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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43782</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[Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We didn't expect when they all started to be this successful and to get that many people involved. You always ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29355]]></link><description><![CDATA[We didn't expect when they all started to be this successful and to get that many people involved. You always push that threat and say, 'Well, we're going to hold you accountable, we're going to tell everybody,' and one out of every 10 times it works out. This time it did.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66805]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66805</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dad, I'm in some trouble. There's been an accident and you're going to hear all sorts of things about me from now on. Terrible things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of justice is eternal publicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23634]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of justice is eternal publicity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50681]]></link><description><![CDATA[Time flies, as he flies, adds increase to her truth, And gives to her mind what he steals from her youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50681</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22079]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had delusions of adequacy]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who will grieve for this woman? Does she not seem too insignificant for our concern? Yet in my heart I never will deny her, Who suffered death because she chose to turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19833]]></link><description><![CDATA[Riding turns 'I wish' into 'I can'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19833</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: THE ELEMENTS OF PRAYER   Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a Lenten series on prayer: THE ELEMENTS OF PRAYER   Its ground: God, by whose goodness it springeth in us.  Its use: to turn our will to His will.  Its end: to be made one with Him and like to Him in all things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50622]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her grief is real who grieves when no one is by.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we,  As ever did sing in a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56446]]></link><description><![CDATA[Three merry boys, and three merry boys, And three merry boys are we,  As ever did sing in a hempen string   Under the gallow-tree.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you ask of specific progress, I'd say we are committed to remain politically engaged, they had be prepared to add political impetus required to reach an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42830]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be hard to blame you for having trouble taking much of what is said in Washington seriously. You heard about the Medicare actuary who was forced to fudge the numbers and lie to Congress to keep his job. You heard the falsified numbers in Iraq on everything from the cost of the war to the number of trained Iraqi troops to a slam dunk case for weapons of mass destruction. You heard about the administration sponsored fake newscasts to mislead people all across America.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Until the study is complete and presented to NASA and DOD senior officials in October, it is premature to comment ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33291]]></link><description><![CDATA[Until the study is complete and presented to NASA and DOD senior officials in October, it is premature to comment on specifics and possible recommendations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11337]]></link><description><![CDATA[For what is it to die, But to stand in the sun and melt into the wind?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cruelty has a human heart, And Jealousy a human face; Terror the human form divine, And Secrecy the human dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played solid defense and we picked up our offense, especially at the line with a 12 of 17 effort. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38277]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played solid defense and we picked up our offense, especially at the line with a 12 of 17 effort. Our guys came back well, but we need to keep working and improving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51011]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lips that touch liquor will never touch mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12575]]></link><description><![CDATA[When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust,if thou seest dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21274]]></link><description><![CDATA[That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust,if thou seest dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49395]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that sings on friday, will weepe on Sunday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40815]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They had to defend themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41538]]></link><description><![CDATA[They had to defend themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse; This book of starres lights to eternal blisse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54914]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starres are poore books, and oftentimes do misse; This book of starres lights to eternal blisse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3970]]></link><description><![CDATA[To have begun is to have done half the task; dare to be wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2098]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists ... in the loved one, perfection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61028]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I was a young man I vowed never to marry until I found the ideal woman. Well, I found her -- but alas, she was waiting for the ideal man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why shouldn't a PC work like a refrigerator or a toaster? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why shouldn't a PC work like a refrigerator or a toaster?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human mind ever longs for occupation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even ministers of good things are like torches, a light to others, waste and destruction to themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54023]]></link><description><![CDATA[A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8757]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tranquil city of good laws, fine architecture, and clean streets is like a classroom of obedient dullards, or a field of gelded bulls - whereas a city of anarchy is a city of promise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46244]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a little bigger this year. I think the teachers are getting more involved and are encouraging their artistic students. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a little bigger this year. I think the teachers are getting more involved and are encouraging their artistic students. So that's why they're here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign  A melancholy damp of cold and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50652]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the air of youth, Hopeful and cheerful, in thy blood will reign  A melancholy damp of cold and dry   To weigh thy spirits down, and last consume    The balm of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56741]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is far more opportunity than there is ability. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45090]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is far more opportunity than there is ability.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be this our wall of brass, to be conscious of having done no evil, and to grow pale at no accusation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All professions are conspiracies against the laity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44868]]></link><description><![CDATA[All professions are conspiracies against the laity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings  Of kings makes peasants,   And of peasants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15391]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings  Of kings makes peasants,   And of peasants kings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return  Esteems that busy world an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20332]]></link><description><![CDATA[How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return  Esteems that busy world an idler too!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis chastity, my brother, chastity; She that has that is clad in complete steel,  And, like a quiver'd nymph ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5792]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis chastity, my brother, chastity; She that has that is clad in complete steel,  And, like a quiver'd nymph with arrows keen,   May trace huge forests, and unharbour'd heaths,    Infamous hills, and sandy perilous wilds;     Where, through the sacred rays of chastity,      No savage fierce, bandite, or mountaineer,       Will dare to soil her virgin purity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now it is the time of night That the graves, all gaping wide,  Every one lets forth his sprite, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now it is the time of night That the graves, all gaping wide,  Every one lets forth his sprite,   In the churchway paths to glide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish, ... You know what you should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32856]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the two things they tell you are healthiest to eat? Chicken and fish, ... You know what you should do? Combine them ... eat a penguin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32856</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13354]]></link><description><![CDATA[An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41554]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rich men's houses are seldom beautiful, rarely comfortable, and never original. It is a constant source of surprise to people of moderate means to observe how little a big fortune contributes to Beauty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41554</guid></item></channel></rss>