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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27088]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the woman who chooses the man who will choose her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47707]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is little evidence that mandatory emissions caps actually work. For example, since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36324]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is little evidence that mandatory emissions caps actually work. For example, since signing the Kyoto Protocol in 1997, which mandates the reduction of carbon emissions, both Canada and Greece have seen a nearly 25 percent increase in emissions. According to the European Environment Agency, 13 EU nations that signed onto the Kyoto Protocol are on track to miss their 2010 emissions targets.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The trees of liferandomly growbut the graves of Arlingtonare set in rows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5177]]></link><description><![CDATA[The trees of liferandomly growbut the graves of Arlingtonare set in rows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefsprovide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything,including ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21370]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you develop the absolute sense of certainty that powerful beliefsprovide, then you can get yourself to accomplish virtually anything,including those things that other people are certain are impossible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Then fill the bowl--way with gloom! Our joys shall always last;  For Hope shall brighten days to come,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Then fill the bowl--way with gloom! Our joys shall always last;  For Hope shall brighten days to come,   And Mem'ry gild the past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1091]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great albatross!--the meanest birds Spring up and flit away,  While thou must toil to gain a flight,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1980]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great albatross!--the meanest birds Spring up and flit away,  While thou must toil to gain a flight,   And spread those pinions grey;    But when they once are fairly poised,     Far o'er each chirping thing      Thou sailest wide to other lands,       E'en sleeping on the wing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18879]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18879</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44853]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39309]]></link><description><![CDATA[Right now we are inundated with stuff,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family. That's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28627]]></link><description><![CDATA[They are deserving of any type of honor they receive. I think it's fantastic. Their teams are family. That's the atmosphere they create with the children.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell And gave him what becomed love I might,  Not stepping o'er ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42914]]></link><description><![CDATA[I met the youthful lord at Laurence' cell And gave him what becomed love I might,  Not stepping o'er the bounds of modesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the days that's in the week, I dearly love but one day,  And that's the day that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54585]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the days that's in the week, I dearly love but one day,  And that's the day that comes betwixt   A Saturday and Monday.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54585</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's smart. But it's like a learning disability. If you're talking to him straight on, you either have to repeat ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33591]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's smart. But it's like a learning disability. If you're talking to him straight on, you either have to repeat it so he can catch on to it or he'll catch it the first time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44278]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47330]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not examine legislation in the light of the benefits it will convey if properly administered, but in the light of the wrongs it would do and the harms it would cause if improperly administered.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is forever poised between a cliché and an indiscretion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20759]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is forever poised between a cliché and an indiscretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence. [It., Alta vendetta  D'alto silenzio e figlia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Young blood must have its course, lad, and every dog its day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13162]]></link><description><![CDATA[And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a passion for the name of "Mary," For once it was a magic sound to me,  And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43637]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a passion for the name of "Mary," For once it was a magic sound to me,  And still it half calls up the realms of fairy,   Where I beheld what never was to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to discompose their curls. Dandies.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who scratch their hair with one finger. [Fearing to discompose their curls. Dandies.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54446]]></link><description><![CDATA[The king reigns but does not govern. [Ger., Der Konig herrscht aber regiert nicht.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54446</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  The Hebrew word, nabi, translated "prophet" in English Bibles, has the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher, 373  The Hebrew word, nabi, translated "prophet" in English Bibles, has the connotation of "message bearer". The prophets were men called by God to serve as His messengers to a stubborn and unheeding people. They were always careful to point out that they were not voicing their own wisdom. Their warnings, entreaties, and promises were always prefaced by the awesome proclamation: "Thus says the Lord..." When the prophets did engage in prognostication, they usually were concerned with events which were fairly close at hand, such as the Assyrian conquest of Israel and the Babylonian conquest of Judah (both of which they foretold with deadly accuracy). But occasionally a prophet's vision ranged farther into the future, to the day when God would enter into a new covenant with his rebellious children. The hope of reconciliation was often linked with the coming of a very particular person, a Messiah or Savior.  What made the prophets so sure that they had a right--nay, a duty, to speak in the name of God? It is clear from their writings that they were not megalomaniacs who confused their own thoughts with the voice of God. On the contrary, they were humble men, awe-stricken by the responsibilities thrust upon them... The prophets minced no words in their indictments of the sins of Israel and Judah, and they trod especially hard on the toes of the rich, the powerful, and the pious. The Establishment responded then as some church members are wont to respond now when a preacher speaks out on controversial public issues: "One should not preach of such things!" (Micah 2:6).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't go near the water until you learn how to swim.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A thousand times hovering round;  But round himself, all tender like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5150]]></link><description><![CDATA[With the rose the butterfly's deep in love, A thousand times hovering round;  But round himself, all tender like gold,   The sun's sweet ray is hovering found.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5150</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5675]]></link><description><![CDATA[The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do not remember days; we remember moments. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27764]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do not remember days; we remember moments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37026]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the challenges that we have as we move forward in the early part of the 21st century is to understand how we can help people make the right choices to understand that they have real control of a lot of the health risks in their lives,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1511]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Lion and the MouseA LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness. The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by st ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came gnawed the rope with his teeth, and set him free, exclaim You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; I now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62434]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whether or not you write well, write bravely]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62434</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34828]]></link><description><![CDATA[So far the distribution is going on well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only in growth, reform, and change, paradoxically enough, is true security to be found.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24232]]></link><description><![CDATA[…a few philosophers really do important work. This applies to the so called ‘critical philosophy’ and to the theory of knowledge or epistemology. This class of workers I call epistemologists to avoid the disagreeable implications of the term ‘philosopher’.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr. Robertson is no ordinary citizen, ... has been one of the president's staunchest allies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30108]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mr. Robertson is no ordinary citizen, ... has been one of the president's staunchest allies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life, to me, is like a quiet forest pool, one that needs a direct hit from a big rock half-buried ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11778]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life, to me, is like a quiet forest pool, one that needs a direct hit from a big rock half-buried in the ground. You pull and you pull, but you can't get the rock out of the ground. So you give it a good kick, but you lose your balance and go skidding down the hill toward the pool. Then out comes a big Hawaiian man who was screwing his wife beside the pool because they thought it was real pretty. He tells you to get out of there, but you start faking it, like you're talking Hawaiian, and then he gets mad and chases you...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11778</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[everyone out there stay there, everyone in the locker room, go to the ring, we're having a team meeting! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39815]]></link><description><![CDATA[everyone out there stay there, everyone in the locker room, go to the ring, we're having a team meeting!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most overlooked advantage of owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against whacking them around a bit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24352]]></link><description><![CDATA[Airplane Law, The: When the plane you are on is late, the plane you want to transfer to is on time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fishermen caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11783]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't be surprised if someday some fishermen caught a big shark and cut it open, and there inside was a whole person. Then they cut the person open, and in him is a little baby shark. And in the baby shark there isn't a person, because it would be too small. But there's a little doll or something, like a Johnny Combat little toy guy---something like that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was pleased with representation on the committee. There were a variety of different opinions and we've successfully incorporated every ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was pleased with representation on the committee. There were a variety of different opinions and we've successfully incorporated every member of the third-year class.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44091]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going to be hope and a hope of wholeness, is the unshaken need for an unshakable God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23435]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Earth's great market where Joy is trafficked in, Buy while thy purse yet swells with golden Youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23435</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60544]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have not a particle of confidence in a man who has no redeeming vices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60544</guid></item></channel></rss>