has bothered to come over and pay attention to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16791]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You love a nothing when you love an ingrate. [Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20895]]></link><description><![CDATA[You love a nothing when you love an ingrate. [Lat., Nihil amas, cum ingratum amas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who are you wearing? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58342]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who are you wearing?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important that I make a difference in some way. It's not necessarily how I make a difference, but I want to make sure that I do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55844]]></link><description><![CDATA[God save the mark. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The interior journey of the soul from the wilds of sin into the enjoyed presence of God is beautiful. Ransomed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7162]]></link><description><![CDATA[The interior journey of the soul from the wilds of sin into the enjoyed presence of God is beautiful. Ransomed men need no longer pause in fear to the Holy of Holies. God wills that we should push on into His presence and live our whole life there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45477]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilised taste.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what makes you smile when you're tired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740]]></link><description><![CDATA[The miser acquires, yet fears to use his gains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42740</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11329]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was like, 'Cam, can you hear me?' ... He mumbled, 'Yeah,' but he wasn't there. You could tell he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41861]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was like, 'Cam, can you hear me?' ... He mumbled, 'Yeah,' but he wasn't there. You could tell he wasn't right. ... I couldn't imagine being a paramedic going to the scene of a wreck. That's what that was, pretty much, a wreck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that we can win eight of our next ten games. We can do this because I see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41922]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that we can win eight of our next ten games. We can do this because I see the bats coming alive. Its going to be like a light switch for the team producing runs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4789]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death came with friendly care;The opening bud to heaven conveyed,And bade it blossom there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death came with friendly care;The opening bud to heaven conveyed,And bade it blossom there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61732]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  These things I did not see by the help of man, nor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6486]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  These things I did not see by the help of man, nor by the letter, though they are written in the letter; but I saw them in the light of the Lord Jesus Christ, and by his immediate Spirit and power, as did the Holy men of God, by whom the Holy Scriptures were written. Yet I had no slight esteem of the Holy Scriptures; they were very precious to me, for I was in that spirit by which they were given forth; and what the Lord opened in me, I afterwards found was agreeable to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Content is a word unknown to life; it is also a word unknown to man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chain letters are the postal equivalent of intestinal flu: you get it and pass it along to your friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52838]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He threw threw the crap out of the ball in that pen. We have to wait to see how he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30457]]></link><description><![CDATA[He threw threw the crap out of the ball in that pen. We have to wait to see how he is today, but right now I'd be very surprised if he doesn't make the start Saturday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you begin to believe there is help "out there," you will know it to be true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48275]]></link><description><![CDATA[The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing -- the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32169]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was good to be back on the court. And it felt good that everyone was supporting what our coach did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63803]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tea is drunk to forget the din of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10545]]></link><description><![CDATA[And by the meadow-trenches blow the faint sweet cuckoo-flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast," And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43437]]></link><description><![CDATA["Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast," And therefore proper at a sheriff's feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Although we have different ways of worshipping and doing things, we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Charles Williams, Spiritual Writer, 1945  Although we have different ways of worshipping and doing things, we have only one God. So how can we claim to have... "Good News" unless people can see in us that Jesus Christ is breaking down barriers and bringing us together?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is more safely retained by cautious than by severe councils. [Lat., Potentiam cautis quam acribus consiliis tutius haberi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncover when the flag goes by, boys, 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,  Flag fames in song and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Uncover when the flag goes by, boys, 'Tis freedom's starry banner that you greet,  Flag fames in song and story   Long may it wave, old glory    The flag that has never known defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21593]]></link><description><![CDATA[My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking is more interesting than knowing, but less interesting than looking]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In poison there is physic; and these news, Having been well, that would have made me sick,  Being sick, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26716]]></link><description><![CDATA[In poison there is physic; and these news, Having been well, that would have made me sick,  Being sick, have in some measure made me well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, atthe huge waves of the seas, at the long course ofrivers, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21845]]></link><description><![CDATA[People travel and wonder at the heights of mountains, atthe huge waves of the seas, at the long course ofrivers, at the vast compass of the oceans, at the circular motion of thestars, and they pass themselves without even wondering.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21845</guid></item></channel></rss>