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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Change is the only constant ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5495]]></link><description><![CDATA[Change is the only constant]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51675]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse quem laeseris.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52442]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you say that you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Litle stickes kindle the fire; great ones put it out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28163]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because I came out as a singer, I took the time to get an acting coach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6119]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,  Become a Christian and thy loving wife! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6172]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,  Become a Christian and thy loving wife!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11639]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't have a strong inside game, but their outside game was good. They knew how to get open shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't have a strong inside game, but their outside game was good. They knew how to get open shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55621]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. -The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55621</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66873]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have no rest, but in a nook, with the Book.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38047]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is empowering, ... It feels good to be able to manhandle someone across the line. I've worked hard at it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38047</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18121]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18121</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29680]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like playing with those guys. We kind of have to find a balance -- we're very offensive minded with those guys but we just have to work hard on defense and it pays off.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20330]]></link><description><![CDATA[Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction for the life of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those pigmy tribes of Panton street, Those hardy blades, those hearts of oak,  Obedient to a tyrant's yoke.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel respects Rev. Robertson and accepts his apology, which reflects his true friendship and support for the state of Israel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel respects Rev. Robertson and accepts his apology, which reflects his true friendship and support for the state of Israel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The issue with technology is, it's -- by definition -- change. You can't just go to sleep and say I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The issue with technology is, it's -- by definition -- change. You can't just go to sleep and say I'm going to forget it for 20 years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50056]]></link><description><![CDATA[Were there no hearers, there would be no backbiters.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50056</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;  But such plain roofs as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8685]]></link><description><![CDATA[No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;  But such plain roofs as Piety could raise,   And only vocal with the Maker's praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6857]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389 Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833   The fool for Christ holds a prophetic role in Christianity, from the early church to Russian Orthodox "pilgrims" and such later fools as Luther, Kierkegaard, and Dostoevsky, who were seekers after the true, the good, the holy, the beautiful. They were insane -- not in a clinical sense, but in the madness of the Holy, an insanity which ordinary sanity refuses to admit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/282]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the utmost danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50593]]></link><description><![CDATA[The apprehension of approaching evil has hurried many into the utmost danger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24218]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52782]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man really becomes a fool until he stops asking questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44353]]></link><description><![CDATA[The freedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those who say, "What's mine is mine and what's yours is negotiable."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58509]]></link><description><![CDATA[His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58509</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[The sunbeams dropped Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche,  Softened to shadows, silvery, pale, and dim,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59913]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sunbeams dropped Their gold, and, passing in porch and niche,  Softened to shadows, silvery, pale, and dim,   As if the very Day paused and grew Eve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[who tries to keep the Civil War at bay and his family safe as the battle spreads and threatens their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31429]]></link><description><![CDATA[who tries to keep the Civil War at bay and his family safe as the battle spreads and threatens their very existence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31429</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pretty Lark, climbing the Welkin cleer, Chaunts with a cheer, Heer peer-I neer my Deer;  Then stooping thence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24093]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pretty Lark, climbing the Welkin cleer, Chaunts with a cheer, Heer peer-I neer my Deer;  Then stooping thence (seeming her fall to rew)   Adieu (she saith) adieu, deer Deer, adieu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43218]]></link><description><![CDATA[All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are paying cash because we believe our stock is greatly undervalued and prefer to use cash as our acquisition ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30219]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are paying cash because we believe our stock is greatly undervalued and prefer to use cash as our acquisition currency,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heresie is the school of pride. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49492]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heresie is the school of pride.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,  Viewed his own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13093]]></link><description><![CDATA[So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again,  Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart,   And wing'd the shaft that quivered in his heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46911]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18847]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27760]]></link><description><![CDATA[Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9170]]></link><description><![CDATA[The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64276]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's our nature: Human beings like success but they hate successful people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A genius is one who can do anything except make a living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21219]]></link><description><![CDATA[A genius is one who can do anything except make a living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45899]]></link><description><![CDATA[Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[The alternative is to do nothing and be ignored.] Once the penalties are levied, it's a silent message unless it's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40979]]></link><description><![CDATA[[The alternative is to do nothing and be ignored.] Once the penalties are levied, it's a silent message unless it's collected, ... So we make every effort to collect those outstanding penalties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40979</guid></item></channel></rss>