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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26256]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For zeal's a dreadful termagant, That teaches saints to tear and cant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62622]]></link><description><![CDATA[For zeal's a dreadful termagant, That teaches saints to tear and cant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is much safer to obey, than to govern. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44731]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is much safer to obey, than to govern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9979]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63241]]></link><description><![CDATA[The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest form of television. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imitation is the sincerest form of television.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wouldn't say that one is technically better than the other, but polymer is in an earlier state of development. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40136]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wouldn't say that one is technically better than the other, but polymer is in an earlier state of development.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had a good look. From my angle, it looked like it might fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37569]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had a good look. From my angle, it looked like it might fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the welfare state.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise her but for this her without-door form-- Which on my faith deserves high speech--and straight  The shrug, the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise her but for this her without-door form-- Which on my faith deserves high speech--and straight  The shrug, the hum or ha, these pretty brands   That calumny doth use--O, I am out,    That mercy does, for calumny will sear     Virtue itself--these shrugs, these hums and ha's,      When you have said she's goodly, come between       Ere you can say she's honest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35787]]></link><description><![CDATA[People talk about it being so heavy, but right now it feels weightless around my neck.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447]]></link><description><![CDATA[Not what we give, but what we share,-- For the gift without the giver is bare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13397]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13397</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Just as women are afraid of receiving, men are afraid of giving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one can really honestly be the very best, no one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65496]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one can really honestly be the very best, no one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20133]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no life without humour. It can make the wonderful moments of life truly glorious, and it can make tragic moments bearable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20133</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12084]]></link><description><![CDATA[Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60294]]></link><description><![CDATA[When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.']]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Accursed poison lies hid beneath sweet honey.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The market was really thin throughout the afternoon, with a continuation of profit-taking from yesterday, but then U.S. markets came ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35007]]></link><description><![CDATA[The market was really thin throughout the afternoon, with a continuation of profit-taking from yesterday, but then U.S. markets came back and capital flowed in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339]]></link><description><![CDATA[And the nice thing is that we're talking about modest exercise, not two hours in the gym every day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32339</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves toget it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21304]]></link><description><![CDATA[Unhappiness is in not knowing what we want and killing ourselves toget it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It's the other way around. They never vote for us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edmund of the East Angles, Martyr, 870 Commemoration of Priscilla Lydia Sellon, a Restorer of the Religious Life in the Church of England, 1876  Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves and our people to give casually, we are really teaching contempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can you restrain your laughter, my friends? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50199]]></link><description><![CDATA[Can you restrain your laughter, my friends?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It didn't take long. I saw early on that he was a guy who was going to be able to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33172]]></link><description><![CDATA[It didn't take long. I saw early on that he was a guy who was going to be able to play for us, with his talent and abilities, and he had worked hard to get in shape.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a matter of chemistry, but Sex is a matter of physics. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is a matter of chemistry, but Sex is a matter of physics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we thought it would improve our relationship, we would get married tomorrow, but as it is, nearly 7 years ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30062]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we thought it would improve our relationship, we would get married tomorrow, but as it is, nearly 7 years after we got engaged, we are content to wait.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66123]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nobody outside of a baby carriage or a judge's chamber believes in an unprejudiced point of view.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4208]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4208</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that keeps not crust nor crum Weary of all, shall want some. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13263]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that keeps not crust nor crum Weary of all, shall want some.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-o to a tree ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58820]]></link><description><![CDATA[Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-o to a tree]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58820</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64929]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not at all simple to understand the simple. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56881]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not at all simple to understand the simple.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56881</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106]]></link><description><![CDATA[The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long. [It., Non e il mondam romore alro che un fiato  Di vento, che vien quinci et or vien quindi,   E muta nome, perche muta lato.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20937]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a tragic mix-up when the United States spends $500,000 for every enemy soldier killed, and only $53 annually on the victims of poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57860]]></link><description><![CDATA[Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57860</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11017]]></link><description><![CDATA[May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is very little disease here. We have not been seeing the diseases that many people around the country feared. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32275]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is very little disease here. We have not been seeing the diseases that many people around the country feared.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32275</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  God hath work to do in this world; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566  God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we be righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also serve our generation, as David did before he fell asleep. God hath a work to do; and not to help Him is to oppose Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51801]]></link><description><![CDATA[He like a rock in the sea unshaken stands his ground.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35825]]></link><description><![CDATA[You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41031]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glacier was God's great plough . . . set at work ages ago to grind, furrow, and knead over, as it were, the surface of the earth?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22835]]></link><description><![CDATA[Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what the purpose is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26404]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only way a woman can ever reform her husband is by boring him so completely that he loses all possible interest in life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by ‘about’ you mean ‘in a circle around,’ then yes, we’re doing something about the problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66290]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by ‘about’ you mean ‘in a circle around,’ then yes, we’re doing something about the problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66290</guid></item></channel></rss>