<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Affection - 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[You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64032]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself, and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve your love and affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caresses, expressions of one sort or another, are necessary to the life of the affections as leaves are to the life of a tree. If they are wholly restrained, love will die at the roots.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1644]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman's life is a history of the affections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never met a man I didn't like. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1645]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never met a man I didn't like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1646]]></link><description><![CDATA[The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennuis, vanish,--all duties even.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1628]]></link><description><![CDATA[A difference of tastes in jokes is a great strain on the affections.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1630]]></link><description><![CDATA[A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1631]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1633]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may not return the affection of those who like us, but we always respect their good judgment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1635]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1636]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1637]]></link><description><![CDATA[You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tide sent into the cleft of rock Neptune's polyfingered hand ofwelcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1639]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tide sent into the cleft of rock Neptune's polyfingered hand ofwelcome.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1616]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way to hold a man is in your arms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way to hold a man is in your arms.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1619]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody who feels the same way about me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was adored once too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1620]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was adored once too.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1621]]></link><description><![CDATA[The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1622]]></link><description><![CDATA[In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1623]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain, to show them that we love them, not when we feel like it, but when they do]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1624]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1625]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most people would rather give than get affection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1627]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1627</guid></item></channel></rss>