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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34303]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is just fear, plus prayers, plus understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We deplore this terrorist act and vow to get the criminals to justice as soon as possible, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36813]]></link><description><![CDATA[We deplore this terrorist act and vow to get the criminals to justice as soon as possible,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16154]]></link><description><![CDATA[Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished gourmet invited to a dream ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10156]]></link><description><![CDATA[I myself spent hours in the Columbia library as intimidated and embarrassed as a famished gourmet invited to a dream restaurant where every dish from all the world's cuisines, past and present, was available on request.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10156</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,--  She shall escape, she shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13916]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,--  She shall escape, she shall aspire,   She shall arise to make men free;    She shall arise in a sacred scorn,     Lighting the lives that are yet unborn,      Spirit supernal, splendor eternal,       England!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46748]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am young. I didn't know that. But I don't recognize myself. That's my problem with the mirror. I see ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32685]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am young. I didn't know that. But I don't recognize myself. That's my problem with the mirror. I see only the ugliness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rising tide lifts all boats ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4413]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rising tide lifts all boats]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conversation makes one what he is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49181]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conversation makes one what he is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore!  It bears: "Eternity, be thou   My refuge!" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14085]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Paris that brief flight allow, My humble tomb explore!  It bears: "Eternity, be thou   My refuge!" and no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64237]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to think there was light at the end of the tunnel, but for me today the light is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to think there was light at the end of the tunnel, but for me today the light is on a locomotive headed right for me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54946]]></link><description><![CDATA[Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55605]]></link><description><![CDATA[A Daniel come to judgment! yea, a Daniel! -The Merchant of Venice. Act iv. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9905]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21508]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26942]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63209]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63209</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[rnI'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65132]]></link><description><![CDATA[rnI'll let you be in my dreams if I can be in yours.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The grave's the market place. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18198]]></link><description><![CDATA[The grave's the market place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; That surely the weak shall perish, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24871]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the strong shall thrive; That surely the weak shall perish, and only the fit survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1192]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8668]]></link><description><![CDATA[To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. [Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise,  Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50994]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the fish had not opened its mouth, it would not have been caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect It's successful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62907]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect It's successful outcome]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine,  See! cry'd they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27556]]></link><description><![CDATA[When Christ at Cana's feast by pow'r divine, Inspir'd cold water, with the warmth of wine,  See! cry'd they while, in red'ning tide, it gush'd,   The bashful stream hath seen its God and blush'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11919]]></link><description><![CDATA[In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11919</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53649]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every pang that rends the heart the Man of Sorrows has a part.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had fun with it, ... I've been called everything from his grandson to his great-nephew. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36788]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had fun with it, ... I've been called everything from his grandson to his great-nephew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18917]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the garden herbes none is of greater vertue than sage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18917</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052]]></link><description><![CDATA[So may he rest; his faults lie gently on him! -King Henry VIII. Act iv. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16492]]></link><description><![CDATA[To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23408]]></link><description><![CDATA[A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no shortage of stories that describe just horrendous upbringings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time. [Lat., Inprobe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56197]]></link><description><![CDATA[He wrongly accuses Neptune, who makes shipwreck a second time. [Lat., Inprobe Neptunum accusat, qui iterum naufragium facit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28712]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's all about moving this state forward to get this state fiscally sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50290]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned or unlearned we all must be scribbling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visualize, 'prayerize', 'actionize', and your wishes will come true. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31373]]></link><description><![CDATA[Visualize, 'prayerize', 'actionize', and your wishes will come true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52666]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53142]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ideology of this America wants to establish reassurance through Imitation. But profit defeats ideology, because the consumers want to be thrilled not only by the guarantee of the Good but also by the shudder of the Bad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is most powerful who has power over himself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47909]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is most powerful who has power over himself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9119]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crowd of fellow-sufferers is a miserable kind of comfort. [Lat., Maliuolum solacii genus est turba miserorum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9119</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In one word, this ideal is that you are divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66643]]></link><description><![CDATA[In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66643</guid></item></channel></rss>