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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63970]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you're there before it's over, you're on time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52533]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you're there before it's over, you're on time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35111]]></link><description><![CDATA[Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35111</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45721]]></link><description><![CDATA[For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now they got me out there in the package, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29474]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now they got me out there in the package,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touch a scientist and you touch a child. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Touch a scientist and you touch a child.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Though you see a Church-man ill, yet continue in the Church still.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every crime destroys more Edens than our own. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every crime destroys more Edens than our own.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8524]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099  It is a poor thing to strike our colours to God when the ship is going down under us; a poor thing to come to Him as a last resort, to offer up "our own" when it is no longer worth keeping. If God were proud, He would hardly have us on such terms.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936]]></link><description><![CDATA[One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4985]]></link><description><![CDATA[I bought a doughnut and they gave me a receipt for the doughtnut... I don't need a receipt for the doughnut. I give you money and you give me the doughnut, end of transaction. We don't need to bring ink and paper into this. I can't imagine a scenario that I would have to prove that I bought a doughnut. To some skeptical friend, 'Don't even act like I didn't get that doughnut, I've got the documentation right here... It's in my file at home. ...Under "D".']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239]]></link><description><![CDATA[The object of oratory alone is not truth, but persuasion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All keyes hang not on one girdle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49105]]></link><description><![CDATA[All keyes hang not on one girdle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Correction does much, but encouragement does more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13765]]></link><description><![CDATA[Correction does much, but encouragement does more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24570]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tough lesson to learn in life is that not everyone wishes you well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our hearts deceive us, because we leave them to themselves, are absent from them, taken up in outward rules and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7076]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our hearts deceive us, because we leave them to themselves, are absent from them, taken up in outward rules and forms of living and praying. But this kind of praying, which takes all its thoughts and words only from the state of our hearts, makes it impossible for us to be strangers to ourselves. The strength of every sin, the power of every evil temper, the most secret workings of our hearts, the weakness of any or all our virtues, is with a noonday clearness forced to be seen, as soon as the heart is made our prayer book, and we pray nothing, but according to what we read, and find there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7076</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108]]></link><description><![CDATA[FRIEND: A member of the opposite sex in your acquaintance who has some flaw which makes sleeping with him/her totally unappealing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61538]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mental stains can not be removed by time, nor washed away by any waters. [Lat., Animi labes nec diuturnitate vanescere nec omnibus ullis elui potest.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the question, and the country be left to honest European guidance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59898]]></link><description><![CDATA[The unspeakable Turk should be immediately struck out of the question, and the country be left to honest European guidance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59898</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even after 9/11, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even after 9/11, when their life-saving role became clear, employers have dragged their feet on raising wages to a mostly African-American workforce. Four years after 9/11, the real estate industry has short-changed security officers, undermined the safety of their own buildings and jeopardized the well-being of the entire city.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would have thee gone, And yet no further than a wanton's bird,  Who lets it hop a little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would have thee gone, And yet no further than a wanton's bird,  Who lets it hop a little from her hand,   Like a poor prisoner in his twisted gyves,    And with a silk thread plucks it back again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God is with those who persevere ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58942]]></link><description><![CDATA[God is with those who persevere]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14819]]></link><description><![CDATA[He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65533]]></link><description><![CDATA[One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53035]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art must take reality by surprise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53035</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around your skin, I tie and untie mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around your skin, I tie and untie mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38232]]></link><description><![CDATA[women should be treated just like men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59461]]></link><description><![CDATA[To-morrow the dreams and flowers will fade.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59461</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read to know we are not alone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52990]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read to know we are not alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A jade eates as much as a good horse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49041]]></link><description><![CDATA[A jade eates as much as a good horse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57421]]></link><description><![CDATA[Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57421</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delightful praise!--like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows,  The bashful maiden's cheek appear'd,   For Douglas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48023]]></link><description><![CDATA[Delightful praise!--like summer rose, That brighter in the dew-drop glows,  The bashful maiden's cheek appear'd,   For Douglas spoke, and Malcolm heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11436]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before - it takes something from him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clay lies still but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad; when the journey's over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clay lies still but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad; when the journey's over There'll be time enough for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can do most who has most power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50861]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can do most who has most power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31819]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Ms. Andersen, who couldn't afford to live on campus, remembered meeting other commuters at their cars at the moment members of the Alameda County Police force stormed up the avenue toward them. The National Guard closed in from the other direction, and overhead, a helicopter [hovered over] the assembled group.] I thought, 'How did we come to this?' ... I witnessed what I thought was the hypocrisy of some of those protests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great profit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51750]]></link><description><![CDATA[To disregard money, on suitable occasions, is often a great profit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41530]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm the best. I just haven't played yet [on his golf game].]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65468]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65468</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27323]]></link><description><![CDATA[Girls are like butterflies...pretty to look at, too hard to catch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   A Christian should always remember that the value ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7556]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591   A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.   St. John of the Cross  December 15, 2000   Two thousand years of failure have not taught some reformers that you can't stop sin by declaring it illegal. Two thousand years have not taught them that you can't save a man's soul by force -- you can only lose your own in the attempt. Drunkenness and gambling and secularism and lechery -- various hopeful churchmen have earnestly tried to outlaw them all; and what is the result? A drunken nation, a gambling nation, a secularist nation, an adulterous nation. And, often, a ruined Church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think there'll be lots ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32081]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people's minds. I do think there'll be lots of red accents in the near future. For me personally, I can't see myself flaunting around in a geisha uniform, but it'll make me smile when I see what others do with it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953 Continuing a Lenten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, Martyr, 1980 Commemoration of Paul Couturier, Priest, Ecumenist, 1953 Continuing a Lenten series on prayer:  In our praying, we should speak to God about Himself -- that is praise; or about His gifts--that is thanksgiving; or about other people -- that is intercession; or about our sins--that is confession and penitence; or about our needs--that is petition. Prayer has five fingers, like a hand, and each in turn must be pointed to God, that our prayer may be full and complete.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were the ones who started the process, but we always expected others would join the party. The gaming industry ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38235]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were the ones who started the process, but we always expected others would join the party. The gaming industry is a very mature and competitive environment and we're comfortable where we stand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never imagined I'd win this much money in one year. All this hasn't soaked in yet. I hope to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42173]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never imagined I'd win this much money in one year. All this hasn't soaked in yet. I hope to do as good as this next year. I'm going to go out, try my hardest and keep that same mind frame.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64684]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64684</guid></item></channel></rss>