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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56124]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44602]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nonsense is an assertion of man's spiritual freedom in spite of all the oppressions of circumstance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56866]]></link><description><![CDATA[In human affairs, the best stimulus for running ahead is to have something we must run from.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64221]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, at the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55395]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, at the moated grange, resides this dejected Mariana. -Measure for Measure. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41472]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mohammed is all about the team, Mohammed is all about doing whatever it takes to win. He just demonstrates that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mohammed is all about the team, Mohammed is all about doing whatever it takes to win. He just demonstrates that day in and day out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6426]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Naming & Circumcision of Jesus The blessed son of God only In a crib full poor did lie; With our poor flesh and our poor blood Was clothed that everlasting good The Lord Christ Jesu, God's son dear, Was a guest and a stranger here; Us for to bring from misery, That we might live eternally. All this did he for us freely, For to declare his great mercy; All Christendom be merry therefore, And give him thanks for evermore.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6426</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48168]]></link><description><![CDATA[The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's quite a remarkable accomplishment considering that fuel price increases are estimated to cost the company an additional $170 million, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42715]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's quite a remarkable accomplishment considering that fuel price increases are estimated to cost the company an additional $170 million, or 20 cents a share, in 2005.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She was and is (what can there more be said?) On earth the first, in heaven the second maid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5623]]></link><description><![CDATA[She was and is (what can there more be said?) On earth the first, in heaven the second maid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5623</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47436]]></link><description><![CDATA[All of the troubles that some people have in life is that which they married into.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10037]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The declines will be very modest, however, because mills did a good job of cutting output to defend existing prices. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38638]]></link><description><![CDATA[The declines will be very modest, however, because mills did a good job of cutting output to defend existing prices.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59695]]></link><description><![CDATA[A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, A Death in the Family, Shorter Fiction]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23106]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wall must get the weather stain Before they grow the ivy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight,  Her young ones in her nest, against the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62381]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight,  Her young ones in her nest, against the owl.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6132]]></link><description><![CDATA[All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing; and His peace passing all understanding.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise day at night, and life at the end. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49714]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise day at night, and life at the end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49714</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return  To plague the inventor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51381]]></link><description><![CDATA[We but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return  To plague the inventor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51381</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49064]]></link><description><![CDATA[A noble plant suites not with a stubborne ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; butknowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; butknowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in spaceand indefinite in duration.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love builds bridges where there are none.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Originality is the art of concealing your sources ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45280]]></link><description><![CDATA[Originality is the art of concealing your sources]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  It is the fellowship of the Cross to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221  It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46317]]></link><description><![CDATA[When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Will you walk into my parlour?" Said a spider to a fly;  "'Tis the prettiest little parlour   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57373]]></link><description><![CDATA["Will you walk into my parlour?" Said a spider to a fly;  "'Tis the prettiest little parlour   That ever you did spy."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57373</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I invented the cordless extension cord. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23016]]></link><description><![CDATA[I invented the cordless extension cord.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46763]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the pearly shell That murmurs of the far-off, murmuring sea;  A precious jewel carved most curiously;   It is a little picture painted well.    What is a Sonnet? 'Tis the tear that fell     From a great poet's hidden ecstasy;      A two-edged sword, a star, a song--ah me!       Sometimes a heavy tolling funeral bell.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46763</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some truth there was, but dash'd and brew'd with lies, To please the fools, and puzzle all the wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29782]]></link><description><![CDATA[Continuation of this stance and observing (these issues) as a red line is the only way for success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29782</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're in convoys, taking the same risks as the male solders and Marines, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37216]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're in convoys, taking the same risks as the male solders and Marines,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But now being lifted into high society, And having pick'd up several odds and ends  Of free thoughts in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56760]]></link><description><![CDATA[But now being lifted into high society, And having pick'd up several odds and ends  Of free thoughts in his travels for variety,   He deem'd, being in a lone isle, among friends,    That without any danger of a riot, he     Might for long lying make himself amends;      And singing as he sung in his warm youth,       Agree to a short armistice with truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mergers are a nightmare. I'm sure everybody has thought about it but half of the reason that airlines like US ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33901]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mergers are a nightmare. I'm sure everybody has thought about it but half of the reason that airlines like US Airways find themselves in this position is that previous mergers have not gone entirely well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27774]]></link><description><![CDATA[You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gold and silver from the dead turn often into lead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64827]]></link><description><![CDATA[If only we'd stop trying to be happy we'd have a pretty good time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64827</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse--German. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23997]]></link><description><![CDATA[To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse--German.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23997</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat. 'We’re all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26181]]></link><description><![CDATA['But I don’t want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.'Oh, you can’t help that,' said the Cat. 'We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.''How do you know I’m mad?' said Alice.'You must be, said the Cat. 'or you wouldn’t have come here.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Net used to be 50 percent men and 50 percent men pretending to be women, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41418]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Net used to be 50 percent men and 50 percent men pretending to be women,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41418</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5304]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45478]]></link><description><![CDATA[Paradise is to be the ultimate instrument, fulfilling God's desperate intent that we love each other. The music people . . . they give thanks for the gift and reflect the love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45478</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19977]]></link><description><![CDATA[Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Impossible only means that you haven't found the solution yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In essence, it will put the taxpayer in control of future tax increases. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41990]]></link><description><![CDATA[In essence, it will put the taxpayer in control of future tax increases.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't dwell on what went wrong. Instead, focus on what to do next. Spend your energies on moving forward toward finding the answer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34843]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is an achievement of all Iraqis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34843</guid></item></channel></rss>