<?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[Old age is no place for sissies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old age is no place for sissies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53223]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Examine what is said, not him who speaks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5205]]></link><description><![CDATA[Examine what is said, not him who speaks.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11670]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowledge, without common sense," says Lee, is "folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death." But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kareem loved playing for the Bobcats and made returning to the team his top priority. There were some talks with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30933]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kareem loved playing for the Bobcats and made returning to the team his top priority. There were some talks with Denver and New Jersey, however all our real focus was on resigning with the Bobcats.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9037]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit  Beneath my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3547]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit  Beneath my shady roof; there thou mayest rest   And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,    And all the daughters of the year shall dance!     Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord Goderich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2779]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unexpected disappearance of Mr. Canning from the scene, followed by the transient and embarrassed phantom of Lord Goderich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60628]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44929]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/782]]></link><description><![CDATA[We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38898]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm a more traditional baseball person. We're going to give the kids free rein to play the traditional style of baseball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's bolt is soon shot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's bolt is soon shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt, The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,  The Douglas in red herrings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lord Stafford mines for coal and salt, The Duke of Norfolk deals in malt,  The Douglas in red herrings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more thou stir it the worse it will be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48810]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more thou stir it the worse it will be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27629]]></link><description><![CDATA[The remarkable thing about television is that it permits several million people to laugh at the same joke and still feel lonely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things, charity. [Lat., In necessasariis, unitas; In dubiis, libertas; in omnibus, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5704]]></link><description><![CDATA[In things essential, unity; in doubtful, liberty; in all things, charity. [Lat., In necessasariis, unitas; In dubiis, libertas; in omnibus, caritas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feare keepes the garden better then the gardiner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  Humility is the root, mother, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, & his sister Macrina, Teachers, c.394 & c.379  Humility is the root, mother, nurse, foundation, and bond of all virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60044]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who understands does not speak; the one who speaks does not understand]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The film begins with the title card from an Old Arabian Proverb: And the Prophet said, 'And lo, the beast ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43331]]></link><description><![CDATA[The film begins with the title card from an Old Arabian Proverb: And the Prophet said, 'And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty. And it stayed its hand from killing. And from that day, it was as one dead.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beggar that I am, I am even poor in thanks, but I thank you; and sure, dear friends, my thanks are too dear a halfpenny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lord recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the Lord God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. (Ruth 2:12)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28105]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a liberal education is to make you philosophical enough to accept the fact that you will never make much money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39545]]></link><description><![CDATA[As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, to go undetected and to go unpunished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the mediocre are always at their best!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64981]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a lot of music that sounds like it's literally computer-generated, totally divorced from a guy sitting down at an instrument.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But hark! what shriek of death comes in the gale, And in the distant ray what glimmering sail  Bends ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56193]]></link><description><![CDATA[But hark! what shriek of death comes in the gale, And in the distant ray what glimmering sail  Bends to the storm?--Now sinks the note of fear!   Ah! wretched mariners!--no more shall day    Unclose his cheering eye to light ye on your way!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geese appear high over us,pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,as in love or sleep, holdsthem to their way, clearin the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Geese appear high over us,pass, and the sky closes. Abandon,as in love or sleep, holdsthem to their way, clearin the ancient faith: what we needis here. And we pray, notfor new earth or heaven, but to bequiet in heart, and in eye,clear. What we need is here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . A man of the world amongst men of letters, a man of letters amongst men of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19339]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had Cleopatra's nose been shorter, the whole face of the world would have been different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26387]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is more similarity in the marketing challenge of selling a precious painting by Degas and a frosted mug of root beer than you ever thought possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes nine tailors to make a man. [Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58565]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes nine tailors to make a man. [Fr., Il faut neuf tailleurs pour faire un homme.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Kim, Age 11 -Seneca. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57987]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. Kim, Age 11 -Seneca.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that weds for greedy wealth, He goes a fishing fair,  But often times he gets a frog, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16097]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that weds for greedy wealth, He goes a fishing fair,  But often times he gets a frog,   Or very little share.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16102]]></link><description><![CDATA[For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth, thou shalt catch men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63225]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prime Minister: [on the phone to his sister] I'm very busy and important. How can I help you? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prime Minister: [on the phone to his sister] I'm very busy and important. How can I help you?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple. [Psalms 19:7]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple. [Psalms 19:7].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60419]]></link><description><![CDATA[Vanity as an impulse has without doubt been of far more benefit to civilization than modesty has ever been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60419</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46369]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wine and women bring misery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wine and women bring misery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9312]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27262]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew the facts of the matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15258]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew the facts of the matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet is the scene where genial friendship plays The pleasing game of interchanging praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48026</guid></item></channel></rss>