<?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[When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12600]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two people decide to get a divorce, it isn't a sign that they "don't understand" one another, but a sign that they have, at last, begun to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18852]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18852</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50452]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will be the last to discover the disgrace of his house.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hope that ultimately India will see reason and come to the negotiating table, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29814]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hope that ultimately India will see reason and come to the negotiating table,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have been invaluable in the development of the team, in every aspect. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32604]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have been invaluable in the development of the team, in every aspect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54420]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failures are divided into two classes--those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character must be kept bright as well as clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character must be kept bright as well as clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540  To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shared sovereignty doesn't work, because sovereignty depends on being able to exercise authority,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coming from the cotton plantation, the southern regions, I was brought up with real nice kids, mannered kids, who would go to church on Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recruited some really good talent, so it's just a matter of those guys coming in, learning the system and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33835]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recruited some really good talent, so it's just a matter of those guys coming in, learning the system and playing up to their capabilities. We'll need all of those guys ready to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're very excited that Downs is bringing this forward. We've been waiting for it for some time. It's filling a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28177]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're very excited that Downs is bringing this forward. We've been waiting for it for some time. It's filling a need ... in the region.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45601]]></link><description><![CDATA[For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31558]]></link><description><![CDATA[You go where you would normally go in your place of business,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our life's a flying shadow, God the pole, The needle pointing to Him is our soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our life's a flying shadow, God the pole, The needle pointing to Him is our soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We, the United Iraqi Alliance, were surprised by the results. We were expecting more seats. The opponents have made it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37417]]></link><description><![CDATA[We, the United Iraqi Alliance, were surprised by the results. We were expecting more seats. The opponents have made it clear through their statements and warnings that they stand alongside the terrorists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59781]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you perceive, your observations, feelings, interpretations, are all your truth. Your truth is important. Yet it is not The Truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Haste, holy Friar, Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!  Of all his guilt let him be shriven,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18475]]></link><description><![CDATA[Haste, holy Friar, Haste, ere the sinner shall expire!  Of all his guilt let him be shriven,   And smooth his path from earth to heaven!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18475</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae metuant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By broadening their programming (with more entertainment-oriented shows) and still keeping it under the legal drama umbrella that their niche ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30405]]></link><description><![CDATA[By broadening their programming (with more entertainment-oriented shows) and still keeping it under the legal drama umbrella that their niche is, they've been able to generate higher ratings. They've certainly raised the profile in the buying community with these types of programs, and to separate the two helps distinguish one from the other, so you have an entertainment network that's still Court TV with legal type of programming.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16880]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63746]]></link><description><![CDATA[That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55184]]></link><description><![CDATA[In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When most I wink, then do my eyes best see ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60841]]></link><description><![CDATA[When most I wink, then do my eyes best see]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66386]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love the big fresh starts, the clean slates like birthdays and new years, but I also really like the idea that we can get up every morning and start over.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4035]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they're the first to be rescued off sinking ships]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28603]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm good at reading people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10636]]></link><description><![CDATA[Far from all resort of mirth, / Save the cricket on the hearth!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55155]]></link><description><![CDATA[The spiritualization of sensuality is called love: it is a great triumph over Christianity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The continuous disasters of man's history are mainly due to his excessive capacity and urge to become identified with a tribe, nation, church or cause, and to espouse its credo uncritically and enthusiastically, even if its tenets are contrary to reason, devoid of self-interest and detrimental to the claims of self-preservation.We are thus driven to the unfashionable conclusion that the trouble with our species is not an excess of aggression, but an excess capacity for fanatical devotion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52034]]></link><description><![CDATA[To dream anything that you want to dream, that is the beauty of the human mind. To do anything that you want to do, that is the strength of the human will. To trust yourself, to test your limits, that is the courage to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbelief is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbelief is blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54495]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know how to dissemble is the knowledge of kings. [Fr., Savoir dissimuler est le savoir des rois.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4067]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite our agreement on Monday, we felt it was essential to add a factor that safeguarded the employees' pension scheme. This was rejected by the trade union which prevented them from endorsing or accepting the rest of the offer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights,  Howe'er his own commence, can never be   But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tyranny Absolves all faith; and who invades our rights,  Howe'er his own commence, can never be   But an usurper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47977]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18295]]></link><description><![CDATA[A greedy person and a pauper are practically one and the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47649]]></link><description><![CDATA[Policies are judged by their consequences, but crusades are judged by how good they make the crusaders feel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The least foolish is wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49884]]></link><description><![CDATA[The least foolish is wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49884</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Underneath an apple-tree Sat a maiden and her lover;  And the thoughts within her he   Yearned, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Underneath an apple-tree Sat a maiden and her lover;  And the thoughts within her he   Yearned, in silence, to discover.    Round them danced the sunbeams bright,     Green the grass-lawn stretched before them      While the apple blossoms white       Hung in rich profusion o'er them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35358]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good analogy would be that I don't know any customer who wants their vehicle built in their driveway and rained on for nine months before they get a chance to sit in it. Moisture is the largest enemy of construction. Once moisture gets into the material, it starts to shrink and mold even before it goes to production.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35358</guid></item></channel></rss>