<?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[Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. -James F. Byrnes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16932]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life. -James F. Byrnes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59851]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition to stand up for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despite repeated warnings from the commission and numerous consumer complaints, the company appears to have made no effort to mend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despite repeated warnings from the commission and numerous consumer complaints, the company appears to have made no effort to mend its ways,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41630]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a little like being in a hit-and-run accident.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49798]]></link><description><![CDATA[The beast that goes alwaies never wants blowes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We probably will see fewer people travel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40909]]></link><description><![CDATA[We probably will see fewer people travel.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's been below average in a lot of places. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30682]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's been below average in a lot of places.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14157]]></link><description><![CDATA[Brother, brother; we are both in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's chief enemy is his own unruly nature and the dark forces put up within him.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes our work feels small and insignificant. But remember, a small ripple can gain momentum and build a current so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63381]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes our work feels small and insignificant. But remember, a small ripple can gain momentum and build a current so strong that is insurmountable.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the great right of an excessive wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62457]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the great right of an excessive wrong.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/846]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. - The Business of Life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be pointless. We have only three trains (between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.), and they arrive roughly every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41657]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be pointless. We have only three trains (between 6 a.m. and 7:30 a.m.), and they arrive roughly every 30 minutes. If PATH ran every six minutes, nobody from Metro-North would be getting on them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38648]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was pretty neat. At the state tournament, they also got the sportsmanship award, which was the first time ever. They were fun to watch play. When they received that award, they were all dressed up in red and white.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gossip is what no one claims to like -- but everyone enjoys.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hypocrisy is the lubricant of society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hypocrisy is the lubricant of society.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, ... he was telling the guys not to take things for granted. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, ... he was telling the guys not to take things for granted.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask me my three priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education and education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13390]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask me my three priorities for Government, and I tell you: education, education and education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2706]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2706</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faulty stands on his guard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faulty stands on his guard.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There were his young barbarians all at play There was their Dacian mother--he, their sire,  Butcher'd to make a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19571]]></link><description><![CDATA[There were his young barbarians all at play There was their Dacian mother--he, their sire,  Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19569]]></link><description><![CDATA[To many people holidays are not voyages of discovery, but a ritual of reassurance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24788]]></link><description><![CDATA[The naked truth is always better than the best dressed lie]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19784]]></link><description><![CDATA[To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent-- that is to triumph over old age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53644]]></link><description><![CDATA[If people would forget about utopia! When rationalism destroyed heaven and decided to set it up here on earth, that most terrible of all goals entered human ambition. It was clear there'd be no end to what people would be made to suffer for it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55094]]></link><description><![CDATA[It’s a sorry statement about how broken Washington is that we could not take advantage of this unique and sad moment in history and enact serious lobbying reform. We owed it to the people who sent us to Washington to root out corruption, and the Senate turned its back on a golden opportunity today.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers (six if one went to Harvard).]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28215]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prior to Marilyn Monroe, a star's life was hidden from the public. But now, instead of a glossy ideal, we see celebrity's ugly messes, including their drug and alcohol abuse, which, for many who admire these people, translates into a very dangerous message.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3097]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3097</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4172]]></link><description><![CDATA[Betrayal is about learning not to idealize external sources.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51379]]></link><description><![CDATA[I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've tested our products in Alaska, the Arizona desert and the Florida Keys and after 30 years they still look ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33315]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've tested our products in Alaska, the Arizona desert and the Florida Keys and after 30 years they still look great.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This was an unwarranted and vicious attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35856]]></link><description><![CDATA[This was an unwarranted and vicious attack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34872]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And last the Vice and Follies of the Age. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60499]]></link><description><![CDATA[And last the Vice and Follies of the Age.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44183]]></link><description><![CDATA[In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53846]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9260]]></link><description><![CDATA[There never was a woman who did not prefer an oblique compliment to a straight truth - if the latter were unflattering]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mind unemployed is mind un-enjoyed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mind unemployed is mind un-enjoyed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve, ... It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an incredible serve, ... It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. You're lunging, but then it's up. You're sort of diving, but then you can't reach it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for example, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe (his ideas) would work in large companies, such as in a public limited company for example,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When to secure your bald pate from the weather, You lately wore a cape of black neats' leather;  He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14076]]></link><description><![CDATA[When to secure your bald pate from the weather, You lately wore a cape of black neats' leather;  He was a very wag, who to you said,   "Why do you wear your slippers on your head?"]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have asked for his release. But no release has been granted at this point. Right now, he is not released from his commitment.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25916]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love. We can never really love anybody with whom we never laugh. Love is in the giver, not the gift. He told me that once he forgot himself and opened up like a door with a loose latch and everything fell out and he tried for days to put it all back in the proper order, but he finally gave up and left if there in a pile and loved everything equally. thanks to a subscriber!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58223]]></link><description><![CDATA[How little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our federal Union: it must be preserved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our federal Union: it must be preserved.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45789</guid></item></channel></rss>