<?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[The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11945]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In economic terms at least, Wednesday's budget seems set to be a very low key affair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36604]]></link><description><![CDATA[In economic terms at least, Wednesday's budget seems set to be a very low key affair.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming is an act of pure imagination, attesting in all men a creative power, which if it were available in waking, would make every man a Dante or Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It will be interesting to see how she reconciles her rhetoric of 2004, when she said that the election (for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53866]]></link><description><![CDATA[It will be interesting to see how she reconciles her rhetoric of 2004, when she said that the election (for governor) was all about experience, when in this race, she's at a decided experience disadvantage.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38462]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a symbolic act on her part recognizing that the person who represents the Queen as the commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces doesn't want to be in a position where anyone might say she has divided loyalties. I don't believe for a second she would have had them, but symbols are important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've that within for which there are no plasters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56237]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've that within for which there are no plasters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked hard and saved his money. True, working at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11698]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole town laughed at my great-grandfather, just because he worked hard and saved his money. True, working at the hardware store didn't pay much, but he felt it was better than what everybody else did, which was go up to the volcano and collect the gold nuggets it shot out every day. It turned out he was right. After forty years, the volcano petered out. Everybody left town, and the hardware store went broke. Finally he decided to collect gold nuggets too, but there weren't many left by then. Plus, he broke his leg and the doctor's bills were real high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Soldiers, forty centuries are looking down upon you from these pyramids. [Fr., Soldats, du haut ces Pyramide quarante siecles vous contemplent.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5882]]></link><description><![CDATA[The things which the child loves remain in the domain of the heart until old age. The most beautiful thing in life is that our souls remaining over the places where we once enjoyed ourselves]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought our defense was just outstanding. That was a team that rushed for 350 yards against Hawaii. The defense ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31713]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought our defense was just outstanding. That was a team that rushed for 350 yards against Hawaii. The defense won the game for us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, the focus can shift back to that issue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, the focus can shift back to that issue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25265]]></link><description><![CDATA[People do not deserve to have good writings; they are so pleased with the bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54063]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is time I stepped aside for a less experienced and less able man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little more than kin, and less than kind! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23761]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little more than kin, and less than kind!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[putting it to a funk beat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35317]]></link><description><![CDATA[putting it to a funk beat.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64804]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Emily had an awesome game. She knew that this was going to be her biggest challenge of the season so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Emily had an awesome game. She knew that this was going to be her biggest challenge of the season so far and I think she came through it very well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think she'll [Venus Williams] be around for a very long time. I doubt it will be a long ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58960]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think she'll [Venus Williams] be around for a very long time. I doubt it will be a long career for her. She can make a lot more money out of (tennis) rather than in tennis."]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It beat us up a little bit to play at 95 degrees for three straight days. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37147]]></link><description><![CDATA[It beat us up a little bit to play at 95 degrees for three straight days.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is one of the sinews of the soul. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is one of the sinews of the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. -King Richard III. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is grown so bad, That wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. -King Richard III. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Syracuse will be happy to see that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Syracuse will be happy to see that.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65045]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61068]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26330]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. More mankind quotes coming soon. If you have a quote or proverb about mankind, please use the "Submit a Quote" form below to have your mankind quote reviewed by an editor. Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -John Donne.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; as long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. God can do nothing while my interest is in my personal character--He will take care of this if I obey His call. In learning to love God and people as He commanded us to do, obviously your sanctification cannot but come, but not as an end in itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21824]]></link><description><![CDATA[Watch what you choose to do. For instance, someone might want you to smoke. Never forget that I told you -- don't do it. Say no. That can of beer that somebody wants you to try, don't do it. Don't you ever do it. That drug that someone might want you to use, don't touch it. Stay away from it. It can destroy you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4341]]></link><description><![CDATA[These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot,  Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot,   Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear    Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year,     Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not      Against Heaven's hand or will, not bate a jot       Of heart or hope; but still bear up and steer        Right onward.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47575]]></link><description><![CDATA[...the differences between the conservative and the radical seem to spring mainly from their attitude toward the future. Fear of the future causes us to lean against and cling to the present, while faith in the future renders us receptive to change.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39365]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really fun. He's always thinking, so he has a lot to talk about. I had fun just listening to him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19127]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell The tortures of that inward hell!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Almes never make poore. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49112]]></link><description><![CDATA[Almes never make poore.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57995]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57995</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23756]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greater the kindred is, the lesse the kindnesse must bee.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire  In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16098]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rod twelve feet long and a ring of wire, A winder and barrel, will help thy desire  In killing a Pike; but the forked stick,   With a slit and a bladder,--and that other fine trick,    Which our artists call snap, with a goose or a duck,--     Will kill two for one, if you have any luck;      The gentry of Shropshire do merrily smile,       To see a goose and a belt the fish to beguile;        When a Pike suns himselfe and a-frogging doth go,         The two-inched hook is better, I know,          Than the ord'nary snaring: but still I must cry,           When the Pike is at home, minde the cookery.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45369]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies Between the pain of hell and Paradise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A lot of the plays in the first half are to see how they react to formations, motions, that kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38263]]></link><description><![CDATA[A lot of the plays in the first half are to see how they react to formations, motions, that kind of thing. A lot of the first half is trial, but that's no excuse for us not moving the ball. The plays are still supposed to work.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18230]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is but one easy place in this world, and that is the grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57050]]></link><description><![CDATA[The supreme irony of life is that no one gets out of it alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47041]]></link><description><![CDATA[We once worried that democracy could not survive if an undereducated populace knew too little. Now we worry if it can survive us knowing too much.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7152]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no cause to be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ; but the Gospel of Christ may justly be ashamed of us.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the first time I rode on an elephant and I thoroughly enjoyed the safari. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39001]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time I rode on an elephant and I thoroughly enjoyed the safari.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2627]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43264]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1248]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It becomes a very important component in establishing regional security and stability, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29697]]></link><description><![CDATA[It becomes a very important component in establishing regional security and stability,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29697</guid></item></channel></rss>