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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52078]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54280]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in the American tradition to stand up for one's rights--even if the new way to stand up for one's rights is to sit down.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So much promise stretches before us. Americans have always reached for the impossible, looked to the next horizon and asked, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2454]]></link><description><![CDATA[So much promise stretches before us. Americans have always reached for the impossible, looked to the next horizon and asked, "What if?"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Because we do not have generation assets to ?hedge? the impact of the rate hike, Maine consumers take the hit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Because we do not have generation assets to ?hedge? the impact of the rate hike, Maine consumers take the hit worse than any other state in New England.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sam lit up every room she was in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37242]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sam lit up every room she was in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23662]]></link><description><![CDATA[A court is a place where what was confused before becomes more unsettled than ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50254]]></link><description><![CDATA[He will often have to scratch his head, and bite his nails to the quick. [To succeed he will have to puzzle his brains and work hard.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50254</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is definitely a trend that's being done more often. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32458]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is definitely a trend that's being done more often.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treat others as thou wouldn't be treated. What thou likest not for thyself, dispense not to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64431]]></link><description><![CDATA[Show me a good loser, and I'll show you a loser.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes, you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and what you want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62997]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes, you need to step outside, get some air, and remind yourself of who you are and what you want to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We believe that Muslims around the world must follow the example of Prophet Muhammad, who was compassionate and man of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34338]]></link><description><![CDATA[We believe that Muslims around the world must follow the example of Prophet Muhammad, who was compassionate and man of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chess is a foolish expedient for making idle people believe they are doing something very clever, when they are only wasting their time]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47312]]></link><description><![CDATA[While technically I did not commit a crime, an impeachable offense... these are legalisms, as far as the handling of this matter is concerned; it was so botched up, I made so many bad judgments. The worst ones, mistakes of the heart, rather than the head. But let me say, a man in that top job - he's got to have a heart, but his head must always rule his heart.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20820]]></link><description><![CDATA[A set is a Many that allows itself to be thought of as a One.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We figured it's about time we tried to put on a really good show. It's hard to do that when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32468]]></link><description><![CDATA[We figured it's about time we tried to put on a really good show. It's hard to do that when you're going out drinking every night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own so proper as to waste Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd But to fine issues, nor Nature never lends The smallest scruple of her excellence But, like a thrifty goddess, she determines Herself the glory of a creditor, Both thanks and use. -Measure for Measure. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52276]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a close connection between lack of confidence and the passionate state of mind...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52276</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly, He is now far from them;  For he has reached the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behind, he hears Time's iron gates close faintly, He is now far from them;  For he has reached the city of the saintly,   The New Jerusalem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13164]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40820]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1941]]></link><description><![CDATA[Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The global atmosphere is still unclear and the local picture is also generating some tensions. The near-term outlook for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34999]]></link><description><![CDATA[The global atmosphere is still unclear and the local picture is also generating some tensions. The near-term outlook for the market is not good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18652]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18652</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before a big fashion house is going to bank a lot of money on her as a star, this is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before a big fashion house is going to bank a lot of money on her as a star, this is a little test market. To use her in a fashion sense is more of a commitment, usually with a multiyear contract. This is a great rehabilitation because she can do a one-off. That, plus time, can set her up to be ripe to get back in the fashion game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This flower that first appeared as summer's guest Preserves her beauty 'mid autumnal leaves  And to her mournful habits ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25938]]></link><description><![CDATA[This flower that first appeared as summer's guest Preserves her beauty 'mid autumnal leaves  And to her mournful habits fondly cleaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?  No! grown, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18382]]></link><description><![CDATA[What? Was man made a wheel-work to wind up, And be discharged, and straight wound up anew?  No! grown, his growth lasts; taught, he ne'er forgets;   May learn a thousand things, not twice the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A generation which ignores history has no past and no future. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17127]]></link><description><![CDATA[A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11594]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be willing to make decisions. That's the most important quality in a good leader.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40642]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40642</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41177]]></link><description><![CDATA[Buddy Guy finally got a break and made it. And Buddy Guy deserves it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9190]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion constitutionality is no match with compassion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12473]]></link><description><![CDATA[First the doctor told me the good news: I was going to have a disease named after me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities,  A still and quiet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51361]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities,  A still and quiet conscience.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester, 1095   See that you buy the field where the Pearl is; sell all, and make a purchase of salvation. Think it not easy: for it is a steep ascent to eternal glory: many are lying dead by the way, slain with security.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5101]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very essence of leadership is [that] you have a vision. It's got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65436]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52667]]></link><description><![CDATA[Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next day is never so good as the day before. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The next day is never so good as the day before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17100]]></link><description><![CDATA[The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment. [Lat., Non sest aliena res, quae fere ab honestis negligi solet, cura bene ac velociter scribendi.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, andenthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21700]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, andenthusiastically act upon must inevitably come to pass.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8474]]></link><description><![CDATA[In questions of this sort there are two things to be observed. First, that the truth of the Scriptures be inviolably maintained. Secondly, since Scripture doth admit of diverse interpretations, that no one cling to any particular exposition with such pertinacity that, if what he supposed to be the teaching of Scripture should afterward turn out to be clearly false, he should nevertheless still presume to put it forward, lest thereby the sacred Scriptures should be exposed to the derision of unbelievers and the way of salvation should be closed to them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20362]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think necessity is the mother of invention -- invention . . . arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't cry because it's over, Smile because it happened.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4001]]></link><description><![CDATA[We Barbie dolls are not supposed to behave the way I do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40696]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition, then it would just be disposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one pays me to be nice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28187]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one pays me to be nice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28187</guid></item></channel></rss>