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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21580]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a part of all that I have seen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boils and plagues Plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd  Further than seen, . . . ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boils and plagues Plaster you o'er, that you may be abhorr'd  Further than seen, . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It smelt so faint, and it smelt so sweet, It made me creep and it made me cold.  Like ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23124]]></link><description><![CDATA[It smelt so faint, and it smelt so sweet, It made me creep and it made me cold.  Like the scent that steals from the crumbling sheet   Where a mummy is half unroll'd.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21263]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16812]]></link><description><![CDATA[The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46295]]></link><description><![CDATA[It cannot be denied that for a society which has to create scarcity to save its members from starvation, to whom abundance spells disaster, and to whom unlimited energy means unlimited power for war and destruction, there is an ominous cloud in the distance though at present it be no bigger than a man's hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62918]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60554]]></link><description><![CDATA[His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60554</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19900]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is, I suppose, no occupation in the world which has an influence on the efficiency and happiness of the members of nearly all other occupations so continuous and so permeating as that of the working housewife and mother.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19900</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For, bless the gude mon, gin he had his ain way, He's na let a cat on the Sabbath say ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54593]]></link><description><![CDATA[For, bless the gude mon, gin he had his ain way, He's na let a cat on the Sabbath say "mew;"  Nae birdie maun whistle, nae lambie maun play,   An' Phoebus himsel' could na travel that day,    As he'd find a new Joshua in Andie Agnew.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54593</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every picture tells a story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50982]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every picture tells a story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9624]]></link><description><![CDATA[Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance: they are but beggars who can count their worth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9624</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the young die good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1830]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the young die good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good ideas are common - what's uncommon are people who'll work hard enough to bring them about]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45049]]></link><description><![CDATA[Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45049</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. -Ziggy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46083]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses. -Ziggy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18132]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which no mind can calculate. depend upon books.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25597]]></link><description><![CDATA[No evil is without its compensation. The less money, the less trouble; the less favor, the less envy. Even in those cases which put us out of wits, it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25597</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Letters are useful as a means of expressing the ideal self. . . . In letters we can reform without practice, beg without humiliation, snip and shape embarrassing experiences to the measure of our own desires. . . .]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53679]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23370]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23370</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19267]]></link><description><![CDATA[Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19267</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was a bit of a run over the last few minutes of trading. It was a market response to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42106]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was a bit of a run over the last few minutes of trading. It was a market response to the announcement of the Russian rescheduling. There was a lot of confusion about those details.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42106</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. -King John. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55788]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou wear a lion's hide! doff it for shame, And hang a calf's-skin on those recreant limbs. -King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55788</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43845]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago, had they happened to be within reach of predatory human hands.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43845</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[March: Its stone, Bloodstone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26369]]></link><description><![CDATA[March: Its stone, Bloodstone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who focused onthe shock of shardsas the phoenix birdburst from his shellnearly missed the sightof his wondrous maiden flightas ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who focused onthe shock of shardsas the phoenix birdburst from his shellnearly missed the sightof his wondrous maiden flightas he soared up and awayand out of sight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby,  Knowing that with the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13102]]></link><description><![CDATA[The eagle suffers little birds to sing, And is not careful what they mean thereby,  Knowing that with the shadow of his wings   He can at pleasure stint their melody:    Even so mayest thou the giddy men of Rome.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dearths foreseene come not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dearths foreseene come not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Her years Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;  But there are forms which Time to touch forbears.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62564]]></link><description><![CDATA[Her years Were ripe, they might make six-and-twenty springs;  But there are forms which Time to touch forbears.   And turns aside his scythe to vulgar things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35741]]></link><description><![CDATA[I mean, what Fiat had it was not very big, it was something like forty or fifty million dollars, but it's enough to get revolving credit, to get starting away again, the buying of new machinery.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35741</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60678]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I know that the violence will be in the thought and the action of the assassins, not in my dying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violen trevolution inevitable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violen trevolution inevitable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22918]]></link><description><![CDATA[He calls drunkenness an expression identical with ruin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What you don't do can be a destructive force. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20699]]></link><description><![CDATA[What you don't do can be a destructive force.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65809]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me be clear about this. I don't have a drug problem. I have a police problem.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60410]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity- but actually it's about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is definitely a big catch, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34268]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is definitely a big catch,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I started making pita when I was 14; now I'm 58. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29158]]></link><description><![CDATA[I started making pita when I was 14; now I'm 58.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22865]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22260]]></link><description><![CDATA[For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22260</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26394]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage is a wonderful invention; but, then again, so is a bicycle repair kit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35950]]></link><description><![CDATA[That means no new national production of highly enriched uranium from which a bomb could be made, and that's the issue over Iran.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of all the arts in which the wise excel, nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me  Water with berries in't; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3404]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou cam'st first, Thou strok'st me and made much of me; wouldst give me  Water with berries in't; and teach me how   To name the bigger light, and how the less,    That burn by day and night; and then I loved thee     And showed thee all the qualities o' th' isle,      The fresh springs, brine-pits, barren place and fertile.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58888]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You win only if you aren't afraid to lose. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44304]]></link><description><![CDATA[You win only if you aren't afraid to lose.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44304</guid></item></channel></rss>