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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions; but those who kindly reprove thy faults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18440]]></link><description><![CDATA[A civil guest Will no more talk all, than eat all the feast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a major challenge. We are aware of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28277]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a major challenge. We are aware of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good-bye--my paper's out so nearly, I've only room for, Yours sincerely. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47822]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good-bye--my paper's out so nearly, I've only room for, Yours sincerely.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35112]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35112</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance,  Make not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23230]]></link><description><![CDATA[Less at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest Thy person share, and the conceit advance,  Make not thy sport abuses: for the fly   That feeds on dung is colored thereby.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2668]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no terror in a bang, only in the anticipation of it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross    Teach me. O God, to use all the circumstances of my life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Holy Cross    Teach me. O God, to use all the circumstances of my life to-day that they may bring forth in me the fruits of holiness rather than the fruits of sin.   Let me use disappointment as material for patience:   Let me use success as material for thankfulness:   Let me use suspence as material for perseverance:   Let me use danger as material for courage:   Let me use reproach as material for longsuffering:   Let me use praise as material for humility:   Let me use pleasures as material for temperance:   Let me use pains as material for endurance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in their best order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And there is pansies, that's for thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45445]]></link><description><![CDATA[And there is pansies, that's for thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion today. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42476]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dan drove like a champion today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42476</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is his own worst enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is his own worst enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32573]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we're ready to play them when the puck drops, and we're expecting a battle for 60 minutes. When we do play 60 minutes, we're a tough team to beat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29907]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was born here, ... He didn't do anything other than British culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34135]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some years, we see the boating season just being delayed, and they might be able to make it up later in the year. Based on the tone of the last earnings call, I?m not expecting to see a spike for them in the third quarter. The next big question is: What is 2006 going to look like in terms of how the boating season shapes up and how successful will these new initiatives be that the management is waiting on?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They all recruit hard, they play solid football, they all have a good plan. It's not just someone trying to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29865]]></link><description><![CDATA[They all recruit hard, they play solid football, they all have a good plan. It's not just someone trying to out-formation you, they know what it's all about. I think the coaching in this league is very strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle to all and stern with yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24742]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24742</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15566]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27836]]></link><description><![CDATA[Babies haven't any hair; Old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lie a haircut and a shave.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27836</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guilty consciences always make people cowards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guilty consciences always make people cowards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-night, at least, to-night be gay, Whate'er to-morrow brings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50682]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-night, at least, to-night be gay, Whate'er to-morrow brings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Martyrs of Papua New Guinea, 1942   The apostles were moved, not so much by an intellectual apprehension, as by a spiritual illumination. They met men, and the need of those men whom they met cried aloud to them. Their own desire for the revelation of the glory of Jesus in the salvation of men went out towards those whom they met, and was immediately answered by the recognition of the need of those whom they met for Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17406]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17406</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63085]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be beautiful means to be yourself. You don’t need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284]]></link><description><![CDATA[As I do no good action here, merely for the interpretation of good men, though that be one good and justifiable reason of my good actions: so I must do nothing for my salvation hereafter, merely for the love I bear to mine own soul, though that also be one good and justifiable reason of that action; but the primary reason in both, as well as the actions that establish a good name, as the actions that establish eternal life, must be the glory of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12113]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every accomplishment starts with the decision to try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Petroc, Abbot of Padstow, 6th century  Faith is indeed the energy of our whole universe directed to the highest form of being. Faith gives stability to our view of the universe. By faith we are convinced that our impressions of things without are not dreams or delusions, but, for us, true representations of our environment. By faith we are convinced that the signs of permanence, order, progress, which we observe in nature are true. By faith we are convinced that fellowship is possible with our fellow man and with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6171]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then read from the treasured volume  The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then read from the treasured volume  The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet  The beauty of thy voice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fraudsters use current affairs to create legitimacy. The holidays are a great reason to send people e-mail to try to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42364]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fraudsters use current affairs to create legitimacy. The holidays are a great reason to send people e-mail to try to scam them into giving up their information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58420]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a strong suspicion . . . that much that passes for constant love is a golded- up moment walking in its sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761  Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of William Law, Priest, Mystic, 1761  Commemoration of William of Ockham, Franciscan Friar, Philosopher, Teacher, 1347 Commemoration of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Priest, Scientist, Visionary, 1955  Christianity does not consist in any partial amendment of our lives, any particular moral virtues, but in an entire change of our natural temper, a life wholly devoted to God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The forecasts are optimistic. The river will probably remain stable for another two days and then start to fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34375]]></link><description><![CDATA[The forecasts are optimistic. The river will probably remain stable for another two days and then start to fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34375</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30806]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are some of the poorest countries with the weakest health indicators in the world. People are pretty cynical when they look at Africa, but these countries have turned it around.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9567]]></link><description><![CDATA[As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37287]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our staff did a good job of getting ahead in the count with many of their hitters. They are a great hitting ball club. Benton did an exceptional job for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My life has been a series of emergencies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65260]]></link><description><![CDATA[My life has been a series of emergencies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61061]]></link><description><![CDATA["A fair day's wage for a fair day's work": it is as just a demand as governed men ever made of governing. It is the everlasting right of man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 5. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55577]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the vile squeaking of the wry-necked fife. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 5.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27229]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words without actions are the assassins of idealism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hundreds of men were turned into beasts, Like the guests at Circe's horrible feasts,  By the magic of ale and cider.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jade eates as much as a good horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49041]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jade eates as much as a good horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46946]]></link><description><![CDATA[A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who remains shut up in his office learns nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ridicule is the best test of truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54204]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ridicule is the best test of truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lots of fellows think a home is only good to borrow money on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36661]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36661</guid></item></channel></rss>