<?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[Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34781]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can form a coalition very quickly but this may undermine its stability ... or we can take our time and design a coalition government that will be stable and stay the course for four years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/672]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45888]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are a thousand to offer thanks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58985]]></link><description><![CDATA[For one man who thanks God that he is not as other men there are a thousand to offer thanks that they are as other men, sufficiently as others are to escape attention]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5536]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65162]]></link><description><![CDATA[As a rule, we find what we look for; we achieve what we get ready for.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63326]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want to make God laugh, tell him your future plans.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5634]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49592]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learne weeping, and thou shalt laugh gayning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a lot of nervous energy going on. We've been itching to get our hands on a ball and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39639]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a lot of nervous energy going on. We've been itching to get our hands on a ball and finally get out on this court, the one we've seen in our locker room for four years now. It's just really amazing to get out there and see what it's like.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite in duration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2171</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[We'll be affected, but it won't be insurmountable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33222]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll be affected, but it won't be insurmountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58532]]></link><description><![CDATA[For thou hast given me in this beauteous face A world of earthly blessings to my soul,  If sympathy of love unite our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© than any other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40155]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of pÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢tÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â© than any other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887]]></link><description><![CDATA[A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20370]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If TEL passes, we will really be teaching our children that democracy doesn't work here in Ohio. We will be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35342]]></link><description><![CDATA[If TEL passes, we will really be teaching our children that democracy doesn't work here in Ohio. We will be shifting the power to those who don't vote, from those who do vote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Work is behind, but 65 percent is not that far behind. Whether or not we'll be able to open the highway on time remains to be seen. The situation will be clearer in a week or two.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was great to have B.J. back. We certainly hope we can have him back at full strength by tournament ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33053]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was great to have B.J. back. We certainly hope we can have him back at full strength by tournament time. If so, I really like our chances.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63942]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must concentrate not merely on the negative expulsion of war but the postive affirmation of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A decision made at night may be changed in the morning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11599]]></link><description><![CDATA[A decision made at night may be changed in the morning.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;  It yearns ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10464]]></link><description><![CDATA[By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;  It yearns me not if me my garments wear;   Such outward things dwell not in my desires:    But if it be a sin to covet honor,     I am the most offending soul alive.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43291]]></link><description><![CDATA[How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm really proud of the way we played today. These were the toughest conditions we've dealt with all year, yet we scored our best.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're still fighting for home-field advantage in the first round of against Dallas. Even if we could catch first place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31579]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're still fighting for home-field advantage in the first round of against Dallas. Even if we could catch first place we've still got to wrap up second, so it doesn't make much of a difference.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52381]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63609]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47216]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rousseau had it backwards. We are NOT born free. We are born in the chains of the random and the reflexive, and are ignorant and unreasonable by simple nature. We must learn to be free, to organize the random and detect the reflexive, to acquire the knowledge of particulars and the powers of reason. The examined life is impossible if we cannot examine, order, classify, define, distinguish, always in minute particulars.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58715]]></link><description><![CDATA[I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13456]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22658]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must intensify and render continuous by repeatedly presenting with suggestive ideas and mental pictures of the feast of good things, and the flowing fountain, which awaits the successful achievement or attainment of the desires.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though it's raining, it has really been a perfect day to run. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31943]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though it's raining, it has really been a perfect day to run.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3252]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust,  Which frugal nature ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61796]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man wants but little, nor that little long; How soon must he resign his very dust,  Which frugal nature lent him for an hour!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All leaders strive to turn their followers into children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47596]]></link><description><![CDATA[All leaders strive to turn their followers into children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27177]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've chosen the path to equality, don't let them turn us around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the difference between a 3-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In 6 weeks, the puppy will stop whining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23360]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the difference between a 3-week-old puppy and a sportswriter? In 6 weeks, the puppy will stop whining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23360</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49117]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Asse endures his burden, but not more then his burden.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10872]]></link><description><![CDATA[Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64330]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poem might be defined as thinking about feelings - about human feelings and frailties.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just put my feet in the air and move them around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35160]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just put my feet in the air and move them around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. If you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a Communist.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell the truth, and so puzzle and confound your adversaries.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unbelief is blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unbelief is blind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60012</guid></item></channel></rss>