<?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://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There isn't much difference. The positions are very interchangeable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35373]]></link><description><![CDATA[There isn't much difference. The positions are very interchangeable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To manipulate an image is to control a people ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46555]]></link><description><![CDATA[To manipulate an image is to control a people]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29801]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will respond in kind to all those who took part in the aggression on Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8358]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The game just came to me, I just relaxed a little bit and let it come to me. I've been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36546]]></link><description><![CDATA[The game just came to me, I just relaxed a little bit and let it come to me. I've been hearing from all of the coaches that I go in spurts and stops, so tonight I got it in my head to just dominate the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33410]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was a huge confidence-builder for our girls. Lauren was so smooth out there today, and she showed a tremendous amount of poise for a ninth-grader. There were some rough spots, but this gives us something to build on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory paid to our ashes comes too late]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's bolt is soon shot. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51366]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's bolt is soon shot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108]]></link><description><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally unappealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you restrain your laughter, my friends? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fear has its use but cowardice has none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are excited about our schedule. We play some great teams. Playing Texas A&M and Boston University at home is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32375]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are excited about our schedule. We play some great teams. Playing Texas A&M and Boston University at home is huge for us. We are playing seven teams that appeared in the NCAA tournament which creates a great schedule for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The paths of glory lead but to the grave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The paths of glory lead but to the grave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch ofbastards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love your enemies just in case your friends turn out to be a bunch ofbastards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that more than half of the Iraqi population have someone who is missing in their family, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29837]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that more than half of the Iraqi population have someone who is missing in their family,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5535]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59174]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59174</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thomas faked a late steal and the pitcher bit by throwing to first. It's actually a play we practiced on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thomas faked a late steal and the pitcher bit by throwing to first. It's actually a play we practiced on for about a half hour the day before the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24418]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56946]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a thing loves, it is infinite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20816]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a thing loves, it is infinite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, And welcome home again discarded faith. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53153]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, And welcome home again discarded faith.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65142]]></link><description><![CDATA[After a certain point, money is meaningless. It ceases to be the goal. The game is what counts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65142</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://www.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://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth  Whiles we enjoy it; but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51433]]></link><description><![CDATA[It so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth  Whiles we enjoy it; but being lacked and lost,   Why, then we rack the value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19024]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64535]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64007]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody basically gets behind Wood. You have to stay with him. The pack separated pretty early. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody basically gets behind Wood. You have to stay with him. The pack separated pretty early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65876]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth smiles without any reason. It is one of its chiefest charms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23666]]></link><description><![CDATA[When love is gone, there's always justice. And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi, Mom!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state is one vast insane asylum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21023]]></link><description><![CDATA[My dear Sir, take any road, you can't go amiss. The whole state is one vast insane asylum.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family. That's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28627]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family. That's the atmosphere they create with the children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jamie: It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41105]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jamie: It's my favorite time of day, driving you. Aurelia: [in Portuguese] It is the saddest part of my day, leaving you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38665]]></link><description><![CDATA[Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38665</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59666]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before we were born; our creeds were infidelity to the mother church; our constitution treason to our fatherland.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56641]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am a bear, or some hibernating animal underneath, for the instinct to be half asleep all winter is so strong in me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58159]]></link><description><![CDATA[Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave), ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is nearly 100 percent of the ministry's (procurement) budget that has gone AWOL (absent without leave),]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27021]]></link><description><![CDATA[What men and women need is encouragement. . . . Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut of bad habits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/93]]></link><description><![CDATA[All endeavor calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one... characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/93</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One more unfortunate Weary of breath,  Rashly importunate,   Gone to her death! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42806]]></link><description><![CDATA[One more unfortunate Weary of breath,  Rashly importunate,   Gone to her death!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65911]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who teacheth often learns himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who teacheth often learns himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/349]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm glad I did it, partly because it was worth it, but mostly because I shall never have to do it again]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The facts of life are very stubborn things ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32014]]></link><description><![CDATA[The facts of life are very stubborn things]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good example of a very good, productive partnership. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30104]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good example of a very good, productive partnership.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30104</guid></item></channel></rss>