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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Privilege is the greatest enemy of right ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48282]]></link><description><![CDATA[Privilege is the greatest enemy of right]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44232]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am dismayed by the party on March 13 held by members of the men's lacrosse team at an off-campus ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38127]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am dismayed by the party on March 13 held by members of the men's lacrosse team at an off-campus residence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Scandal is the press agent of old age ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Scandal is the press agent of old age]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[worked together as effectively as the terrorists do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40149]]></link><description><![CDATA[worked together as effectively as the terrorists do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44369]]></link><description><![CDATA[My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1539]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Thirsty PigeonA pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53570]]></link><description><![CDATA[But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Talking is just masturbation without the mess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Talking is just masturbation without the mess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16111]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734]]></link><description><![CDATA[The reality of our communities reflects that in the loss of population, the loss of jobs. They [legislators] don't know what's happening in Buffalo or Rochester or Binghamton.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50603]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let but my scarlet head appear And I am held in scorn;  Yet juice of subtile virtue lies  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47692]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let but my scarlet head appear And I am held in scorn;  Yet juice of subtile virtue lies   Within my cup of curious dyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  You go to your saint and find ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8132]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  You go to your saint and find God working and manifest in him. He got near to God by some saint of his that went before him, or that stood beside him, in whom he saw the divine presence. That saint again lighted his fire at some flame before him; and so the power of the sainthoods animates and fills the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have proved that one (species) is transforming into the other, so this evidence is important to show that there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30084]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have proved that one (species) is transforming into the other, so this evidence is important to show that there is human evolution... that human evolution is a fact and not a hypothesis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28683]]></link><description><![CDATA[Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won't come in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28683</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Henry Martyn, Translator of the Scriptures, Missionary in India & Persia, 1812  Continuing a series on the church:  The apostle asked the converts of Apollos one question: "Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" and got a plain answer. His modern successors are more inclined to ask either "Did you believe exactly what we teach?" or "Were the hands that were laid on you our hands?", and -- if the answer is satisfactory -- to assure the converts that they have received the Holy Spirit even if they don't know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62847]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between life and the movies is that a script has to make sense, and life doesn't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61437]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free. If our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No marvel, an it like your majesty, My Lord Protector's hawks do tower so well;  They know their master ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18894]]></link><description><![CDATA[No marvel, an it like your majesty, My Lord Protector's hawks do tower so well;  They know their master loves to be aloft   And bears his thoughts above his falcon's pitch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can the fish love the fisherman? [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can the fish love the fisherman? [Lat., Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46982]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the tests of leadership is the ability to recognize a problem before it becomes an emergency.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Qualities absolutely necessary for a historian: (1) Imagination. (2) Prejudice. (3) The power of writing your own biography at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60977]]></link><description><![CDATA[When he first ran for office, he appealed to the voters: "I never stole anything in my life. All I ask is a chance.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a lot of confidence. I have a lot of faith in the fact that Tommy and I will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40962]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a lot of confidence. I have a lot of faith in the fact that Tommy and I will be found not guilty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is praised by some, blamed by others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50245]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is praised by some, blamed by others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66289]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find the fact that billionaires are quoted as if the fact that they are billionaires gives them some kind of wisdom is outrageous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54726]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the crow had been satisfied to eat his prey in silence, he would have had more meat and less quarreling and envy. [Lat., Sed tacitus pasci si posset corvus, haberet  Plus dapis, et rixae multo minus invidiaeque.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall for lithography, we still need to shrink for these guys to get two microprocessors on a chip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15693]]></link><description><![CDATA[The money-changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15693</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Price-gouging consumers for essential goods and services by uncaring businesses during this major storm will result in quick action by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35981]]></link><description><![CDATA[Price-gouging consumers for essential goods and services by uncaring businesses during this major storm will result in quick action by my office because people could be in dire need and suffering,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42234]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17025]]></link><description><![CDATA[A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/555]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2418]]></link><description><![CDATA["If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64271]]></link><description><![CDATA[Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Superbly marketed, Pearl Harbor is the very model of a modern blockbuster. Will it matter that almost nothing about its ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Superbly marketed, Pearl Harbor is the very model of a modern blockbuster. Will it matter that almost nothing about its human drama rings true?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65603]]></link><description><![CDATA[You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65603</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20258]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the basis of worship. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61962]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the basis of worship.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18746]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38937]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'll try to recoup whatever it costs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Harmony is pure love, for love is a concerto.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59595]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every perfect traveller always creates the country where he travels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66785]]></link><description><![CDATA[Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17275]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I gave, I have; what I spent, I had; what I kept, I lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They succeed, because they think they can. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51832]]></link><description><![CDATA[They succeed, because they think they can.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51832</guid></item></channel></rss>