<?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 like smart, funny, self-deprecating men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39301]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like smart, funny, self-deprecating men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22450]]></link><description><![CDATA[All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44596]]></link><description><![CDATA[War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66668]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you are as a person is far more important than what you are as a basketball player.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63743]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The selective memory isn't selective enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The selective memory isn't selective enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62246]]></link><description><![CDATA[Was it for this the clay grew tall?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My heart sort of broke that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5490]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really changed my life. When we split up, something changed, permanently, in me. My heart sort of broke that day, and it will never be the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5490</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12049]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need money, but there are degrees of desperation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are renewable. No matter what our age or condition, there are still untapped possibilities within us and new beauty waiting to be born.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we can't dream any longer, we die. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52204]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we can't dream any longer, we die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lady of the Mere, Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54357]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lady of the Mere, Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a good rebounding team because of technique and attitude. It helps that we have a lot of big men. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40553]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a good rebounding team because of technique and attitude. It helps that we have a lot of big men. But we still have to have the right form.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34294]]></link><description><![CDATA[What people really want in the theater is fantasy involvement and not reality involvement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/233]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36069]]></link><description><![CDATA[The situation here involves bringing people together. The program has been down basketball-wise for a long time. The easy way to break the ice is with a sense of humor. Not making light of it, but using it to break the ice. Personality and having a sense of humor helps generate people's interest and puts them at a sense of ease.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36069</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5318]]></link><description><![CDATA[His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes-- Cats--I believe he did but feign to hate.  My hand will miss the insinuated nose,   Mine eyes the tail that wagged contempt at Fate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have wings then hornes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49561]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have wings then hornes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2847]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the cradle to the coffin underwear comes first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not really see yet radical reform. This cannot be done overnight but it could be done faster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33548]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not really see yet radical reform. This cannot be done overnight but it could be done faster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Actors become actors because they loved entertaining their family by putting on the lampshade and dancing around as a kid, ... That's not my personality. For me, the fun part of making movies is seeing it as a director sees it. I like the architecture of movies. I like knowing what's coming and working to set that up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53896]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62471]]></link><description><![CDATA[YANKEE, n. In Europe, an American. In the Northern States of our Union, a New Englander. In the Southern States the word is unknown. (See DAMYANK.)]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14317]]></link><description><![CDATA[There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[birthday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4273]]></link><description><![CDATA[birthday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like everybody who is not in love, he thought one chose the person to be loved after endless deliberations and on the basis of particular qualities or advantages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is the art of concealing your sources ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is the art of concealing your sources]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bird that hath been limed in a bush With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bird that hath been limed in a bush With trembling wing misdoubteth every bush.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate, it 's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it\'s indifference. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65466]]></link><description><![CDATA[The opposite of love is not hate, it 's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it\'s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it 's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it\'s indifference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It also puts everyone on elevated alert ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that we have emergencies we might have to deal with, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36575]]></link><description><![CDATA[It also puts everyone on elevated alert ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Â that we have emergencies we might have to deal with, and the governor expects you're going to be ready to address those.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43084]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes you see a person, and you wonder why you don't spend more time with that person, because they're like one of your favorite people. And then they say something and you remember why you don't.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone;  But those which soonest take their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23433]]></link><description><![CDATA[How fading are the joys we dote upon! Like apparitions seen and gone;  But those which soonest take their flight   Are the most exquisite and strong;    Like angel's visits short and bright,     Mortality's too weak to bear them long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62710]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55397]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn: But my kisses bring again, bring again; Seals of love, but sealed in vain, sealed in vain. -Measure for Measure. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge That no king can corrupt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge That no king can corrupt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6090]]></link><description><![CDATA[The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody says it, and what everybody says must be true.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23321]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would . . . earnestly advise them for their good to order this paper to be punctually served up, and to be looked upon as a part of the tea equipage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Non-ambiguity is the shaping force of reality.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22939]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It to the soil and the seasons whether He or any other gather they fruit]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55809]]></link><description><![CDATA[The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet. -King Richard II. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19363]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14283]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the Maastricht Treaty, the problem is that we need to decrease public resources in France, so we do not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36628]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the Maastricht Treaty, the problem is that we need to decrease public resources in France, so we do not have enough security agents here.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28680]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28680</guid></item></channel></rss>