<?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[A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66448]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18645]]></link><description><![CDATA[If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies,  And they are fools who roam;   The world has nothing to bestow,    From our own selves our bliss must flow,     And that dear hut,--our home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4581]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50263]]></link><description><![CDATA[I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy;  But optics sharp it needs I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56260]]></link><description><![CDATA[For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy;  But optics sharp it needs I ween,   To see what is not to be seen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness,errors, deficiencies, and sins, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20676]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness,errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine grace, we may overcome and turn from them all]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20676</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think he ever had a real good feel for his mechanics and release point. Whether it was related ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30468]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think he ever had a real good feel for his mechanics and release point. Whether it was related to the ball hitting him in the knee or not, I don't know. He always battles you, whether he has his best stuff or not. He has an ability to focus even when he's in pain. It was just a day when the Cardinals were better than us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glossy, efficient prose, garnished with a pinch of irony and a dab of melodrama.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've got a lot of depth. When we go out and execute, we're tough to stop. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31689]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've got a lot of depth. When we go out and execute, we're tough to stop.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The friends of the unfortunate live a long way off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57861]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two kinds of statistics: the kind you look up and the kind you make up]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is a dog that must to kennel. He must be whipped, when Lady, the brach, may stand by the fire and stink.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something for an Empty Briefcase ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something for an Empty Briefcase]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15538]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment of finding a fellow-creature is often as full of mingled doubt and exultation, as the moment of finding an idea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55348]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there be no great love in the beginning, yet heaven may decrease it upon better acquaintance, when we are married and have more occasion to know one another: I hope, upon familiarity will grow more contempt. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55348</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Set a thief to catch a thief ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Set a thief to catch a thief]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60389]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to esteem a man as highly as he would wish. [Fr., Il est difficile d'estimer quelqu'un comme il veut l'etre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2278]]></link><description><![CDATA[No matter what our achievements might be, we think well of ourselves only in rare moments. We need people to bear witness against our inner judge, who keeps book on our shortcomings and transgressions. We need people to convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest act of faith is when man admits he is not god. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15004]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest act of faith is when man admits he is not god.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would not be happy unless I had some regular work to do every day and I imagine that I will always feel that way no matter how old I am.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28208]]></link><description><![CDATA[I get a lot more playing time than I have in the past. I think it has made me a lot better player, getting in there more and getting to go against all of the hitters on the other team instead of just one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot see myself as a writer, writing about lovers in Accra because you see, there are so many other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29700]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot see myself as a writer, writing about lovers in Accra because you see, there are so many other problems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope that these kids are given an opportunity to play, because whatever happened before, they had nothing to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36253]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope that these kids are given an opportunity to play, because whatever happened before, they had nothing to do with it. I just hope they have an opportunity to compete. They really deserve to. They have some great ballplayers in Cuba.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to hurt people, I really don't like it at all. But in order to get a red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to hurt people, I really don't like it at all. But in order to get a red light at the intersection, you sometimes have to have an accident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Snuffling through his nose some stale joke.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're living an unhappy life and you probably think this is normal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literature is the question minus the answer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literature is the question minus the answer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26825]]></link><description><![CDATA[People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15760]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the midst of life we are in debt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred. [Sp., No con quien naces, sino con quien paces.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good hope is often beguiled by her own augury.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11248]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is extraordinary how the house and the simplest possessions of someone who has been left become so quickly sordid. Even the stain on the coffee cup seems not coffee but the physical manifestation of one's inner stain, the fatal blot that from the beginning had marked one for ultimate aloneness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25286]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essay is a literary device for saying almost everything about almost anything.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5612]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a great belief in the fact that whenever there is chaos, it creates wonderful thinking. I consider chaos a gift.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5612</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24009]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. [Fr., Une louange en grec est d'une merveilleuse efficace a la tete d'un livre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time you seem to gain momentum, they snatch it right back with a big shift right away or a couple of shifts later. They turn things around so quickly, it's frustrating.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50010]]></link><description><![CDATA[To play at Chesse when the house is on fire.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is geared completely to college students. The music is formulated for them. The lifestyle and news and all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38216]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is geared completely to college students. The music is formulated for them. The lifestyle and news and all the segments around the music are geared toward what's important to a college student.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66792]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're more concerned with the closed areas within the perimeter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29377]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're more concerned with the closed areas within the perimeter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves about themselves by achieving something that the world will notice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can afford it, we like it, and unlike the car that you spend $35,000 on today, it appreciates and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35898]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can afford it, we like it, and unlike the car that you spend $35,000 on today, it appreciates and is an excellent investment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37162]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a new term, ... What it does is make us more aware of what we're doing. We do care about the students and want all of them to be successful.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37162</guid></item></channel></rss>