<?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[Hatred is like fire -- it makes even light rubbish deadly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18827]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hatred is like fire -- it makes even light rubbish deadly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not getting, but giving. Not a wild dream of pleasure and a madness of desire--oh, no--love is not that! It is goodness and honor and peace and pure living Yes, love is that and it is the best thing in the world and the thing that lives the longest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29016]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of these dancers are dancers who are on the verge of their careers, so to speak. They're here to hone their artistry and make the transition from the classroom to the stage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49861]]></link><description><![CDATA[The good mother sayes not, Will you? but gives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those graceful groves that shade the plain, Where Tiber rolls majestic to the main,  And flattens, as he runs, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59261]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those graceful groves that shade the plain, Where Tiber rolls majestic to the main,  And flattens, as he runs, the fair campagne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our judgments judge us, and nothing reveals us, exposes our weaknesses, more ingeniously than the attitude of pronouncing upon our fellows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak not too well of one who scarce will know Himself transfigured in its roseate glow; Say kindly of him what is, chiefly, true, Remembering always he belongs to you; Deal with him as a truant, if you will, But claim him, keep him, call him brother still!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats. Yet each struggle, each defeat, sharpens your skills and strengths, your courage and your endurance, your ability and your confidence and thus each obstacle is a comrade-in-arms forcing you to become better… or quit. Each rebuff is an opportunity to move forward; turn away from them, avoid them, and you throw away your future.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12332]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The die was now cast; I had passed the Rubicon. Swim or sink, live or die, survive or perish with my country was my unalterable determination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The act of contemplation then creates the thing created. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9922]]></link><description><![CDATA[The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5340]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64806]]></link><description><![CDATA[A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25353]]></link><description><![CDATA[If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of. - The Passing of Arthur.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's greatest challenge is to control oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46219]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's greatest challenge is to control oneself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing succeeds like -- failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing succeeds like -- failure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15523]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep your fears to yourself but share your courage with others]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14939]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56116]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37055]]></link><description><![CDATA[NATO has not received any formal request from the U.N. or from the African Union for anything beyond what it is currently doing. NATO is continuing to do what it has been doing for many months, and that is airlifting in and out African Union battalions ... as well as providing training.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42783]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is only miserable so far as he thinks himself so.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3943]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58624]]></link><description><![CDATA[The red wine first must rise In their fair cheeks, my lord; then we shall have 'em  Talk us to silence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64873]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming, is the only end of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make our choices, then our choices make us! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64154]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make our choices, then our choices make us!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage: A word which should be pronounced "mirage";.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A behaviorist is someone who pulls habits out of rats. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A behaviorist is someone who pulls habits out of rats.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57777]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;  The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape, give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10576]]></link><description><![CDATA[Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grim-visaged, comfortless despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Grim-visaged, comfortless despair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Blessington. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27225]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's head is always influenced by heart; but a man's heart by his head. -Lady Marguerite Blessington.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been temporary successes, but always health care costs have bounced back with a vengeance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34068]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been temporary successes, but always health care costs have bounced back with a vengeance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one's ever studied them in the Pacific states before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39742]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one's ever studied them in the Pacific states before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12698]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34777]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some councils have only two or three pupils who need this help. That is not a big enough group to build up real expertise in dealing with them. They will look at using specialists like Spark of Genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mountain at a given distance In amber lies;  Approached, the amber flits a little,--   And that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56512]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mountain at a given distance In amber lies;  Approached, the amber flits a little,--   And that's the skies!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10516]]></link><description><![CDATA[A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3363]]></link><description><![CDATA[The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49793]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Apothecaries morter spoiles the Luters musick.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27555]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Goths are sort of like mimes with long hair and trenchcoats. Neat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17929]]></link><description><![CDATA[Goths are sort of like mimes with long hair and trenchcoats. Neat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23020]]></link><description><![CDATA[There have been three great inventions since the beginning of time: fire, the wheel, and central banking]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52314]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unity and self-sacrifice, of themselves, even when fostered by the most noble means, produce a facility for hating. Even when men league themselves mightily together to promote tolerance and peace on earth, they are likely to be violently intolerant toward those not of a like mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I understand the community isn't satisfied at all that it's here. There were a lot of strong words at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42268]]></link><description><![CDATA[I understand the community isn't satisfied at all that it's here. There were a lot of strong words at the town meeting. But I don't feel like that. I feel really bad for the victims and their families.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Freedom rings where opinions clash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16701]]></link><description><![CDATA[Freedom rings where opinions clash.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16701</guid></item></channel></rss>