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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46423]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46423</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26954]]></link><description><![CDATA[God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis enough-- Who listens once will listen twice;  Her heart be sure is not of ice,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62012]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis enough-- Who listens once will listen twice;  Her heart be sure is not of ice,   And one refusal no rebuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62012</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27966]]></link><description><![CDATA[For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let no one till his death be called unhappy. Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62452]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14099]]></link><description><![CDATA["Let there be no inscription upon my tomb. Let no man write my epitaph. No man can write my epitaph. I am here ready to die. I am not allowed to vindicate my character; and when I am prevented from vindicating myself, let no man dare calumniate me. Let my character and motives repose in obscurity and peace, till other times and other men can do them justice."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With terrestrial exotics, we said, 'Oops,' years later, and now we're spending a lot of money fighting them, ... In ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28175]]></link><description><![CDATA[With terrestrial exotics, we said, 'Oops,' years later, and now we're spending a lot of money fighting them, ... In Florida, we're not there yet with invasive fish. Will they have negative impacts? We don't know yet, but it makes sense to find out. Once you're invaded, you can't get them out, but with understanding, we might be able to control them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13877]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wish my deadly foe no worse, Than want of friends, and empty purse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13877</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[A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15864]]></link><description><![CDATA[A compromise is the art of dividing a cake in such a way that everyone believes that he has got the biggest piece.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44989]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49471]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that makes a good warre makes a good peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know you haven't got a singing face. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56466]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know you haven't got a singing face.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26518]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not worry about your problems with mathematics, I assure you mine are far greater.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26518</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24319]]></link><description><![CDATA[Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies but which let wasps and hornets break through.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/535]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/535</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Patriotism is a pernicious, psychopathic form of idiocy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're not using satellite phones. They're using Web sites and posing as teenage girls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38709]]></link><description><![CDATA[They're not using satellite phones. They're using Web sites and posing as teenage girls.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  If you have failings, ask ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Vincent de Paul, Founder of the Congregation of the Mission (Lazarists), 1660  If you have failings, ask God often whether it be His honour and pleasure to take them away from you; for without Him you can do nothing. If he takes them away, thank Him; but if He does not do that, you will bear it no more, however, as the defect of a sin, but as a great trial with which you are to gain merit and practice patience. You should be content, whether or not He accords you His gift.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47029]]></link><description><![CDATA[The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When law can stop the blades of grass from growing as they grow; And when the leaves in Summer-time their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23038]]></link><description><![CDATA[When law can stop the blades of grass from growing as they grow; And when the leaves in Summer-time their colour dare not show;  Then will I change the colour too, I wear in my caubeen;   But till that day, plaze God, I'll stick to wearin' o' the Green.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best thing you can do is get good at being you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best thing you can do is get good at being you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're overwhelmed with the orders and requests but it just seemed to be the thing to do. And it worked ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33008]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're overwhelmed with the orders and requests but it just seemed to be the thing to do. And it worked out and fell in place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45190]]></link><description><![CDATA[Optimism. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63912]]></link><description><![CDATA[By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35251]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was totally bewildered. It wasn't easy for him. He had the hardest time of the bunch.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had it easier than they did. We were recognized by the council. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34350]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had it easier than they did. We were recognized by the council.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34350</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12939]]></link><description><![CDATA[On my own, pretending he's beside me. All alone I walk with him 'til morning. Without him I feel his arms around me, and when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55347]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had rather than forty shillings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here. -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46893]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Will of Man Is Stronger Than Iron Bars.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46893</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58020]]></link><description><![CDATA[The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22819]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the traveler who has lost his way, throws his reins on his horse's neck, and trusts to the instinct of the animal to find his road, so must we do with the divine animal who carries us through this world]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Bear and the FoxA bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1528]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Bear and the FoxA bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was the most tender in his regard for man, for he had such respect for him that he would not even touch his dead body. A Fox hearing these words said with a smile to the Bear, Oh! that you would eat the dead and not the living.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3952]]></link><description><![CDATA[It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20386]]></link><description><![CDATA[Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20386</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8880]]></link><description><![CDATA[A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5921]]></link><description><![CDATA[What feeling is so nice as a child's hand in yours? So small, so soft and warm, like a kitten huddling in the shelter of your clasp]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5921</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Am I a stone, and not a sheep,  That I can stand, 0 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6963]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Christina Rossetti, Poet, 1894 Am I a stone, and not a sheep,  That I can stand, 0 Christ, beneath Thy cross,  To number drop by drop Thy Blood's slow loss,  And yet not weep? Not so those women loved  Who with exceeding grief lamented Thee;  Not so fallen Peter weeping bitterly;  Not so the thief was moved; Not so the Sun and Moon  Which hid their faces in a starless sky:  A horror of great darkness at broad noon I only I. Yet give not o'er  But seek Thy sheep, true Shepherd of the flock;  Greater than Moses, turn and look once more  And smite a rock.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6963</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks aftr unpacking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks aftr unpacking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59583</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[I hope for the best, it's great to be nominated even once in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3578]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope for the best, it's great to be nominated even once in your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You have a wrong sow by the ear. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58497]]></link><description><![CDATA[You have a wrong sow by the ear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61932]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The city is huge. Humongous buildings. I was really surprised. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29480]]></link><description><![CDATA[The city is huge. Humongous buildings. I was really surprised.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd rather be dead than cool.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56761</guid></item></channel></rss>