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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47122]]></link><description><![CDATA[You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When taken To be well shaken. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26687]]></link><description><![CDATA[When taken To be well shaken.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is by nature a political animal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46936]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is by nature a political animal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22855]]></link><description><![CDATA[A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22855</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by committee. If it was God's committeefor an animal adapted to communities without water..it was a divine consensus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34409]]></link><description><![CDATA[At first he was very discouraging, to my astonishment then, but now I fancy he did it as a forlorn hope to check me; he said the whole idea was so disgusting that he could not entertain it for a moment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is like seaweed; even if you have pushed it away, you will not prevent it from coming back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;  But such plain roofs as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8685]]></link><description><![CDATA[No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n;  But such plain roofs as Piety could raise,   And only vocal with the Maker's praise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8685</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike -- I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62687]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yippies, Hippies, Yahoos, Black Panthers, lions and tigers alike -- I would swap the whole damn zoo for the kind of young Americans I saw in Vietnam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50005]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273]]></link><description><![CDATA[Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing,  Teaching barren moors to smile,   Painting ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57787]]></link><description><![CDATA[Daughter of heaven and earth, coy Spring, With sudden passion languishing,  Teaching barren moors to smile,   Painting pictures mile on mile,    Holds a cup of cowslip wreaths     Whence a smokeless incense breathes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see that it has huge benefits for us understanding how and why diversity changes over time and how that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40523]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see that it has huge benefits for us understanding how and why diversity changes over time and how that might be applied to evaluate potential effects of future environment and climate changes,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40523</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a pleasant time here, but I don't think we can survive here much longer like this, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29902]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a pleasant time here, but I don't think we can survive here much longer like this,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13297]]></link><description><![CDATA[How sweet the answer Echo makes To music at night,  When, roused by lute or horn, she wakes,   And far away, o'er lawns and lakes,    Goes answering light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He stands erect; his slouch becomes a walk; He steps right onward, martial in his air,  His form and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57147]]></link><description><![CDATA[He stands erect; his slouch becomes a walk; He steps right onward, martial in his air,  His form and movement.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57147</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy are those who dare courageously to defend what they love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21793]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all ills that one endures, hope is a cheap and universal cure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None but the brave deserve the fair. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48948]]></link><description><![CDATA[None but the brave deserve the fair.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48948</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taxes are not levied for the benefit of the taxed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are going to continue to drink. They're going to continue to smoke. They're going to continue to gamble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32409]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are going to continue to drink. They're going to continue to smoke. They're going to continue to gamble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32409</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. [Lat., Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45237]]></link><description><![CDATA[It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. [Lat., Intererit multum Davusne loquatur an heros.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle   We have all been inoculated with Christianity, and are never likely to take ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7878]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of James the Apostle   We have all been inoculated with Christianity, and are never likely to take it seriously now! You put some of the virus of some dreadful illness into a man's arm, and there is a little itchiness, some scratchiness, a slight discomfort--disagreeable, no doubt, but not the fever of the real disease, the turning and the tossing, and the ebbing strength. And we have all been inoculated with Christianity, more or less. We are on Christ's side, we wish him well, we hope that He will win, and we are even prepared to do something for Him, provided, of course, that He is reasonable, and does not make too much of an upset among our cozy comforts and our customary ways. But there is not the passion of zeal, and the burning enthusiasm, and the eagerness of self-sacrifice, of the real faith that changes character and wins the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3824]]></link><description><![CDATA[By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52853]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65190]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't sing because I'm happy; I'm happy because I sing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4545]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Wise (Minstrel or Sage,) out of their books are clay;  But in their books, as from their graves they rise.   Angels--that, side by side, upon our way,    Walk with and warn us!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53744]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though God's attributes are equal, yet his mercy is more attractive and pleasing in our eyes than his justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant, "This same Desset is not so pleasant:  Give me again my ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13252]]></link><description><![CDATA["An't it please your Honour," quoth the Peasant, "This same Desset is not so pleasant:  Give me again my hollow Tree,   A Crust of Bread, and Liberty."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22016]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never hire anyone who is going to report directly to you who you do not intuitively just plain like from first impressions. If your instincts tell you you're going to have a hard time working with someone, pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50538]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may safely leave that matter to take care of itself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Qui dedit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let him that hath done the good office conceal it; let him that received it disclose it. [Lat., Qui dedit beneficium taceat; narret; qui accepit.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50068]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all sinnes grow old, coveteousnesse is young.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is hard for the young filmmaker not to envision immediate popularity, that being affected by the fact that his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15673]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is hard for the young filmmaker not to envision immediate popularity, that being affected by the fact that his work will unlikely be perceived entirely as he intended.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46241]]></link><description><![CDATA[Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26521]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65043]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's so easy, to think about love, to talk about love, to wish for love. But it's not always easy, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62972]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's so easy, to think about love, to talk about love, to wish for love. But it's not always easy, to recognize love. Even when we hold it....in our hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The events prove that Israel was neither a neighbor nor a peace partner. It is no more than an enemy, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28613]]></link><description><![CDATA[The events prove that Israel was neither a neighbor nor a peace partner. It is no more than an enemy,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Women face enough pressures and challenges in a workplace that is still depressingly biased against a female's success. Add to that, the fact that the very thing many women I know find most rewarding (having kids) is now frowned upon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Evolution ever climbing after some ideal good And Reversion ever dragging Evolution in the mud.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is to see the faults of others, but difficult to see once own faults. One shows the faults of others like chaff winnowed in the wind, but one conceals one's own faults as a cunning gambler conceals his dice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38725]]></link><description><![CDATA[an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed. [Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Presents at once? That's good. He is sure to succeed. [Ger., Gleich schenken? das ist brav. Da wird er reussieren.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17436</guid></item></channel></rss>