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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47803]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing that makes life possible is a permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Christmas is over and Business is Business ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Christmas is over and Business is Business]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where there is perhaps a province in which the photograph can tell us nothing more than what we see with our own eyes, there is another in which it proves to us how little our eyes permit us ro see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great dowry is a bed full of brables. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49032]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great dowry is a bed full of brables.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city was extremely helpful. The Planning Department they really walked us through (the process). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The city was extremely helpful. The Planning Department they really walked us through (the process).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59640]]></link><description><![CDATA[This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15464]]></link><description><![CDATA[He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force rules the world, and not opinion; but opinion is that which makes use of force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18361]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life;  And he that forged, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Assail'd by scandal and the tongue of strife, His only answer was a blameless life;  And he that forged, and he that threw the dart,   Had each a brother's interest in his heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10480]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the coward who fawns upon those above him. It is the coward who is insolent whenever he dares be so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, so far as he comprehends Jesus Christ, so far as he can get any knowledge of Him, is His servant -- the man who makes Christ a teacher of his intelligence and the guide of his soul -- the man who obeys Christ as far as he has been able to understand him... I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32555]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're a controversial band, so big that everyone wants to hate us. We get a lot of bad press. I don't listen to it. We take it with a grain of salt and keep moving on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48250]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This should not have been reported as an in kind contribution and it's unfortunate that these members put the party ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30949]]></link><description><![CDATA[This should not have been reported as an in kind contribution and it's unfortunate that these members put the party in this situation,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13176]]></link><description><![CDATA[That famish'd people must be slowly nurst, And fed by spoonfuls, else they always burst.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not that often you see a contract settle without concessions in this day and age. (At the last Central ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32800]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not that often you see a contract settle without concessions in this day and age. (At the last Central Labor Council meeting) someone reported that a union took a wage freeze but kept their health insurance. Today that's a win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You led our sons across the haunted flood, Into the Canaan of their high desire--  No milk and honey ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57139]]></link><description><![CDATA[You led our sons across the haunted flood, Into the Canaan of their high desire--  No milk and honey there, but tears and blood   Flowed where the hosts of evil trod in fire,    And left a worse than desert where they passed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20717]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52905]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52905</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good someone else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5775]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is the great idealizer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little and good fills the trencher. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49045]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little and good fills the trencher.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26906]]></link><description><![CDATA[For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of a friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51647]]></link><description><![CDATA[You betray your own failing if you cannot bear with the fault of a friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38157]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're all spiced or flavored.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38157</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsely luxurious, will not man awake? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26090]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsely luxurious, will not man awake?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They kept telling me you have to have patience, ... Systems in the Caribbean in October take a long time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40860]]></link><description><![CDATA[They kept telling me you have to have patience, ... Systems in the Caribbean in October take a long time to develop.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3197]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is the objectification of feeling and the subjectification of nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Idealism springs from deep feelings, but feelings are nothing without the formulated idea that keeps them whole.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24819]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51417]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1695]]></link><description><![CDATA["Conversation"God and I in space alone . . .and nobody else in view . . ."And where are all the people,Oh Lord" I said, "the earth below and the sky overheadand the dead that I once knew?""That was a dream," God smiledand said: "The dream that seemed tobe true; there were no peopleliving or dead; there was no earth, and no sky overhead,there was only myself in you.""Why do I feel no fear?" I asked,"meeting you here in this way?For I have sinned, I know full welland is there heaven and is there hell,and is this Judgement Day?""Nay, those were but dreams" the Great God said, "dreams that have ceased to be.There are no such things as fear and sin;there is no you . . . you never have been.There is nothing at all but me."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People assume it's being tough on crime, but what you're doing is throwing these kids away. Studies show that kids ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28205]]></link><description><![CDATA[People assume it's being tough on crime, but what you're doing is throwing these kids away. Studies show that kids who are put into the adult system re-offend quicker and more seriously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best of all, I only missed one spare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Best of all, I only missed one spare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess for me is not a game, but an art. Yes, and I take upon myself all those responsibilities which an art imposes on its adherents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28837</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26882]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it is a great joy just to listen to someone we love talking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth O Lord our God,   Who has called us to serve You, In the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Joseph of Nazareth O Lord our God,   Who has called us to serve You, In the midst of the world's affairs,   When we stumble, hold us; When we fall, lift us up;   When we are hard pressed with evil, deliver us; When we turn from what is good, turn us back;   And bring us at last to Your glory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56170]]></link><description><![CDATA[When rats leave a sinking ship, where exactly do they think they're going?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64228]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book that he has made renders its author this service in return, that so long as the book survives, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3508]]></link><description><![CDATA[The book that he has made renders its author this service in return, that so long as the book survives, its author remains immortal and cannot die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3508</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And kind as kings upon their coronation day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54463]]></link><description><![CDATA[And kind as kings upon their coronation day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be an agnostic--be something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be an agnostic--be something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don't know because we don't want to know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15000]]></link><description><![CDATA[Faith and doubt both are needed - not as antagonists, but working side by side to take us around the unknown curve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We can debate anything they want, even terrorists who misrepresent our faith, but the Prophet Muhammad is off limits. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We can debate anything they want, even terrorists who misrepresent our faith, but the Prophet Muhammad is off limits. The attack on the prophet is an attack on us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48171</guid></item></channel></rss>