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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56223]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foyer at Covent Garden looks like Harrods food hall has offered up its dead]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11216]]></link><description><![CDATA[All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"--a strange complaint to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wow! You better keep your resume ready. Make sure it's updated. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wow! You better keep your resume ready. Make sure it's updated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dogs never bite me. Just humans. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19930]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dogs never bite me. Just humans.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42344]]></link><description><![CDATA[To me [the pope] was the incarnation of all that is capitalism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42344</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47718]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth?  Hath the violet less brightness   For growing near ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hath the pearl less whiteness Because of its birth?  Hath the violet less brightness   For growing near earth?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T". ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46553]]></link><description><![CDATA[When photography was invented it was thought to be an equivalent to truth, it was truth with a capital "T".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Teachers teach more by what they are than by what they say.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3847]]></link><description><![CDATA[Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair In that she never studied to be fairer  Than Nature made her; her beauty cost her nothing,   Her virtues were so rare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3847</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1007]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd make the comparison to the public's attitude about the Iraq war. They are now disenchanted, but it took three ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38656]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd make the comparison to the public's attitude about the Iraq war. They are now disenchanted, but it took three years of bad news to get them there.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20940]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19432]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yesterday is a canceled check: Forget it. Tomorrow is a promissory note: Don't count on it. Today is ready cash: Use it!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19335]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32632]]></link><description><![CDATA[He can play defense at that position, and he can score. He is a playground legend in Chicago.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50768]]></link><description><![CDATA[The cause lies hidden; the effect is most notorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3245]]></link><description><![CDATA[Portraits are supposed to "look within," but in my opinion very few people have an interior significantly different from the outside portrait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3245</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26168]]></link><description><![CDATA[On mechanical slavery, on the slavery of the machine, the future of the world depends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26168</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24596]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11006]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look at the dance to impart the sensation of living in an affirmation of life, to energize the spectator into keener awareness of the vigor, the mystery, the humor, the variety, and the wonder of life. This is the function of the American dance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11006</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread. [Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13181]]></link><description><![CDATA[All sorrows are good (or are less) with bread. [Sp., Todos los duelos con pan son buenos (or son menos).]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot. (on his decision not to vote) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57629]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I'd get shot. (on his decision not to vote)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played well in the first half, but lost our composure in the second. We won the game, but we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41686]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played well in the first half, but lost our composure in the second. We won the game, but we still have a lot of work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lanscape shapes culture. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23986]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lanscape shapes culture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63984]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Garner) told me he's been in the big leagues a long time and to listen to him, ... He's taught ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34790]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Garner) told me he's been in the big leagues a long time and to listen to him, ... He's taught me a lot.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54773]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would feel bound to concentrate their money on improving these schools until they met the highest ideals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54773</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2593]]></link><description><![CDATA[Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63737]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind; The foul cubs like their parents are. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind; The foul cubs like their parents are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The blaze razed four or five blocks that housed the male Indonesian inmates, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28261]]></link><description><![CDATA[The blaze razed four or five blocks that housed the male Indonesian inmates,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28261</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66760]]></link><description><![CDATA[All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To accept Christ is to receive Him by faith as your Lord and Savior. But, strictly speaking, the great thing ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/633]]></link><description><![CDATA[To accept Christ is to receive Him by faith as your Lord and Savior. But, strictly speaking, the great thing to see is that God has accepted Christ. He took our sins upon Himself, died to make propitiation (the sacrifice which removed the anger of God) for them. But God raised Him from the dead and has taken Him up to glory. God has accepted Christ in token of His perfect satisfaction in His work. Believing this, the soul enters into peace. I simply rest in God’s thoughts about His son.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42326]]></link><description><![CDATA[You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42326</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth  Controlling majesty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet looks he like a king. Behold, his eye, As bright as is the eagle's lightens forth  Controlling majesty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. -King Richard III. Act iii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lives like a drunken sailor on a mast, Ready with every nod to tumble down. -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7610]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyril & Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Commemoration of Valentine, Martyr at Rome, c.269  I will tell you what to hate: hate hypocrisy, hate cant, hate intolerance, oppression, injustice; hate pharisaism. Hate them as Christ hated them, with a deep, living, godlike hatred.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42809]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is pleasant, when the sea runs high, to view from land the great distress of another. [Lat., Suave mari magno, turbantibus aequora ventis  E terra magnum alterius spectare laborum.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some say "to-morrow" never comes, A saying oft thought right;  But if to-morrow never came,   No end ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59439]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some say "to-morrow" never comes, A saying oft thought right;  But if to-morrow never came,   No end were of "to-night."    The fact is this, time flies so fast,     That e'er we've time to say      "To-morrow's come," presto! behold!       "To-morrow" proves "To-day."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17417]]></link><description><![CDATA[He does not need opium. He has the gift of reverie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little bee returns with evening's gloom, To join her comrades in the braided hive,  Where, housed beside their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3913]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little bee returns with evening's gloom, To join her comrades in the braided hive,  Where, housed beside their might honey-comb,   They dream their polity shall long survive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3349]]></link><description><![CDATA[The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3349</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6416]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who desires to become a spiritual man must not be ever taking note of others, and above all of their sins, lest he fall into wrath and bitterness, and a judging spirit towards his neighbors.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46798]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66159]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let not our proposal be disregarded on the score of our youth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51486]]></link><description><![CDATA[For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds,  So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51486</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/123]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can anyone be against abortion but for the death penalty]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/123</guid></item></channel></rss>