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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2718]]></link><description><![CDATA[To treat a poor wretch with a bottle of Burgundy, and fill his snuff-box, is like giving a pair of laced ruffles to a man that has never a shirt on his back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just as it did for the original writers. Nevertheless, the background to the New Testament is one of expectation of resurrection, and only the historical rising-again of Jesus makes sense of the narrative in this context.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44817]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still saw the green route as the superior route. We truly believe it will have the least impact on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34619]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still saw the green route as the superior route. We truly believe it will have the least impact on all the factors we have to consider, including property owners and environmental issues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56488]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43500]]></link><description><![CDATA[After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all have to die some day, if we live long enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11251]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all have to die some day, if we live long enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there  Asleep, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14859]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there  Asleep, and waiting for the opening day,   When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who complain how the ball bounces are often the ones who dropped it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the peace process should soon be back on track, hopefully with everyone involved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41539]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the peace process should soon be back on track, hopefully with everyone involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a tree frog that's possibly a new species. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34646]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a tree frog that's possibly a new species.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[maybe the odds are less than 50-50 after yesterday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35675]]></link><description><![CDATA[maybe the odds are less than 50-50 after yesterday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8988]]></link><description><![CDATA[I tore myself away from the safe comfort of certainties through my love for truth - and truth rewarded me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8988</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49389]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that riseth betimes hath some thing in his head.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ye diners out from whom we guard our spoons.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wood-pigeons cooed there, stock-doves nestled there; My trees were full on songs and flowers and fruit,  Their branches spread ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wood-pigeons cooed there, stock-doves nestled there; My trees were full on songs and flowers and fruit,  Their branches spread a city to the air.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57070]]></link><description><![CDATA[The presence of a body of well-instructed men, who have not to labor for their daily bread, is important to a degree which cannot be overestimated; as all high intellectual work is carried on by them, and on such work material progress of all kinds mainly depends, not to mention other and higher advantages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61818]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;  So perish all, whose ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48200]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thus unlamented pass the proud away, The gaze of fools and pageant of a day;  So perish all, whose breast ne'er learn'd to glow   For others' good, or melt at others' woe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8633]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I sat on a sunny bank On Christmas day in the morning  I spied three ships come sailing in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33726]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the mental-health field, it's sort of walking a tightrope. You can't treat someone by simply locking them up. It can be tough, but we try to minimize the risk as best we can and still provide treatment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We think they're very good at protecting people in a crash. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28664]]></link><description><![CDATA[We think they're very good at protecting people in a crash.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd, In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62320]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pilot's part in calms cannot be spy'd, In dangerous times true worth is only tri'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9619]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9619</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60607]]></link><description><![CDATA[As always, victory finds a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Foxhunting... the unspeakable pursuing the inedible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Foxhunting... the unspeakable pursuing the inedible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We estimate that only Winnipeg and the Atlantic are more affordable than Calgary and Edmonton, but only because home prices ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32207]]></link><description><![CDATA[We estimate that only Winnipeg and the Atlantic are more affordable than Calgary and Edmonton, but only because home prices in the former two are considerably cheaper than their Alberta counterparts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one who loves the least, controls the relationship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10042]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a bunch of coffee cups out, and coffee made. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41001]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a bunch of coffee cups out, and coffee made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In life, the only certainty is uncertainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12086]]></link><description><![CDATA[In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12086</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Admit your errors before someone else exaggerates them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41321]]></link><description><![CDATA[[In the ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... Three of the prayer leaders were martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56286]]></link><description><![CDATA[A horrid stillness first invades the ear, And in that silence we the tempest fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26772]]></link><description><![CDATA[A steady salary is an invitation to mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1049]]></link><description><![CDATA[When walking through the "valley of shadows," remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40672]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a certain amount of sympathy here for the Bush administration's problem, which is they would like to get rid of Saddam Hussein and they would like to have the Kurds autonomous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64184]]></link><description><![CDATA[The measure of a man is what he does with power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21233]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no great things, only small things with great love. Happy are those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17671]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42933]]></link><description><![CDATA[As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5402]]></link><description><![CDATA[The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26122]]></link><description><![CDATA[As ten millions of circles can never make a square, so the united voice of myriads cannot lend the smallest foundation to falsehood.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best time to make friends is before you need them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65658]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best time to make friends is before you need them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that endures is not overcome. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49335]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that endures is not overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8451]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48298]]></link><description><![CDATA[Procrastination is the thief of time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a method in man's wickedness: It grows up by degrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48616]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a method in man's wickedness: It grows up by degrees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48616</guid></item></channel></rss>