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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom comes by disillusionment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12548]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom comes by disillusionment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51023]]></link><description><![CDATA[The brightest of all things, the sun, hath its spots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Working and making a fire doth discretion require. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Working and making a fire doth discretion require.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A satellite has no conscience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9308]]></link><description><![CDATA[A satellite has no conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7085]]></link><description><![CDATA[God did not write a book and send it by messenger to be read at a distance by unaided minds. He spoke a Book and lives in His spoken words, constantly speaking His words and causing the power of them to persist across the years.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37094]]></link><description><![CDATA[An account of some of these acts makes Henry Miller's crudest imaginations seem as chaste as a nun's diary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sure you are right, then go ahead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sure you are right, then go ahead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.... We have not the power to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48313]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is one of the greatest economic errors to put any limitation upon production.... We have not the power to produce more than there is a potential to consume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4190]]></link><description><![CDATA[And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scripture?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31986]]></link><description><![CDATA[I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was tough on the way back this morning. I was so mad; it kept snowing and snowing. We should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39677]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was tough on the way back this morning. I was so mad; it kept snowing and snowing. We should have been here half an hour ago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39677</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20692]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's as much risk in doing nothing as in doing something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20692</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/516]]></link><description><![CDATA[You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24044]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the Romans had been obliged to learn Latin, they would never have found the time to conquer the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62525]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who does the best that circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who does the best that circumstance allows, Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[JBoss - Its free, and it doesn't suck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23142]]></link><description><![CDATA[JBoss - Its free, and it doesn't suck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23142</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;  But consistency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9874]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gineral C. is a dreffle smart man: He's been on all sides that give places or pelf;  But consistency still wuz a part of his plan;   He's been true to one party, and that is, himself;--    So John P.     Robinson, he      Sez he shall vote for Gineral C.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. -Jean Paul Richter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Why does He make our hearts so strangely still,  Why stands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7772]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus Why does He make our hearts so strangely still,  Why stands He forth so stately and so tall? Because He has no self to serve, no will  That does not seek the welfare of the All.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night,  And God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night,  And God within far Heaven refuse to light   The consolation of the dawn for me,--    Between the shadowy burns of Heaven and Hell,     It is enough love leaves my soul to dwell      With memory.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11849]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man sufficiently gifted with humor is in small danger of succumbing to flattering delusions about himself, because he cannot help perceiving what a pompous ass he would become if he did]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. The victorious performance itself is merely the demonstration of their championship character]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be a BEN brother, should have been, would have been, could have been, or might have been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15021]]></link><description><![CDATA[Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air, but only for one second without hope]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From the sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23079]]></link><description><![CDATA[From the sprinkled isles, Lily on lily, that o'erlace the sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. [Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity. [Fr., Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospere et s'aigrit dans l'adversite.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44891]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is many a rich stone laid up in the bowells of the earth, many a fair pearle in the bosome of the sea, that never was seene nor never shall bee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44891</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19871]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is there more kindly than the feeling between host and guest?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28605]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294]]></link><description><![CDATA[How noble the law, in its majestic equality, that both the rich and poor are equally prohibited from peeing in the streets, sleeping under bridges, and stealing bread!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55495]]></link><description><![CDATA[It adds a precious seeing to the eye. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55495</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rumor, than which no evil flies more swiftly. She flourishes as she flies, gains strength by mere motion. Small at first and in fear, she soon rises to heaven, Walks upon land and hides her head in the clouds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me; Let not my worser spirit tempt me again  To die before ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58250]]></link><description><![CDATA[You ever-gentle gods, take my breath from me; Let not my worser spirit tempt me again  To die before you please.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17652]]></link><description><![CDATA[God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,  But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,  But in ourselves, that we are underlings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53698]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We love orthodoxy. It is good. It is the best. It is the clean, clear cut teaching of God's Word, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8381]]></link><description><![CDATA[We love orthodoxy. It is good. It is the best. It is the clean, clear cut teaching of God's Word, the trophies won by truth in its conflict with error, the levees which faith has raised against the desolating floods of honest or reckless misbelief or unbelief; but orthodoxy, clear and hard as crystal, suspicious and militant, may be but the letter well shaped, well named, and well learned, the letter which kills. Nothing is so dead as a dead orthodoxy -- too dead to speculate, too dead to think, to study, or to pray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it's everything in between that makes it all worth living. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65769]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beginnings are usually scary and endings are usually sad, but it's everything in between that makes it all worth living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23907]]></link><description><![CDATA[The author of the Satanic Verses book, which is against Islam, the Prophet and the Koran, and all those involved in its publication who were aware of its content, are sentenced to death. I ask all Moslems to execute them wherever they find them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57160]]></link><description><![CDATA[Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, But God to man doth speak in solitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57160</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3873]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in self-imitation that a master first shows himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For surely in the blind deep-buried roots Of all men's souls to-day  A secret quiver shoots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57798]]></link><description><![CDATA[For surely in the blind deep-buried roots Of all men's souls to-day  A secret quiver shoots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies, Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44788]]></link><description><![CDATA[The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by formula, and feeds inspiration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How could you put methadone in a Dimetapp bottle? They look the same, you dumb s..., ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29451]]></link><description><![CDATA[How could you put methadone in a Dimetapp bottle? They look the same, you dumb s...,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29451</guid></item></channel></rss>