<?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[Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25927]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64553]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art has the power to transform, to illuminate, to educate, inspire and motivate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rapid poverty reduction requires not only high rates of economic growth but also that the benefits of this growth be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36691]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rapid poverty reduction requires not only high rates of economic growth but also that the benefits of this growth be distributed more equitably.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her physical-education teacher in junior high was always impressed with her running talent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her physical-education teacher in junior high was always impressed with her running talent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4764]]></link><description><![CDATA[People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion, again, as he has all year long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion, again, as he has all year long.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman doesn't need a perfect man. she just needs a special guy who can accept her the way she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62878]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman doesn't need a perfect man. she just needs a special guy who can accept her the way she is and make her feel special.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62431]]></link><description><![CDATA[The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day  With many sighs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Swiftly our pleasures glide away, Our hearts recall the distant day  With many sighs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen inches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50825]]></link><description><![CDATA[His bloated paunch stands forth projecting a good eighteen inches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[St. Leon raised his kindling eye, And lifts the sparkling cup on high;  "I drink to one," he said, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59413]]></link><description><![CDATA[St. Leon raised his kindling eye, And lifts the sparkling cup on high;  "I drink to one," he said,   "Whose image never may depart,    Deep graven on this grateful heart,     Till memory be dead."      . . . .       St. Leon paused, as if he would        Not breathe her name in careless mood         Thus lightly to another;          Then bent his noble head, as though           To give the word the reverence due,            And gently said, "My mother!"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody has his own theatre, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwright, sceneshifter, boxkeepeer, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943]]></link><description><![CDATA[However often marriage is dissolved, it remains indissoluble. Real divorce, the divorce of heart and nerve and fiber, does not exist, since there is no divorce from memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Enthusiasm is contagious. Be a carrier.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to relax and enjoy the crisis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to relax and enjoy the crisis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5790]]></link><description><![CDATA[That chastity of honour which felt a stain like a wound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53442]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is always trying to get other people to reform; it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62182]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62182</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trust no friend with that you need fear him if he were your enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fascism is capitalism in decay. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fascism is capitalism in decay.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts,"probably lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts,"probably lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24573]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is jealous is not in love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66650]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is jealous is not in love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be ready to be surprised ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be ready to be surprised]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's helpful that I was an athletic director (at Lutheran before John Ragland took over last year). I know about ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37889]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's helpful that I was an athletic director (at Lutheran before John Ragland took over last year). I know about the problems in scheduling, but we try not to make a big deal of it. It's something we don't talk about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold gives to the ugliest thing a certain charming air, For that without it were else a miserable affair.  [Fr., L'or donne aux plus laids certain charme pour plaire,   Et que sans lui le reste est une triste affaire.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One heat another heat expels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51534]]></link><description><![CDATA[One heat another heat expels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet shadows of twilight! how calm their repose, While the dewdrops fall soft in the breast of the rose!  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet shadows of twilight! how calm their repose, While the dewdrops fall soft in the breast of the rose!  How blest to the toiler his hour of release   When the vesper is heard with its whisper of peace!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'er-dusted. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56069]]></link><description><![CDATA[And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'er-dusted. -Troilus and Cressida. Act iii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5173]]></link><description><![CDATA[The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10639]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27866]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was taught very early that I would have to depend entirely upon myself; that my future lay in my own hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5572]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria  Piscator quam piscis emi.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fisherman could perhaps be bought for less than the fish. [Lat., Potuit fortasse minoria  Piscator quam piscis emi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind has survived all catastrophes. It will also survive modern medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind has survived all catastrophes. It will also survive modern medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is spoke as a Christians ought to speak. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is spoke as a Christians ought to speak.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hatred and cruelty which have their source in selfishness are ineffectual things compared with the venom and ruthlessness born of selflessness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2720]]></link><description><![CDATA[His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1226]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Pitt then boast of his victory to his nation of shopkeepers--(Nation Boutiquiere). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Pitt then boast of his victory to his nation of shopkeepers--(Nation Boutiquiere).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our country is the world--our countrymen are all mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our country is the world--our countrymen are all mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broad-based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Broad-based upon her people's will, And compassed by the inviolate sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're not a great free throw shooting team but the fact that we could make that many free throws here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35486]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're not a great free throw shooting team but the fact that we could make that many free throws here when we had to make them, I think that's a great sign for our guys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43256]]></link><description><![CDATA[For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8009]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian religion not only was at first attended with miracles, but even at this day cannot be believed by any reasonable person without one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8009</guid></item></channel></rss>