<?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[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[Be happy. It's one way of being wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be happy. It's one way of being wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He ceased: but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to hear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60913]]></link><description><![CDATA[He ceased: but left so charming on their ear His voice, that listening still they seemed to hear.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clyde was just unconscious tonight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clyde was just unconscious tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34808]]></link><description><![CDATA[The success in this referendum, it isn't how many people are going to say 'yes' and how many people are going to say 'no,' ... The success is that all Iraqis ... found out that the polling station is the way to deal with the political problems in Iraq, to deal with the violence in Iraq.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34808</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65965]]></link><description><![CDATA[The key to the future of the world is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23329]]></link><description><![CDATA[The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a chair,  His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his head,   His eyes on his dusty table, with different documents spread.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some smack of age in you, some relish of the saltness of time. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;  To rule o'er freemen, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16664]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . for righteous monarchs, Justly to judge, with their own eyes should see;  To rule o'er freemen, should themselves be free.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Well done is better than well said.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A very valiant trencher-man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55413]]></link><description><![CDATA[A very valiant trencher-man. -Much Ado about Nothing. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62728]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such and so various are the tastes of men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such and so various are the tastes of men.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18682]]></link><description><![CDATA[The really happy man never laughs - seldom - though he may smile. He does not need to laugh, for laughter, like weeping, is a relief of mental tension - and the happy are not over strung.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36802]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Charlie played a great game. It was his opportunity and he hasn't let us down. He had lost three times ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Charlie played a great game. It was his opportunity and he hasn't let us down. He had lost three times to Roddick, and this was his day to beat him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51513]]></link><description><![CDATA[When clouds are seen wise men put on their cloaks; When great leaves fall then winter is at hand.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best love story is when you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62963]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best love story is when you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1356]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15013]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't have faith in what is held up to you for faith, you must find things to believe in yourself, for a life without faith in something is too narrow a space to live.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Local school districts already have the ability to create anti-bullying policies and curriculum if they deem it necessary, so we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Local school districts already have the ability to create anti-bullying policies and curriculum if they deem it necessary, so we're reviewing whether there's a true need for this legislation in the first place.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26019]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good luck befriend thee, Son; for at thy birth The fairy ladies danced upon the hearth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60984]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11941]]></link><description><![CDATA[About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Or arm th' obdured breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work while your strength and years permit you; crooked age will by-and-by come upon you with silent foot.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440]]></link><description><![CDATA[My advice to people today is as follows: if you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64683]]></link><description><![CDATA[I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist. And I came here with a vision of what it is we ought to be doing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51073]]></link><description><![CDATA[One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutions" that get rid of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56811]]></link><description><![CDATA[The anointed don't like to talk about painful trade-offs. They like to talk about happy "solutions" that get rid of the whole problem- at least in their imagination.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All God's revelations are sealed to us until they are opened to us by obedience. You will never get them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8433]]></link><description><![CDATA[All God's revelations are sealed to us until they are opened to us by obedience. You will never get them open by philosophy or thinking. Immediately you obey, a flash of light comes. Let God's truth work in you by soaking in it, not by worrying into it. Obey God in the thing He is at present showing you, and instantly the next thing is opened up. We read tomes on the work of the Holy Spirit when... five minutes of drastic obedience would make things clear as a sunbeam. We say, "I suppose I shall understand these things some day." You can understand them now: it is not study that does it, but obedience. The tiniest fragment of obedience, and heaven opens up and the profoundest truths of God are yours straight away. God will never reveal more truth about Himself till you obey what you know already. Beware of being wise and prudent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47380]]></link><description><![CDATA[I slept, and dreamed that life was beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42175]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cal/OSHA does not have enough field inspectors to meet its day-to-day responsibilities, let alone effectively investigate complaints at a huge project like the Bay Bridge retrofit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You talk about some destiny out here. We got guys out there with a lot of heart and they went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32974]]></link><description><![CDATA[You talk about some destiny out here. We got guys out there with a lot of heart and they went all the way down to the wire to show it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50273]]></link><description><![CDATA[In hard times, no less than in prosperity, preserve equanimity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60340]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27105]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've sometimes thought of marrying, and then I've thought again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29087]]></link><description><![CDATA[It doesn't work to leap a twenty-foot chasm in two ten-foot jumps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were able to shoot the ball pretty well from the field. Shooting 47 percent has got to be our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41786]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were able to shoot the ball pretty well from the field. Shooting 47 percent has got to be our season high.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41786</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time: Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52896]]></link><description><![CDATA[At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42738]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will definitely look at it through our office of seafood and determine whether there is something that requires further ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32903]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will definitely look at it through our office of seafood and determine whether there is something that requires further pursuit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32903</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54085]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12717]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher your energy level, the more efficient your body The more efficient your body, the better you feel and the more you will use your talent to produce outstanding results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11695]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish I lived back in the old west days, because I'd save up my money for about twenty years so I could buy a solid-gold pick. Then I'd go out West and start digging for gold. When someone came up and asked what I was doing, I'd say, "Looking for gold, ya durn fool." He'd say, "Your pick is gold," and I'd say, "Well, that was easy." Good joke, huh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11695</guid></item></channel></rss>