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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[As shines the moon amid the lesser fires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48550]]></link><description><![CDATA[As shines the moon amid the lesser fires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19841]]></link><description><![CDATA[An two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65607]]></link><description><![CDATA[A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45207]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimist: A man who gets treed by a lion but enjoys the scenery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63990]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25116]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever we treasure for ourselves separates us from others; our possessions are our limitations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury, 1099   Apart from God every activity is merely a passing whiff of insignificance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44883]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's not a sea the passenger e'er pukes in, Turns up more dangerous breakers than the Euxine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52217]]></link><description><![CDATA[...definitions are temporary verbalizations of concepts, and concepts- particularly difficult concepts- are usually revised repeatedly as our knowledge and understanding grows.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just don't really like each other. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28588]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just don't really like each other.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Two other precious drops that ready stood, Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell  Kiss'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50659]]></link><description><![CDATA[Two other precious drops that ready stood, Each, in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell  Kiss'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44116]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all need the waters of the Mercy River. Though they don't run deep, there's usually enough, just enough, for the extravagance of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44116</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14312]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a sin to believe in the evil of others, but it is seldom a mistake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democ'acy gives every man A right to be his own oppressor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11875]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democ'acy gives every man A right to be his own oppressor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life's to short for chess. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life's to short for chess.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25200]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. -James Nathan Miller.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Thanksgiving, we got to eat inside and it was great! Our time was winding down. But we saw places ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33700]]></link><description><![CDATA[At Thanksgiving, we got to eat inside and it was great! Our time was winding down. But we saw places being decorated with Christmas ornaments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33700</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm worried. We are just starting the year and already we seem to see a dead whale every day. Something ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36590]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm worried. We are just starting the year and already we seem to see a dead whale every day. Something is happening there and it needs to be investigated.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A friendship that can end never really began ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10929]]></link><description><![CDATA[A friendship that can end never really began]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tone of campaigning in the last week has gone sour. There's been mudslinging and some uncalled for utterances. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tone of campaigning in the last week has gone sour. There's been mudslinging and some uncalled for utterances.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63960]]></link><description><![CDATA[True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what\'s right .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are the touchstones of our character. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are the touchstones of our character.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will not be sworn but love may transform me to an oyster; but I'll take my oath on it, till he have made an oyster of me he shall never make me such a fool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46145]]></link><description><![CDATA[Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42537]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the experts bought his first piece at the age of four, so they did start very young, most of them. They did it out of genuine interest but today's kids are much more materialistic and there's a danger, I suppose, that they might just be out to make dosh.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep.  Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56161]]></link><description><![CDATA[She walks--the lady of my delight-- A sheperdess of sheep.  Her flocks are thoughts. She keeps them white;   She guards them from the steep.    She feeds them on the fragrant height,     And folds them in for sleep.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64729]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do your work with your whole heart, and you will succeed - there's so little competition.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64729</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think that will perk up her portfolio. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think that will perk up her portfolio.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clear thinking requires courage rather than intelligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65559]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62200]]></link><description><![CDATA[After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62200</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65906]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15811]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every era has a currency that buys souls. In some the currency is pride, in others it is hope, in still others it is a holy cause. There are of course times when hard cash will buy souls, and the remarkable thing is that such times are marked by civility, tolerance, and the smooth working of everyday life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15811</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Against nature and within nature there is no freedom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Against nature and within nature there is no freedom.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and that they can not be repelled. [Lat., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am not ashamed that these reproaches can be cast upon us, and that they can not be repelled. [Lat., Pudet haec opprobria nobis  Et dici potuisse et non potuisse repelli.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Avoid competency traps. Do not stay only where you are good at things, Go out and be challenged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9201]]></link><description><![CDATA[Avoid competency traps. Do not stay only where you are good at things, Go out and be challenged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9201</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49574]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an ill aire where wee gaine nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16657]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Repetitionis the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21368]]></link><description><![CDATA[Repetitionis the mother of skill. (might be someone else who wrote it).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I like the track. I've never been on the NASCAR layout, but most of it is what we used last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42294]]></link><description><![CDATA[I like the track. I've never been on the NASCAR layout, but most of it is what we used last year and I know I liked that. I'm going there because I want to win the race. We need to win in order to keep the championship fight open. I am going to Mexico with that goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40696]]></link><description><![CDATA[It might be donated to charity or it might be held at auction. Or if it's something in bad condition, then it would just be disposed.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43231]]></link><description><![CDATA[All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That is his.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreaming permits each and everyone of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12920]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreaming permits each and everyone of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10137]]></link><description><![CDATA[If your slave commits a fault, do not smash his teeth with your fists; give him some of the (hard) biscuit which famous Rhodes has sent you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I consider how my light is spent  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8154]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I consider how my light is spent  Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,  And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present  My true account, lest He returning chide,  "Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need  Either man's work, or His own gifts. Who best  Bear His mild yoke, they serve Him best. His state Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed,  And post o'er land and ocean without rest;  They also serve who only stand and wait.".]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and we will make the goal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, That all of thee we loved and cherished Has with thy summer roses ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4153]]></link><description><![CDATA[They tell me, Lucy, thou art dead, That all of thee we loved and cherished Has with thy summer roses perished; And left, as its young beauty fled, An ashen memory in its stead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He did the best he could. I actually have to thank him for that, because he did compete hurt. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39831]]></link><description><![CDATA[He did the best he could. I actually have to thank him for that, because he did compete hurt. He was never 100 percent for about three-quarters of the season. He had high expectations for himself and he does everything at 100 percent. He really wanted to be a state wrestling champion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Genius is mainly an affair of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefore a nation whose spirit is characterized by energy may well be imminent in poetry - and we have Shakespeare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42220</guid></item></channel></rss>