<?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[Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be yourself, don't take anyone's shit, and never let them take you alive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32357]]></link><description><![CDATA[I meant to lob it over his (Cotton's) head but I missed and he made a good play.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9192]]></link><description><![CDATA[A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36799]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people would know how little brain is ruling the world, they would die of fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Thy good word informs my soul How I may climb to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54919]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Thy good word informs my soul How I may climb to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46718]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20127]]></link><description><![CDATA[My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four unless there are three other people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Service to humanity is service to God. Let the love and light of the Kingdom radiate through you until all who look upon you shall be illumined by its reflection. Be as stars, brilliant and sparkling in the loftiness of their heavenly station. ]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They weren't just people paying to see a show. They were part of it. There was such a euphoric feeling ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40851]]></link><description><![CDATA[They weren't just people paying to see a show. They were part of it. There was such a euphoric feeling in that arena.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who loves least controls the relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25673]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who loves least controls the relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7202]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675  The valley of the shadow of death holds no darkness for the child of God. There must be light, else there could be no shadow. Jesus is the light. He has overcome death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7202</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[I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. "That was fun," I said. "You bet it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11691]]></link><description><![CDATA[I scrambled to the top of the precipice where Nick was waiting. "That was fun," I said. "You bet it was," said Nick. "Let's climb higher." "No," I said. "I think we should be heading back now." "We have time," Nick insisted. I said we didn't, and Nick said we did. We argued back and forth like that for about 20 minutes, then finally decided to head back. I didn't say it was an interesting story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36199]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're more knowledgeable since I went away. But it's not something that's brought up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beggars must be no choosers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beggars must be no choosers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873  This is the age of the conference and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8449]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John & Henry Venn, Priests, Evangelical Divines, 1813, 1873  This is the age of the conference and study group -- people talking about what they know they should be doing. In a subtle way, talking about something becomes an excuse for not doing it. This new bolt-hole of the conference and study group is not confined to the local congregation. It is a painful fact of life in the central structures of the churches. We have a welter of reports, commissions, surveys, liaison bodies, and so on. They have the appearance of progressive thinking and readiness to face change, combined with the function of being delaying devices. They are the sacraments of current Christianity, and its dilemma. Outreach is a move from power structures to meekness structures, and, in spite of the fact that Christians believe that it is the meek who shall inherit the earth, they show (as in the ecumenical movement) a distinct reluctance to relinquish power-structure thinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57822]]></link><description><![CDATA[This hairy meteor did announce The fall of sceptres and of crowns.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25646]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love one another as Jesus loves you. Try to show kindness in all that you do. Be gentle and loving in deed and in thought, For these are the things Jesus taught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3498]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and think. Either we use those languages, or we remain mute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the old armchair quarterback theory. Everybody thinks they can be a better coach, a better general manager, a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36063]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the old armchair quarterback theory. Everybody thinks they can be a better coach, a better general manager, a better owner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47693]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gentle sleep! Scatter thy drowsiest poppies from above;  And in new dreams not soon to vanish, bless   My senses with the sight of her I love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quite frankly, [the bid process] is as intense as any pursuit of a telecom contract I've ever been through representing BellSouth,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23866]]></link><description><![CDATA[Kiss and make up--but too much makeup has ruined many a kiss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58663]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Eiffel Tower is the Empire State Building after taxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56650]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry for a man who's left you, the next one may fall for your smile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and some of our city captains and carpet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15588]]></link><description><![CDATA[As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and some of our city captains and carpet knights will make this good, and prove it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Valencia has done an excellent job of building and guiding a very thoughtful and effective diversity and inclusion strategy at our company. Her long history of service at BellSouth and in the community combined with her breadth of business knowledge makes her a tremendous asset to this Board.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, butI couldn't give it up because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22195]]></link><description><![CDATA[It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, butI couldn't give it up because by then I was too famous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5054]]></link><description><![CDATA[Business more than any other occupation is a continual dealing with the future; it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25566]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They can because they think they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21643]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can because they think they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The declines will be very modest, however, because mills did a good job of cutting output to defend existing prices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The declines will be very modest, however, because mills did a good job of cutting output to defend existing prices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows. -The Tempest. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without death and decay, how could life go on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education: A debt due from present to future generations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education: A debt due from present to future generations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15448]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others, and to forget his own. [Lat., Est proprium stultitiae aliorum vitia cernere, oblivisci suorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59726]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trouble is small, the fun is great. [Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do all things with love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do all things with love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I saw was equal ecstasy: One universal smile it seemed of all things.  [It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24172]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I saw was equal ecstasy: One universal smile it seemed of all things.  [It., Cio ch'io vedeva mi sembrava un riso   Dell's universo.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think he was feeling 100 percent, but with Andy Pettitte, he's got the mental wherewithal to overcome any ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30465]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think he was feeling 100 percent, but with Andy Pettitte, he's got the mental wherewithal to overcome any type of tenderness and soreness with brainpower,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone seemed really calm and accepting; no one was irate. I think once everyone was fully informed of what was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone seemed really calm and accepting; no one was irate. I think once everyone was fully informed of what was going on and where to go, they seemed to react better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything for a quiet life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50643]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything for a quiet life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/79]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is something that is much more scarce, something rarer than ability. It is the ability to recognize ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/79</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64010]]></link><description><![CDATA[One's happiness depends less on what he knows than on what he feels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64010</guid></item></channel></rss>