<?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[I paint with shapes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I paint with shapes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43177]]></link><description><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his infamous delay,   Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve,    In all the magnanimity of thought;     Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.      And why? because he thinks himself immortal,       All men think all men mortal but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the twinkling of an eye. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55576]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the twinkling of an eye. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind. [Lat., Nec tibi quid liceat, sed quid fecisse decebit  Occurrat, mentemque domet respectus honesti.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's starting to settle in by getting in a groove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38568]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's starting to settle in by getting in a groove.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing I can't stand is discomfort. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing I can't stand is discomfort.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62603]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is painful for me because I would love to sit down and talk to my dad about the way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40333]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is painful for me because I would love to sit down and talk to my dad about the way he used to be when he was my age, when he was in his prime, because we are so much alike,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52064]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideas which now pass for brilliant innovations and advances are in fact mere revivals of ancient errors, and a further proof of the dictum that those who are ignorant of the past are condemned to repeat it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4558]]></link><description><![CDATA[My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time, with my eyes hanging out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a child annoys you, quiet him by brushing his hair. If this doesn't work, use the other side of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5964]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a child annoys you, quiet him by brushing his hair. If this doesn't work, use the other side of the brush on the other end of the child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing snooker gives you firm hands and helps to build up character. It is the ideal recreation for dedicated nuns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playing snooker gives you firm hands and helps to build up character. It is the ideal recreation for dedicated nuns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54817]]></link><description><![CDATA[It stands to the everlasting credit of science that by acting on the human mind it has overcome man's insecurity before himself and before nature.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We take our hats off to them. Hey, you take it like a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66875]]></link><description><![CDATA[The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never give a man up until he has failed at something he likes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35130]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flowers grow out of dark moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16275]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flowers grow out of dark moments.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2224]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you; not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17834]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17834</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A witty saying proves nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65792]]></link><description><![CDATA[A witty saying proves nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12956]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23103]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you set out on your journey to Ithaca, pray that the road is long,full of adventure, full of knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27119]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The migration path to anything but Microsoft would require a forklift overhaul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31919]]></link><description><![CDATA[The migration path to anything but Microsoft would require a forklift overhaul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not a single living patient was left in the hospital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36335]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not a single living patient was left in the hospital.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This development today means justice and home affairs ministers are willing to accept a legal process that will let all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35202]]></link><description><![CDATA[This development today means justice and home affairs ministers are willing to accept a legal process that will let all branches of government decide the issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11006]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26193]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the thing with magic. You've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at first and in fear, she soon rises to heaven, Walks upon land and hides her head in the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the worlda portion of its lost heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21838]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the worlda portion of its lost heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where the lion's skin falls short it must be eked out with the fox's.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8864]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  Christ did not enchant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8117]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecile Isherwood, Founder of the Community of the Resurrection, Grahamstown, South Africa, 1906  Christ did not enchant men; He demanded that they believe in Him: except on one occasion, the Transfiguration. For a brief while, Peter, James, and John were permitted to see Him in His glory. For that brief while they had no need of faith. The vision vanished, and the memory of it did not prevent them from all forsaking Him when He was arrested, or Peter from denying that he had ever known Him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23957]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will not suffer labor in this world, let him not be born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An honest God is the noblest work of man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17702]]></link><description><![CDATA[An honest God is the noblest work of man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever hatred smiles, love lies powerless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever hatred smiles, love lies powerless.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to hold the asse by the bridle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49563]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to hold the asse by the bridle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on Romans 8:   [Of vv. 14-17]   For the Spirit we have received ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series on Romans 8:   [Of vv. 14-17]   For the Spirit we have received is the Spirit of the Son of God, and we possessing it are God's sons too, and "that of God in us" leaps out towards the God who is the source of it. The Spirit of Jesus within us moves us to prayer: indeed, prayer is just the moving of God's Son in us towards the Father. Though we are burdened with the greatness of our need, so that our prayers are not even articulate, yet in such "inarticulate sighs" the Spirit "intercedes for us.".]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the president does it, that means it is not illegal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47309]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47309</guid></item></channel></rss>