<?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[Women are made to be loved, not understood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women are made to be loved, not understood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4139]]></link><description><![CDATA[A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver. [Lat., Eodem animo beneficium debetur, quo datur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10856]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attractiveness of others]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55992]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest worm will turn, being trodden on. -King Henry VI. Part III. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if college actually changes your viewpoint; it just gives you more depth. There is actually a theory ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35838]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if college actually changes your viewpoint; it just gives you more depth. There is actually a theory called the reinforcement thesis, which says that people acquire a mental lens or filter at a very young age. As you get older you tend to accept more readily the information that reinforces that view and reject information that contradicts it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We want to get him some games. We want to play with some weight and he's a big, strong kid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32794]]></link><description><![CDATA[We want to get him some games. We want to play with some weight and he's a big, strong kid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41005]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm afraid that it will fail miserably. Somehow, we have to promote this.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34585]]></link><description><![CDATA[We sometimes find ourselves at a loss as to whether we should be more appalled at the Bush Administration's ideological obsession, its incompetence, its arrogance, its anti-intellectualism, or its dishonesty, ... In New Orleans, we see all of these forces at work in a manner that the mainstream media finally finds itself unable to ignore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try to be like the turtle - at ease in your own shell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beauteous eyes of the spring's fair night With comfort are downward gazing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40923]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started acting when I was 10, doing musical theater. I was a brunette at that time. I was always cast in all the exotic parts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62589]]></link><description><![CDATA[I, for one, hope that youth will again revolt and again demoralize the dead weight of conformity that now lies upon us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59522]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I encourage everybody to apply, not just the smartest and brightest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39601]]></link><description><![CDATA[I encourage everybody to apply, not just the smartest and brightest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future ain't what it used to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17079]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future ain't what it used to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48147]]></link><description><![CDATA[No easy problems ever come to the President of the United States. If they are easy to solve, somebody else has solved them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It seemed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42245]]></link><description><![CDATA[The delightful sense of importance that had been mine as a child actress was taken out of me. It seemed as if anyone could do better than I did. In every part I was worse than in the one before, and even my mother admitted that it would be a mercy if gestures could be dispensed with entirely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But it was beautiful, isolated and near enough to anything you could want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33348]]></link><description><![CDATA[But it was beautiful, isolated and near enough to anything you could want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53074]]></link><description><![CDATA[The realist is the man, who having weighed all the visible factors in a given situation and having found that the odds are against him, decides that fighting is useless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53074</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51370]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Popular art is the dream of society; it does not examine itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn,  A breath may burst his bubble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn,  A breath may burst his bubble shares,   And soft, white hands could hardly earn    A living that would serve his turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27636]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find we (the blacks) are turned to hating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11391]]></link><description><![CDATA[In our society, any man who doesn't cry at his mother's funeral is liable to be condemned to death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8872]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62987]]></link><description><![CDATA[All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Warre is deaths feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50037]]></link><description><![CDATA[Warre is deaths feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Illness is the most heeded of doctors: to goodness and wisdom we only make promises; pain we obey]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44588]]></link><description><![CDATA[Titles are marks of honest men, and wise: The fool or knave that wears a title lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed, but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58132]]></link><description><![CDATA[These poor mistaken people think they shine, and they do indeed, but it is as putrefaction shines,--in the dark.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I played a lot of character parts in school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I played a lot of character parts in school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/783]]></link><description><![CDATA[In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49828]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deafe gaines the injury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding,  Let us chime in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4110]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the steeples are loud in their joy, To the tune of the bells' ring-a-ding,  Let us chime in a peal, one and all,   For we all should be able to sing Hullah baloo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32801]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624  Forgiveness breaks the chain of causality because he who forgives you -- out of love -- takes upon himself the consequences of what you have done. Forgiveness, therefore, always entails a sacrifice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We feel he'll be a great fit for our team, ... He'll come in and be our No. 3 quarterback. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30749]]></link><description><![CDATA[We feel he'll be a great fit for our team, ... He'll come in and be our No. 3 quarterback. It gives us some great insurance and a feeling that we can sleep at night that we have a bona fide NFL starter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time, to figure out whether you like it or no.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072]]></link><description><![CDATA[Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. [Lat., Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20348]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other men have acquired fame by industry, but this man by indolence. [Lat., Utque alios industria, ita hunc ignavia ad vamam protulat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23381]]></link><description><![CDATA[To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket- safe, dark, motionless, airless--it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35939]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baths, wine and Venus bring decay to our bodies; but baths, wine and Venus make up life. [Lat., Balnea, vina, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baths, wine and Venus bring decay to our bodies; but baths, wine and Venus make up life. [Lat., Balnea, vina, Venus corrumpunt corpora nostra;  Sed vitam faciunt baldea, vina, Venus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must be cruel only to be kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10793]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must be cruel only to be kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21605]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42386]]></link><description><![CDATA[The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42386</guid></item></channel></rss>