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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[All movements go too far. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64403]]></link><description><![CDATA[All movements go too far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27030]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   None can become fit for the future life, who hath ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8466]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Teacher, 430   None can become fit for the future life, who hath not practiced himself for it now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[... as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10714]]></link><description><![CDATA[... as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or we grow weak, and at last some crisis shows us what we have become.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're seeing good demand for the euro. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30650]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're seeing good demand for the euro.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66001]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That daffed the world aside, And bid it pass. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55888]]></link><description><![CDATA[That daffed the world aside, And bid it pass. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8233]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59917]]></link><description><![CDATA['Twas twilight, and the sunless day went down Over the waste of waters; like a veil,  Which, if withdrawn, would but disclose the frown   Of one whose hate is mask'd but to assail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32779]]></link><description><![CDATA[Am I the Irish comedian with half a finger? No, I'm the Irish comedian with nine and a half fingers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words have ruined more souls than any devil's agency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52159]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4083]]></link><description><![CDATA[Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Einstein is an analytical mathematician seeking to give a physical interpretation to the conclusions of his mathematical process. In this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27831]]></link><description><![CDATA[Einstein is an analytical mathematician seeking to give a physical interpretation to the conclusions of his mathematical process. In this he is hampered by a load of contradictory and absurd assumptions of the school that he follows, which throws him into all manner of difficulty. Einstein has such a faculty for embracing both sides of a contradiction that one would have to be of the same frame of mind to follow his thought, it is so peculiarly his own. The whole Relativity theory is as easy to follow as the path of a bat in the air at night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3893]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Divine Wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7760]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Divine Wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7345]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912   O eternal God, who from all eternity dost behold and love thy own glories and perfections infinite, and hast created me to do the work of God after the manner of men, and to serve thee in this generation and according to my capacities, give me thy grace, that I may be a curious and prudent spender of my time, so as I may best prevent or resist all temptation, and be profitable to the Christian commonwealth, and, by discharging all my duty, may glorify thy name. Take from me all slothfulness, and give me a diligent and an active spirit, and wisdom to choose my employment; that I may do works proportionable to my person and to the dignity of a Christian, and may fill up all the spaces of my time with actions of religion and charity; that, when the devil assaults me, he may not find me idle; and my dearest Lord, at his sudden coming, may find me busy in lawful, necessary, and pious actions, improving my talent entrusted to me by thee, my Lord; that I may enter into the joy of my Lord, to partake of his eternal felicities, even for thy mercy's sake, and for my dearest Saviour's sake. Amen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48031]]></link><description><![CDATA[In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We thought it was safe over here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31142]]></link><description><![CDATA[We thought it was safe over here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, do nowt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51045]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, do nowt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until we meet again, may the good Lord take a liking to you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's what he is, a hooligan -- committed these very flagrant fouls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51538]]></link><description><![CDATA[By penitence th' Eternal's wrath's appeas'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25742]]></link><description><![CDATA[When poverty comes in at doors, love leaps out at windows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47233]]></link><description><![CDATA[He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't disagree that if you're ill you should be able to get marijuana and decrease your pain, especially if ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42336]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't disagree that if you're ill you should be able to get marijuana and decrease your pain, especially if you're critically ill. Our stand here is that we are torn between federal and state law. We don't want to violate federal law and go along with the state law, so we are making dispensaries illegal until they get the laws in order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54756]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal dies sooner of itself, than we could kill it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no little enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13878]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no little enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Knowing is not enough, you must apply; willing is not enough, you must do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each one of us has the power to make others feel better or worse. Making others feel better is much more fun than making others feel worse. Making others feel better generally makes us feel better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate artists who are not of their time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36186]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate artists who are not of their time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upon closer inspection many of the allegedly negative implications of rising international trade and investment for jobs, wages and living ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38004]]></link><description><![CDATA[Upon closer inspection many of the allegedly negative implications of rising international trade and investment for jobs, wages and living standards are belied by the evidence,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38004</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may forget the days of your anniversary or the loved ones birthday, but please don't forget those people. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62916]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may forget the days of your anniversary or the loved ones birthday, but please don't forget those people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two men please God--who serves Him with all his heart because he knows Him; who seeks Him with all his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two men please God--who serves Him with all his heart because he knows Him; who seeks Him with all his heart because he knows Him not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cul-de-sac to which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27830]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cul-de-sac to which ideas are lured and then quietly strangled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There come nought out of the sacke but what was there. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49949]]></link><description><![CDATA[There come nought out of the sacke but what was there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for a camel To thread the postern of a small needle's eye. -King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55830]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for a camel To thread the postern of a small needle's eye. -King Richard II. Act v. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15450]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do,  Must be an angel.   - Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscomon,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15450</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3618]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst feature of a new baby is its mother's singing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This current administration cannot even bring home a soldier from Iraq and they talk about putting a man on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47151]]></link><description><![CDATA[This current administration cannot even bring home a soldier from Iraq and they talk about putting a man on the moon.. didn't the Democrats whose candidates were elected in the last3 presidential elections do that?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25948]]></link><description><![CDATA[After all my erstwhile dear, my no longer cherished; Need we say it was not love, just because it perished?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45512]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings. -Hodding Carter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45512</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48289]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam.. two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/218]]></link><description><![CDATA[61 died that day in the 1st infantry..in Vietnam.. two? rows of body bags.. the fruit of war...drying in the sun.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only a government that is rich and safe can afford to be a democracy, for democracy is the most expensive and nefarious kind of government ever heard of on earth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17942</guid></item></channel></rss>