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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20336]]></link><description><![CDATA[Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property is a central economic institution of any society, and private property is the central institution of a free society.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41075]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A theory must be tempered with reality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53063]]></link><description><![CDATA[A theory must be tempered with reality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18701]]></link><description><![CDATA[If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the duty of righteous men to make war on all undeserved privilege, but one must not forget that this is a war without end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61120]]></link><description><![CDATA[It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few days ago some thought they were going to wipe us off the map. Today the Popular Party is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39079]]></link><description><![CDATA[A few days ago some thought they were going to wipe us off the map. Today the Popular Party is still the great party it has always been.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will the highways on the Internet become more few? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22954]]></link><description><![CDATA[Will the highways on the Internet become more few?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65057]]></link><description><![CDATA[Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44955]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has a right to his opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44955</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16161]]></link><description><![CDATA[The skilful class of flatterers praise the discourse of an ignorant friend and the face of a deformed one. [Lat., Adulandi gens prudentissima laudat  Sermonem indocti, faciem deformis amici.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not posturing. This is a very clear indication that Geneva is becoming very doubtful. The bottom line is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36737]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not posturing. This is a very clear indication that Geneva is becoming very doubtful. The bottom line is that they are showing that they are strong and that they can take on the military.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27793]]></link><description><![CDATA[You do not destroy an idea by killing people; you replace it with a better one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27793</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35795]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the face the heart is made better.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband. -The Taming of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55712]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act v. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person is born with feelings of envy and hate. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to violence and crime, and any sense of loyalty and good faith will be abandoned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was really good. I was really proud of her. She's been hitting the ball very well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29935]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was really good. I was really proud of her. She's been hitting the ball very well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especiallyif one is to survive in the world. It takes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21108]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especiallyif one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, by Extortion, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of John Donne, Priest, Poet, 1631  You rob, and spoile, and eat his people as bread, by Extortion, and bribery, and deceitful waights and measures, and deluding oathes in buying and selling, and then come hither, and so make God your Receiver, and his house a den of Thieves. His house is Sanctum Sanctorum, The holiest of holies, and you make it onely Sanctuarium: It should be a place sanctified by your devotions, and you make it onely a Sanctuary to priviledge Maelfactors, a place that may redeeme you from the ill opinion of men, who must in charity be bound to thinke well of you, because they see you in here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2500]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato,--the only good belonging to him is under ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Happy is the nation without a history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time, parents did not have more than a modest amount of information about what really school is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37535]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time, parents did not have more than a modest amount of information about what really school is about. In an era where choice is possible, you need good information.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like how we did it. We pushed the tempo and got the shots we wanted. It was big for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36372]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like how we did it. We pushed the tempo and got the shots we wanted. It was big for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes it's useful to know how large your zero is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes it's useful to know how large your zero is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50543]]></link><description><![CDATA[And Modesty, who, when she goes, Is gone for ever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've always been a sucker for attention. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21892]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've always been a sucker for attention.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19878]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a hospital they throw you out into the street before you are half cured, but in a nursing home they don't let you out till you are dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1491]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1491</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4412]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are the boat, we are the sea, I sail in you, you sail in me]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4412</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were so close against Auburn and Smiths Station and didn't get the win. Tonight we were finally able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37285]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were so close against Auburn and Smiths Station and didn't get the win. Tonight we were finally able to sniff out a win and get it against a very good Central team. Hopefully that will carry over through (spring break) and get us going in the right direction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had one lady ... we had an emergency run and she waited an hour to donate stuff. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32945]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had one lady ... we had an emergency run and she waited an hour to donate stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already sodden, neither do varying gales for ever disturb the Caspian sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wonder if ever a song was sung but the singer's heart sang sweeter! I wonder if ever a rhyme ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60878]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wonder if ever a song was sung but the singer's heart sang sweeter! I wonder if ever a rhyme was rung but the thought surpassed the meter!  I wonder if ever a sculptor wrought till the cold stone echoed his ardent thought!   Or, if ever a painter with light and shade the dream of his inmost heart portrayed!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39516]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the frontline people do count, you couldn't prove it by examining the reward systems in most organizations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -Elie Weisel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth,  I've a wife that I love and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61376]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have mental joys and mental health, Mental friends and mental wealth,  I've a wife that I love and that loves me;   I've all but riches bodily.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every once in a while someone without a single bad habit gets caught.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6780]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Perpetua, Felicity & their Companions, Martyrs at Carthage, 203 Concluding a short series on the Bible:   The popular craving [for an English Bible] could not be stifled, and the sixteenth century saw the pioneering works of Tyndale and Coverdale; then, two years after Coverdale, the real "authorized version" appeared in 1537, when a mysterious translator called "Thomas Matthew" had his works not only dedicated to but licensed by Henry VIII. In the long run, what put the Bible into the hands of the common people was the influence exerted on public opinion and authority by the reformation of the church.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/766]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And do as adversaries do in law,— Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. -The Taming of the Shrew. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55707]]></link><description><![CDATA[And do as adversaries do in law,— Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in divers tones,  That men may rise on stepping stones   Or their dead selves to higher things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have you noticed how most directors are either bald or grey-haired?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   [Leaders of the anarchist movement in Amsterdam] call their public ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6757]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   [Leaders of the anarchist movement in Amsterdam] call their public demonstrations "Happenings". These paintings, these poems, and these demonstrations... are the expression of men who are struggling with their appalling lostness. Dare we laugh at such things? Dare we feel superior when we view their tortured expressions in their art? Christians should stop laughing and take such men seriously. Then we shall have the right to speak again to our generation. These men are dying while they live, yet where is our compassion for them? There is nothing more ugly than an orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was OK. But Courtney messed it up. Our free throw shooting definitely carried us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40721]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was OK. But Courtney messed it up. Our free throw shooting definitely carried us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23037]]></link><description><![CDATA[My son was killed in a war without honor for the sake of lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12795]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60108]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60108</guid></item></channel></rss>