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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is the brother of shame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is the brother of shame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46373]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But we that have but span-long life, The thicker must lay on the pleasure;  And since time will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44509]]></link><description><![CDATA[But we that have but span-long life, The thicker must lay on the pleasure;  And since time will not stay,   We'll add night to the day,    Thus, thus we'll fill the measure.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44509</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12376]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand  The Thing became a trumpet; whence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4344]]></link><description><![CDATA[And when a damp Fell round the path of Milton, in his hand  The Thing became a trumpet; whence he blew   Soul-animating strains--alas! too few.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13320]]></link><description><![CDATA[True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16727]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must sometimes get away from the Authorized Version, if for no other reason, simply because it is so beautiful and so solemn. Beauty exalts, but beauty also lulls. Early associations endear, but they also confuse. Through that beautiful solemnity, the transporting or horrifying realities of which the Book tells may come to us blunted and disarmed, and we may only sigh with tranquil veneration when we ought to be burning with shame, or struck dumb with terror, or carried out of ourselves by ravishing hopes and adorations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let but the commons hear this testament, Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,  And they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let but the commons hear this testament, Which (pardon me) I do not mean to read,  And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds   And dip their napkins in his sacred blood;    Yea, beg a hair of him for memory,     And dying, mention it within their wills,      Bequeathing it as a rich legacy       Upon their issue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?  The air is cut away before, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56167]]></link><description><![CDATA[For why drives on that ship so fast, Without or wave or wind?  The air is cut away before,   And closes from behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm going to have a big bruise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36315]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm going to have a big bruise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Custom is the great guide to human life ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10886]]></link><description><![CDATA[Custom is the great guide to human life]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force is not a remedy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16442]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force is not a remedy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58546]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54654]]></link><description><![CDATA[That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49678]]></link><description><![CDATA[Old men, when they scorne young, make much of death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Alike all ages: dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze,  And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore,   Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54260]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't care if the Bible says it. It's wrong. It's wrong to divide people on the basis of sexual preference, of sexual orientation. It's wrong to say that women are unequal, if the Bible says so. It's wrong to say that Blacks are unequal even if the Hammite myth supports it or suggests it. The Bible is often wrong. It is often right. Of course, it is often brilliantly right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Use the losses and failures of the past as a reason for action, not inaction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48139]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Bush left for Canada today to attend a trade summit. Reportedly, the trade summit got off to an awkward start when the president pulled out his baseball cards.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We got kind of sloppy in the fourth quarter. They shut off Matt Shakespeare but we were able to get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37358]]></link><description><![CDATA[We got kind of sloppy in the fourth quarter. They shut off Matt Shakespeare but we were able to get plenty of looks at the cage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48842]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23488]]></link><description><![CDATA[A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23488</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66246]]></link><description><![CDATA[To know one's self is wisdom, but not to know one's neighbors is genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25536]]></link><description><![CDATA[Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maxims are like lawyers who must need to see but one side of the case.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31724]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is primarily because it is illegal for a lot of the student population. A lot of students are also practicing high-risk drinking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11533]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. [Fr., Car c'est double plaisir de tromper le trompeur.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That just shows how rodeo is going for a guy to win that much in one year. That's phenomenal for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42168]]></link><description><![CDATA[That just shows how rodeo is going for a guy to win that much in one year. That's phenomenal for rodeo.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that once hitts, is ever bending. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49382]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that once hitts, is ever bending.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59023]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful how we confound them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3189]]></link><description><![CDATA[Piety in art--poetry in art--Puseyism in art--let us be careful how we confound them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3189</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're off and running. People are holding our feet to the fire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34352]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're off and running. People are holding our feet to the fire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And especially, especially, don't f*ck with vegans. Do not look vegans in the eye. If you get into an argument ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54702]]></link><description><![CDATA[And especially, especially, don't f*ck with vegans. Do not look vegans in the eye. If you get into an argument with a vegan, say "I'm wrong", and run away as fast as you can. Do not f*ck with vegans because they will f*ck you up... BECAUSE THEY'RE HUNGRY.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48248]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who first shortened the labor of Copyists by device of Movable Types was disbanding hired armies and cashiering most Kings and Senates, and creating a whole new Democratic world: he had invented the Art of printing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13708]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13708</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[The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29530]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. Andthe harms we do, we do to ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Roche is providing innovation. I could not care less about the hundreds of anti high-blood pressure products. This drug looks ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Roche is providing innovation. I could not care less about the hundreds of anti high-blood pressure products. This drug looks like it will literally give women a new lease of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34272]]></link><description><![CDATA[He appeared to have died on the night of June 11 after he was hog-tied and separated from the rest of the hostages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ultimately it all comes down to money, ultimately it all comes down to lab capacity. One thing we are clear ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31695]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ultimately it all comes down to money, ultimately it all comes down to lab capacity. One thing we are clear about is if that money were to pass (in Congress), thousands of lives will be saved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a good opportunity to see how I can compete against NBA players. If I'm able to do so, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29626]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a good opportunity to see how I can compete against NBA players. If I'm able to do so, that will assist my decision, but otherwise, I will be coming back to a great situation. We have a great team and I would love to be a part of it. I had a lot of fun this year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making copies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Making copies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will have no other master but our caprice -- that is to say, our evil self will have no ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6597]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will have no other master but our caprice -- that is to say, our evil self will have no God, and the foundation of our nature is seditious, impious, refractory, opposed to and contemptuous of all that tries to rule it, and therefore contrary to order, ungovernable and negative. It is this foundation which Christianity calls the natural man. But the savage which is within us, and constitutes the primitive stuff of us, must be disciplined and civilized in order to produce a man. And the man must be patiently cultivated to produce a wise man; and the wise man must be tested and tried if he is to become righteous, and the righteous man must have substituted the will of God for his individual will, if he is to become a saint.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A traveler to distant places should make no enemies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59578]]></link><description><![CDATA[A traveler to distant places should make no enemies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59578</guid></item></channel></rss>