<?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 spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I spent over five years fighting crime for the Secretary of State Police on the streets of East St. Louis, earning both a lifesaving award and the Secretary of State's Medal of Honor during that time. We like to think that Macoupin County is safe from the problems of the big city, but unfortunately, violent crimes and methamphetamine production are on the rise in rural areas. My experience working in St. Clair and Madison counties will better able me to confront methamphetamine production and violent crime head-on while still understanding the rural needs of Macoupin County.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm extremely proud of the kids. We hit this road trip (East won at Green River 72-67 Friday) head on and got two big wins. We played with as much intensity and we've had all year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His apparent care for his surroundings is ironic when you think he was responsible for one of the biggest ecocides ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29838]]></link><description><![CDATA[His apparent care for his surroundings is ironic when you think he was responsible for one of the biggest ecocides when he drained the southern marshes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair words butter no parsnips. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48897]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair words butter no parsnips.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48897</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you live all the days of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59418]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you live all the days of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40056]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Aziz's patrol continues on past one of the two main mosques in Karmah. Over the past few days, the Iraqi soldiers have told the Marines what the imams have blasted over loudspeakersÃƒÂƒÃ‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â€ÂšÃ‚Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã‚Âcalls to rise up and attack the Americans. But, under strict orders, the Marines may not enter mosques or schools. They don't like it.] What I'd give to be able to look in there, ... You know they're hiding something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've lost a lot of close games that we could have won, but they slipped away. We play the same ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28581]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've lost a lot of close games that we could have won, but they slipped away. We play the same way every game. But this game, we had to keep playing hard because Virginia wasn't going to go away. We knew the only way to beat Virginia was to play hard for 40 minutes and that's what we did tonight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48040]]></link><description><![CDATA[Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48040</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They do not love that do not show their love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25716]]></link><description><![CDATA[They do not love that do not show their love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2372]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be ambitious of true honor, of the true glory and perfection of our natures, is the very principle and incentive of virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought it would do OK, but we weren't sure. We didn't have a crystal ball, and we didn't say, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32556]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought it would do OK, but we weren't sure. We didn't have a crystal ball, and we didn't say, 'Oh yeah, it's a smash.' We liked the song but didn't know if it would be the best to debut the album with. But there is something special about the song. People caught onto it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47315]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man is not finished when he's defeated; he's finished when he quits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When autumn scatters his departing gleams, Warn'd of approaching winter, gather'd, play  The swallow-people; and toss'd wide around,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58440]]></link><description><![CDATA[When autumn scatters his departing gleams, Warn'd of approaching winter, gather'd, play  The swallow-people; and toss'd wide around,   O'er the calm sky, in convolution swift,    The feather'd eddy floats; rejoicing once,     Ere to their wintry slumbers they retire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has been hard just getting back in the groove. I think we got in the groove. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39494]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has been hard just getting back in the groove. I think we got in the groove.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make hay while the sun shines. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make hay while the sun shines.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29400]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a time when only the dead smiled, happy in their peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29400</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52505]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sport hunting is a crime. My sympathies are with the fox.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28179]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59906]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44938]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stiff in opinion, always in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever the struggle, continue the climb. It may be only one step to the summit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61215]]></link><description><![CDATA[How good bad music and bad reasons sound when we march against an enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26966]]></link><description><![CDATA[The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A longer campaign would tend to attract more candidates. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32986]]></link><description><![CDATA[A longer campaign would tend to attract more candidates.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66383]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am who I am and I say what I think. I'm not putting a face on for the record.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28100]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all forms of caution, caution in love is the most fatal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The purpose of a funeral service is to comfort the living. It is important at a funeral to display excessive grief. This will show others how kind-hearted and loving you are and their improved opinion of you will be very comforting.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3376]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at anything but his art.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11879]]></link><description><![CDATA[A republic properly understood is a sovereignty of justice, in contradistinction to a sovereignty of will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63913]]></link><description><![CDATA[Believing in progress does not mean believing that any progress has yet been made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have executed the will of God and the rule of law because he killed people, ordered assaults on fighters ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28322]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have executed the will of God and the rule of law because he killed people, ordered assaults on fighters and he had a big file of corruption.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51899]]></link><description><![CDATA[A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28827]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are overdue for the next pandemic. None of us, nobody, would have immunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?  Though ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48701]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end, But who can with fate and quart bumpers contend?  Though Fate said, a hero should perish ill light;   So up rose bright Phoebus, and down fell the knight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60838]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are more inclined to be drawn in if their leader has a compelling vision. Great leaders help people get in touch with their own aspirations and then will help them forge those aspirations into a personal vision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who wooed in haste, and means to wed at leisure. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act iii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rose is often found near the nettle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50776]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rose is often found near the nettle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,  More pangs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10455]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,  More pangs and fears than wars or women have;   And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,    Never to hope again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27275]]></link><description><![CDATA[A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4426]]></link><description><![CDATA[The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are really good friends]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I sought Him where my logic led.  "This friend is always sure and right;  His lantern is sufficient ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7787]]></link><description><![CDATA[I sought Him where my logic led.  "This friend is always sure and right;  His lantern is sufficient light -- I need no star," I said. I sought Him in the city square.  Logic and I went up and down  The marketplace of many a town, And He was never there. I tracked Him to the mind's far rim.  The valiant Intellect went forth  To east and west and south and north, And found no trace of Him. We walked the world from sun to sun,  Logic and I, with little Faith,  But never came to Nazareth, Or found the Holy One. I sought in vain. And finally,  Back to the heart's small house I crept,  And fell upon my knees, and wept; And lo! -- He came to me!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64531]]></link><description><![CDATA[Apparently there is nothing that cannot happen today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have 11 shows this year, which is the most in a long time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39228]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have 11 shows this year, which is the most in a long time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54282]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It has a certain appeal in terms of solving a couple of problems on both sides. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38450]]></link><description><![CDATA[It has a certain appeal in terms of solving a couple of problems on both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's the good girls who keep the diaries; the bad girls never have the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17472</guid></item></channel></rss>