<?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[The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3298]]></link><description><![CDATA[The irrepressible spirit that made his playing seem like good conversation is the Rubinstein legacy for pianists, if they can pick up their heads from the keyboard long enough to claim it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49510]]></link><description><![CDATA[If gold knew what gold is, gold would get gold I wis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the Lord your God with all your passion and prayer and intelligence. Love others as well as you love yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Johann Sebastian Bach, musician, 1750   Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.   ... Blaise Pascal July 29, 2000 Feast of Mary, Martha & Lazarus, Companions of Our Lord   The greatest proof of Christianity for others is not how far a man can logically analyze his reasons for believing, but how far in practice he will stake his life on his belief.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16190]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bleed, bleed, poor Country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure,  For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs,   The title is affeered!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age -- what's called making a hit. But the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16233]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age -- what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison eith this order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death is more universal than life; everyone dies but not everyone lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55150]]></link><description><![CDATA[A light, tender, sensitive touch is worth a ton of brawn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue,  Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58796]]></link><description><![CDATA[What precious drops are those, Which silently each other's track pursue,  Bright as young diamonds in their faint dew?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30741]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the last ten years we have come to realize humans are more like worms than we ever imagined.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This man - what's his name? - the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31029]]></link><description><![CDATA[This man - what's his name? - the number 10, the small one who doesn't play in the Real Madrid first team - said that if Poland beat Azerbaijan 8-0, England should score at least eight and he'd score five of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9662]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confession is good for the soul only in the sense that a tweed coat is good for dandruff--it is a palliative rather than a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61065]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand,  And round and round the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59265]]></link><description><![CDATA[The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand,  And round and round the sand,   As far as eye could see    The rolling mist came down and hid the land:     And never home came she.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not even thinking about it right now. We won one game, now we've won two games and we have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30480]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not even thinking about it right now. We won one game, now we've won two games and we have a winning streak. Our focus is on the next game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds, not words. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds, not words.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't put too fine a point to your wit for fear it should get blunted.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47491]]></link><description><![CDATA[War: a wretched debasement of all the pretenses of civilization.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20073]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once while walking through the mall a guy came up to me and said, 'Hey, how's it going?' So I grabbed his arm and twisted it up behind his head and said 'Now who's asking the questions?']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Andy didn't have his best stuff. Certainly the Pirates hitters battled with every single pitch. Whether it was to foul ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30463]]></link><description><![CDATA[Andy didn't have his best stuff. Certainly the Pirates hitters battled with every single pitch. Whether it was to foul it off or take a ball, nothing came easy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and the confidence and the risk-seeking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to work with the top people, because only they have the courage and the confidence and the risk-seeking profile that you need.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/711]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  If we are prepared to admit, even as a possibility, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginning a short series on topics of Christian apologetics:  If we are prepared to admit, even as a possibility, that Jesus was divine, or even that without being divine he was unique, then we must, as a matter of logic, discard any attempt to discredit the Gospel accounts on the ground that they record miracles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30744]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's never really even been off the farm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11230]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's death comes to pass without making some impression, and those close to the deceased inherit part of the liberated soul and become richer in their humanness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21782]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is an immeasurable distance between late and too late.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22822]]></link><description><![CDATA[She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19468]]></link><description><![CDATA[War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47918]]></link><description><![CDATA[The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most cheerleaders have knee problems. I had just gotten back from the doctor about two weeks before this happened with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most cheerleaders have knee problems. I had just gotten back from the doctor about two weeks before this happened with a bruised meniscus and tendonitis in my patella. A lot of the girls on the squad have irregular cartilage and torn ligaments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30552]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1489]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistle, and she'll come to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whistle, and she'll come to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women laugh when they can, and weepe when they will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43992]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soon shall thy arm, unconquered steam, afar Drag the slow barge, or drive the rapid car;  Or on wide waving wings expanded bear   The flying chariot through the fields of air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popularity is exhausting. The life of the party almost always winds up in a corner with an overcoat over him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3110]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being in the army is like being in the Boy Scouts, except that the Boy Scouts have adult supervision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think it's scary, ... Doctors and patients have come to believe that prescription drugs are more effective and safer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41455]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think it's scary, ... Doctors and patients have come to believe that prescription drugs are more effective and safer than they probably are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26024]]></link><description><![CDATA[As good luck would have it, comes in one Mistress Page, gives intelligence of Ford's approach, and in her invention, and Ford's wife's distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43613]]></link><description><![CDATA[A myth is, of course, not a fairy story. It is the presentation of facts belonging to one category in the idioms appropriate to another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1025</guid></item></channel></rss>