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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42934]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes at the best moments a single word or a look is enough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15795]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4369]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays   And into words his longing gushes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you noticed that life, real honest to goodness life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[champions know there are no shortcuts to the top. They climb the mountain one step at a time. they have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21636]]></link><description><![CDATA[champions know there are no shortcuts to the top. They climb the mountain one step at a time. they have no use for helicopters!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is not a virtue or value among other personal values like love or fidelity. It is the foundation that underlies and gives reality to all other virtues and personal values. Without courage our love pales into mere dependency. Without courage our fidelity becomes conformism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/114]]></link><description><![CDATA[The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/114</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still have to practice and play, and no matter where we do, the field is still going to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30355]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still have to practice and play, and no matter where we do, the field is still going to be 100 yards, and they're doing a good job. The kids are doing everything we ask of them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Simplicity is the nature of great souls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66149]]></link><description><![CDATA[One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To grow a philosopher's beard. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48553]]></link><description><![CDATA[To grow a philosopher's beard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24362]]></link><description><![CDATA[In cross-examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63892]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first attack.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuing a short series of verse on Christ:  Hard it is, very hard, To travel up the slow and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuing a short series of verse on Christ:  Hard it is, very hard, To travel up the slow and stony road To Calvary, to redeem mankind; far better To make but one resplendent miracle, Lean through the cloud, lift the right hand of power And with a sudden lightning smite the world perfect. Yet this was not God's way, Who had the power,  But set it by, choosing the cross, the thorn,  The sorrowful wounds. Something there is, perhaps, That power destroys in passing, something supreme, To whose great value in the eyes of God That cross, that thorn, and those five wounds bear witness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10647]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10647</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47461]]></link><description><![CDATA[Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tommy looked fine. He had only two walks and located the ball well. He gave up three runs in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tommy looked fine. He had only two walks and located the ball well. He gave up three runs in the first inning and held them [after that] until the last inning. He mixes his pitches up well and is comfortable throwing any pitch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I called out to her and said to bring Jasmine back and I would hold onto her, ... She said ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41438]]></link><description><![CDATA[I called out to her and said to bring Jasmine back and I would hold onto her, ... She said her daughter had just got off the bus, she was going to go get her and come right back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1045]]></link><description><![CDATA[We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35921]]></link><description><![CDATA[The theme from here until after Labor Day is going to be more postponements.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,-- You'll never see him more;  He used to wear a long brown ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old Abram Brown is dead and gone,-- You'll never see him more;  He used to wear a long brown coat   That buttoned down before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to have confidence, to have confidence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14653]]></link><description><![CDATA[To live you have to experiment, to have the ability to experiment you have to have confidence, to have confidence you have to be loved, to be loved you have to love]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5268]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody really cares if you're miserable, so you might as well be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think it's a deal killer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42672]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think it's a deal killer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42672</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politeness is the art of choosing among one's real thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what is I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52262]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be fully alive is to feel that everything is possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3411]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3411</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1036]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13653]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough to be busy. The question is: What are we busy about?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356]]></link><description><![CDATA[New customs, Though they be never so ridiculous,  (Nay, let 'em be unmanly), yet are followed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know that they like to run. They play a similar game to us, defense first, so it should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42281]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know that they like to run. They play a similar game to us, defense first, so it should be an interesting game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instead of loving your enemies - treat your friends a little better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18975]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2601]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. -Thomas a Kempis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38542]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38542</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45942]]></link><description><![CDATA[But then peace, peace! I am so mistrustful of it: so much afraid that it means a sort of weakness and giving in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The quality of moral behavior varies in inverse ratio to the number of human beings involved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10206]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canannites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10206</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not donut. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61620]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not donut.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45395]]></link><description><![CDATA[The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2648]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a calfwithin Californiamany calves drowned in Chino mud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19372]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cleere conscience is a sure carde.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41280]]></link><description><![CDATA[The King turned a deaf ear to friendly countries' calls for rapprochement with political parties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12017]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discomfort guides my tongue And bids me speak of nothing but despair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59657]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou art a traitor. Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear  I will not dine until I see the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59657</guid></item></channel></rss>