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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4500]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417   He said not Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6792]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Juliana of Norwich, Mystic, Teacher, c.1417   He said not Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be distressed; but He said, Thou shalt not be overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who wait could face long lines at licensing outlets on the coast,. Nobody wants to be standing in line ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32513]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who wait could face long lines at licensing outlets on the coast,. Nobody wants to be standing in line to buy a license at low tide.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18001]]></link><description><![CDATA[The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion holds up the botton of the world, while genius paints its roof. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion holds up the botton of the world, while genius paints its roof.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-trust is the first secret of success ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-trust is the first secret of success]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm learning a lot from him. Jason taught me how to really depend on the Bible in tough times. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36868]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm learning a lot from him. Jason taught me how to really depend on the Bible in tough times.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36868</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Place saw My best days, My Happiest, My Wife having blessed me with Your Brother Woodhouse... I Calculated, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38843]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Place saw My best days, My Happiest, My Wife having blessed me with Your Brother Woodhouse... I Calculated, to Live and died in Comfort, Our Business Was good of course We agreed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never think of the future - it comes soon enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17110]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything--a good reason and the real reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53133]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man always has two reasons for doing anything--a good reason and the real reason.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5404]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have stepped off the relationship scene to come to terms with myself. I have spent most of my adult life being 'someone's girlfriend', and now I am happy being single.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem; There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground  but holds some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46689]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem; There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground  but holds some joy of silence or of sound,   Some sprite begotten of a summer dream.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43076]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would see old Hoghton right Must view it by the pale moonlight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is borne of failure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59224]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is borne of failure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1624]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who does not see the angels and devils in the beauty and malice of life will be far removed from knowledge, and his spirit will be empty of affection.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64656]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She got off easy. Nobody's lost one since. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34660]]></link><description><![CDATA[She got off easy. Nobody's lost one since.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dieu et mon droit. [God and my right.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dieu et mon droit. [God and my right.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Overall, it was a good team effort, ... Our serving at times needs to improve. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Overall, it was a good team effort, ... Our serving at times needs to improve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12734]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48549]]></link><description><![CDATA[A precious pair of brothers [i.e., rascals].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing to cling to the patterns you know inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing to cling to the patterns you know inhibits your ability to discover what you don't know]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no condition wherein a man does not depend on many others, wherein he is not more obliged to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8307]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no condition wherein a man does not depend on many others, wherein he is not more obliged to follow their fancies than his own. All the commerce of life is a perpetual constraint to the laws of good breeding, and the necessity of humoring others; and besides, our own passions are the worst tyrants: if you obey them but by halves, a perpetual strife and contest exists within; and if you entirely give up yourself to them, it is horrid to think to what extremities they will lead. May God preserve us from that fatal slavery, which the mad presumption of man calls liberty! Liberty is to be found only in Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51205]]></link><description><![CDATA[To taste many things bespeaks but a poor appetite. [To engage in a multiplicity of studies shows but a weak mind.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51205</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51152]]></link><description><![CDATA[He sins not, who is not wilfully a sinner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12698]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65327]]></link><description><![CDATA[Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm voted player of the week one week and the next I'm sitting on the bench. It becomes very tempting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35175]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm voted player of the week one week and the next I'm sitting on the bench. It becomes very tempting to look ahead and I'm doing that right now. I have to make the best decision for myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35394]]></link><description><![CDATA[We really feel good. We came here planning on winning five games so we have passed the first two steps and played pretty well. We have to be ready to play tomorrow and can battle anyone if we are prepared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Egotism -- usually just a case of mistaken nonentity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In His will is our peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53764]]></link><description><![CDATA[In His will is our peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32123]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's very simple, I just tell my sad story, and people weep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have marked A thousand blushing apparitions  To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames   In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4390]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have marked A thousand blushing apparitions  To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames   In angel whiteness beat away those blushes,    And in her eye there hath appeared a fire     To burn the errors that these princes hold      Against her maiden truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10911]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15070]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falsehood is invariably the child of fear in one form or another]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15070</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no little enemy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13878]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no little enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941   Anyone can lead a "prayer-life" -- that is, the sort of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941   Anyone can lead a "prayer-life" -- that is, the sort of reasonable devotional life to which each is called by God. This only involves making a suitable rule and making up your mind to keep it however boring this may be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive away ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/235]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows that it brings abundance to drive away hunger.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,  And of so easy and so plain a stop  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures,  And of so easy and so plain a stop   That the blunt monster with uncounted heads,    The still-discordant wavering multitude,     Can play upon it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12673]]></link><description><![CDATA[How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25281]]></link><description><![CDATA[A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17146]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17146</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 1978  God frees ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, Teacher, 1910 Commemoration of Martyrs of Uganda, 1886 & 1978  God frees our souls, not from service, not from duty, but into service and into duty; and he who mistakes the purpose of his freedom mistakes the character of his freedom. He who thinks that he is being released from the work, and not set free in order that he may accomplish that work, mistakes the condition into which his soul is invited to enter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7723</guid></item></channel></rss>