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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46626]]></link><description><![CDATA[We pity in others only those evils which we have ourselves experienced.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Passion is the genesis of genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64631]]></link><description><![CDATA[Passion is the genesis of genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that's secure is not safe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54641]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that's secure is not safe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54641</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19498]]></link><description><![CDATA[90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27313]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend, and my best friend's my wife. Who could ask for anything more?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character must be kept bright as well as clean. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1165]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character must be kept bright as well as clean.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63482]]></link><description><![CDATA[That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is no reliance to be placed on appearance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50517]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is no reliance to be placed on appearance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63192]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and almost never leave. Our lives are measured by those.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56513]]></link><description><![CDATA[How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61978]]></link><description><![CDATA[We were young, we were merry, we were very, very wise, And the door stood open at our feast,  When there passed us a woman with the West in her eyes,   And a man with his back to the East.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  We must try to be at one and the same time ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6472]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  We must try to be at one and the same time for the Church and against the Church. They alone can serve her faithfully whose consciences are continually exercised as to whether they ought not, for Christ's sake, to leave her.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6472</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58660]]></link><description><![CDATA[Taste is the enemy of creativeness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58660</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51983]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14439]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He just shook his head, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29117]]></link><description><![CDATA[He just shook his head,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18277]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18277</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40228]]></link><description><![CDATA[An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303]]></link><description><![CDATA[He made a mistake by going into the ring, but it was his nephew, and this hooligan (Judah) -- that's what he is, a hooligan -- committed these very flagrant fouls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30303</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you wantthe other person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21689]]></link><description><![CDATA[In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you wantthe other person.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58969]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is a supported cause against it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58969</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I thought they'd give it to Sharon. I was shocked. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34151]]></link><description><![CDATA[I thought they'd give it to Sharon. I was shocked.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["The hand that rocks the cradle"--but there is no such hand. It is bad to rock the baby, they would ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3632]]></link><description><![CDATA["The hand that rocks the cradle"--but there is no such hand. It is bad to rock the baby, they would have us understand;  So the cradle's but a relic of the former foolish days,   When mothers reared their children in unscientific ways;    When they jounced them and they bounced them, those poor dwarfs of long ago--     The Washingtons and Jeffersons, you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51667]]></link><description><![CDATA[One who sets off to the best advantage his every act and speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8971]]></link><description><![CDATA[I use the word totally too much. I need to change it up and use a word that is different but has the same meaning. Mitch do you like submarine sandwhiches? All-encompassingly...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In many regions, soldiers are too emotionally involved, partly because of inadequate logistics support, and of rivalry or (ineffective coordination) ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40298]]></link><description><![CDATA[In many regions, soldiers are too emotionally involved, partly because of inadequate logistics support, and of rivalry or (ineffective coordination) within the army.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64796]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone hands you a flyer, it's like they're saying here you throw this away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11341]]></link><description><![CDATA[I look at life as a gift of God. Now that he wants it back I have no right to complain.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12753]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter is coming back in a very big way, and you need to be prepared for an extended period of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Winter is coming back in a very big way, and you need to be prepared for an extended period of very cold weather.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sincere friendship towards God, in all who believe him to be properly an intelligent, willing being, does most apparently, directly, and strongly incline to prayer; and it no less disposes the heart strongly to desire to have our infinitely glorious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15862]]></link><description><![CDATA[What the customer demands is last year's model, cheaper. To find out what the customer needs you have to understand what the customer is doing as well as he understands it. Then you build what he needs and you educate him to the fact that he needs it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion against the existing law is the saddling of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43211]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one point on which all women are in furious secret rebellion against the existing law is the saddling of the right to a child with the obligation to become the servant of a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16061]]></link><description><![CDATA[The little fishes of the sea, They sent an answer back to me.  The little fishes' answer was   "We cannot do it, Sir, because--"]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/916]]></link><description><![CDATA[A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13918]]></link><description><![CDATA[England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left  Where English minds and manners may be found,   Shall be constrained to love thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50005]]></link><description><![CDATA[To go upon the Franciscans Hackney (i.e. on foot).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a miracle. Everyone was telling us they were probably dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40943]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a miracle. Everyone was telling us they were probably dead.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40943</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58082]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link, ... ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Germany in general has stayed united with the other two partners, but is considered sort of the weak link, ... My guess is that (Merkel's) Christian Democrats might be marginally more in line with the U.S. position.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65726]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the people have no bread, let them eat cake. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41609]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't see this as an indictment of Germany at all. I think the reason you're seeing these cases is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32991]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't see this as an indictment of Germany at all. I think the reason you're seeing these cases is that Germany is so determined to get these people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25331]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beneath the rule of men entirely great, / The pen is mightier than the sword.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes two to tango. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51000]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes two to tango.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object!  For this the foolish overcareful fathers   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17784]]></link><description><![CDATA[How quickly nature falls into revolt When gold becomes her object!  For this the foolish overcareful fathers   Have broke their sleep with thoughts, their brains with care.    Their bones with industry.     For this they have engrossed and piled up      The cankered heaps of strange-achieved gold;       For this they have been thoughtful to invest        Their sons with arts and martial exercises.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Compassion is not a popular virtue. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39490]]></link><description><![CDATA[Compassion is not a popular virtue.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39490</guid></item></channel></rss>