<?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[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5133]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has nothing to do is always the busiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56597]]></link><description><![CDATA[The air of England has long been too pure for a slave, and every man is free who breathes it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are natural mimics: they act like their parents in spite of every attempt to teach them good manners. -Anonymous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I went to the copy machine, the medal went to the copy machine, too. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35436]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I went to the copy machine, the medal went to the copy machine, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58366</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bad moods become bad days, which become bad weeks, which become bad months and years. Before you know it, you're living an unhappy life and you probably think this is normal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Along with really protecting a lot of the young kids because they've been abused (in terms of usage) in high school and college, we're also going to be really aggressive with the guys that are in the system already. If they show us that they're strong enough, they're going to go out there, and if they can go 90-100 pitches, they're going to do that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29623]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've known for 16 months that we oppose the concept of additional contract workers at CBC.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18969]]></link><description><![CDATA[But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children are without health insurance-when our colossal debt subjects our economic future to the whims of Asian bankers-no one can tell me that faith demands this Senate spend its time arguing over a handful of judges. No one with those priorities can use my faith to intimidate me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552  We see him exalting love for neighbor along with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552  We see him exalting love for neighbor along with love for God. He reaches out to foreigners who are beyond the borders of the "Israel of God". He seeks the release of captives, prisoners, and slaves. He denounces the scribes and religious leaders who "devour the houses of widows". Despite his well-known requirement of loyalty that surpasses family ties, he insists that a man put the care of his own parents ahead of his obligations to his religion. His treatment of women is radically opposed to the strictures of that day. He exhibits sympathy and understanding toward children. He operates an out-patient clinic wherever he happens to be. He insists upon justice as the basis for everyday dealings between citizens. The social teaching of parables like "the good Samaritan" and incidents such as the encounter with the rich young ruler have had an effect upon his followers that cannot easily be measured. If one summary statement of Jesus' ethics can be made, it is that love of God is best shown by love of fellow men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is a vast early warning system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19391]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is a vast early warning system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flies are busiest about leane horses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49243]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flies are busiest about leane horses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49243</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the younger generation, we've been raised to think that everything is OK and if you look down on anyone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30027]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the younger generation, we've been raised to think that everything is OK and if you look down on anyone else, you judge anyone else, then you're a racist or you're a religious zealot, or you're not open-minded. So I think that people my age have been forced to be too accepting and too open-minded, whereas older people are sometimes narrow- minded.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend,  But instantly your forehead louers,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23161]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can't I another's face commend, Or to her virtues be a friend,  But instantly your forehead louers,   As if her merit lessen'd yours?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49943]]></link><description><![CDATA[The yeare doth nothing else but open and shut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin -- to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The whole metro area down there is at least a quarter of the population, and I'm sure it's more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36026]]></link><description><![CDATA[The whole metro area down there is at least a quarter of the population, and I'm sure it's more than a quarter of the state's economy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36026</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[Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9306]]></link><description><![CDATA[People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18427]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whom he means to make an often guest, One dish shall serve; and welcome make the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vast majority of Texas businesses faithfully follow the law but consumers should also be aware that disasters are a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35977]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vast majority of Texas businesses faithfully follow the law but consumers should also be aware that disasters are a prime opportunity for unscrupulous businesses to inflate prices or commit fraud,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47346]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing an economist should fear so much as applause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not really a heavy smoker any more. I only get through two lighters a day now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56701]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not really a heavy smoker any more. I only get through two lighters a day now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would I had some flowers o' th' spring that might Become your time of day, and yours, and yours, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10974]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would I had some flowers o' th' spring that might Become your time of day, and yours, and yours,  That wear upon your virgin branches yet   Your maidenheads growing. O, Proserpina,    For the flowers now that, frighted, thou let'st fall     From Dis's wagon; daffodils,      That come before the swallow dares, and take       The winds of March with beauty; violets dim,        But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes         Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses,          That die unmarried, ere they can behold           Bright Phoebus in his strength--a malady            Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and             The crown imperial; lilies of all kinds,              The flower-de-luce being one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wo be to him that reads but one book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50122]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wo be to him that reads but one book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I 'll warrant him heart-whole. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55678]]></link><description><![CDATA[I 'll warrant him heart-whole. -As You Like It. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet meat must have sour sauce. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58489]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet meat must have sour sauce.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far as we can determine from our records, these are the first allegations of sexual abuse against him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32457]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far as we can determine from our records, these are the first allegations of sexual abuse against him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[our day will come is another way of saying you get yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14500]]></link><description><![CDATA[our day will come is another way of saying you get yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44957]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44957</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever turns away from truth perishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36720]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever turns away from truth perishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only white man you can trust is a dead white man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44447]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12689]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51806]]></link><description><![CDATA[His sickness increases from the remedies applied to cure it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Great art Thou, O Lord, and highly to be praised; great ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430  Great art Thou, O Lord, and highly to be praised; great is Thy power, yea, and Thy wisdom is infinite. And man would praise Thee, because he is one of Thy creatures; yea, man, though he bears about with him his mortality, the proof of his sin, the proof that Thou, O God, dost resist the proud, yet would man praise Thee, because he is one of Thy creatures. Thou dost prompt us thereto, making it a joy to praise Thee; for Thou hast created us unto Thyself, and our heart finds no rest until it rests in Thee. Grant me, O Lord, to know and understand which comes first, to call upon Thee, or to praise Thee, and which comes first, to know Thee or to call upon Thee.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    August 29, 1998  Instead of pursuing her appointed path of separation, persecution, world-hatred, poverty, and non-resistance, [the Church] has used... Scripture to justify her in lowering her purpose to the civilization of the world, the acquisition of wealth, the use of an imposing ritual, the erection of magnificent churches, the invocation of God's blessing upon the conflicts of armies, and the division of an equal brotherhood into "clergy" and "laity".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a disease ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47002]]></link><description><![CDATA[You really have to experience the feeling of being with the president in the oval office. ... It's a disease I came to call Ovalitis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Irresponsibility is part of the pleasure of all art; it is the part the schools cannot recognize.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One great use of words is to hide our thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62024]]></link><description><![CDATA[One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62024</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9960]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the combat ceased, for want of combatants. [Fr., Et le combat cessa, faute de combattants.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She bears a duke's revenues on her back, And in her heart she scorns our poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48209]]></link><description><![CDATA[She bears a duke's revenues on her back, And in her heart she scorns our poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Music is a safe kind of high.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every time I went on TV I got a threat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every time I went on TV I got a threat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When devils will the blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51446]]></link><description><![CDATA[When devils will the blackest sins put on, They do suggest at first with heavenly shows!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is said that no star is a heroine to her makeup artist ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26221]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is said that no star is a heroine to her makeup artist]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26221</guid></item></channel></rss>