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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[at the core of what we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37198]]></link><description><![CDATA[at the core of what we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Composers should write tunes that chauffeurs and errand boys can whistle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17547]]></link><description><![CDATA[Glory drags all men along, low as well as high, bound captive at the wheels of her glittering car. [Lat., Fulgente trahit constrictos Gloria curru  Non minus ignotos generosis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17547</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43259]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's infamous. She was all excited. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39755]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's infamous. She was all excited.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They never would hear, But turn the deaf ear,  As a matter they had no concern in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18992]]></link><description><![CDATA[They never would hear, But turn the deaf ear,  As a matter they had no concern in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18992</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11900]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy ... is a system of self-determination. It's the right to make the wrong choice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's nicer to have them chant your name than to do the opposite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32953]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's nicer to have them chant your name than to do the opposite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47057]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the four seniors will be some of the top runners in the league. It's just a matter of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39963]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the four seniors will be some of the top runners in the league. It's just a matter of whether our underclassmen can fill in those 5, 6 and 7 spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24663]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman;  Though they may gang a' kennin' wrang   To step aside is human.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are able because they think they are able. [Lat., Possunt quia posse videntur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand!  Amidst their tall ancestral trees,   O'er all the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19627]]></link><description><![CDATA[The stately Homes of England, How beautiful they stand!  Amidst their tall ancestral trees,   O'er all the pleasant land.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not a perfect landscape, but the areas we can apply ourselves, which is now really limited to containers, we're ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33756]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not a perfect landscape, but the areas we can apply ourselves, which is now really limited to containers, we're doing it and I think we're doing it in an efficient fashion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33756</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have no clue where they came from, ... We don't know if someone raised them and let them go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30710]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have no clue where they came from, ... We don't know if someone raised them and let them go or they got loose. We just don't know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30710</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the Religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Religion is not ours till we live by it, till it is the Religion of our thoughts, words, and actions, till it goes with us into every place, sits uppermost on every occasion, and forms and governs our hopes and fears, our cares and pleasures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,  All woe and sorrow; life inflicts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold, we live through all things,--famine, thirst, Bereavement, pain; all grief and misery,  All woe and sorrow; life inflicts its worst   On soul and body,--but we cannot die,    Though we be sick, and tired, and faint, and worn,--     Lo, all things can be borne!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will miss him as a distinguished religious figure, who devoted his life to defending the values of peace, freedom and equality. He defended the rights of Palestinians, their freedom and independence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963]]></link><description><![CDATA[This category is fraught with issues as to whether publishers can even say go ahead and use them because they may not have the rights.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our similarities are different. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9141]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our similarities are different.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9141</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63101]]></link><description><![CDATA[A generous person forgets what he gives and remembers what he receives. Learn, earn, return. These are the three phases of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/632]]></link><description><![CDATA[Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. . . . Be a hero -- take the time learn about adoption today.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38347]]></link><description><![CDATA[Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Performed to a T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51060]]></link><description><![CDATA[Performed to a T.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51060</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17061]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9733]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was part of that strange race of people aptly described as spending their lives doing things they detest to make money they don't want to buy things they don't need to impress people they dislike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51605]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is twice a conqueror, who can restrain himself in the hour of triumph.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15386]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. [Lat., Tolluntur in altum  Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22857]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not going to spend any time whatsoever in attacking the Foreign Secretary. If we complain about the tune, there is no reason to attack the monkey when the organ grinder is present.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ready mony is a ready Medicine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ready mony is a ready Medicine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20025]]></link><description><![CDATA[O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all,  Unless he first will learn humility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50880]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not without a purpose when a rich man greets a poor one with kindness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It works exceedingly well. We have the perfect spot on the rise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38144]]></link><description><![CDATA[It works exceedingly well. We have the perfect spot on the rise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38144</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't like to hurt people, I really don't like it at all. But in order to get a red ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't like to hurt people, I really don't like it at all. But in order to get a red light at the intersection, you sometimes have to have an accident.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11509]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another May new buds and flowers shall bring: Ah! why has happiness no second Spring? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26623]]></link><description><![CDATA[Another May new buds and flowers shall bring: Ah! why has happiness no second Spring?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and to suffer all those ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58048]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the best methods of rendering study agreeable is to live with able men, and to suffer all those pangs of inferiority which the want of knowledge always inflicts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64012]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science may eventually explain the world of How. The ultimate world of Why may remain for contemplation, philosophy, religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13685]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's exciting; I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around. If I don't keep changing. I'm history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373   If ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6804]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373   If we would indeed know God in growing intimacy, we must go this way of renunciation. And if we are set upon the pursuit of God, He will sooner or later bring us to this test. Abraham's testing was, at the time, not known to him as such, yet if he had taken some course other than the one he did, the whole history off the Old Testament would have been different. God would have found His man, no doubt, but the loss to Abraham would have been tragic beyond the telling. So we will be brought one by one to the testing place, and we may never know when we are there. At that testing place there will be no dozen possible choices for us; just one and an alternative, but our whole future will be conditioned by the choice we make.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is the best world, that we live in, To lend and to spend and to give in:  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62186]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is the best world, that we live in, To lend and to spend and to give in:  But to borrow, or beg, or to get a man's own,   It is the worst world that ever was known.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28061]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds  Walking in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43071]]></link><description><![CDATA[How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds  Walking in beauty to her midnight throne!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41529]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one cannot command attention by one's admirable qualities one can at least be a nuisance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53666]]></link><description><![CDATA[I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53666</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/854]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/854</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58615]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth;  Four things greater than all things are--   Women and Horses and Power and War.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58615</guid></item></channel></rss>