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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Let Them Book the Four Seasons, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41606]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let Them Book the Four Seasons,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54979]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never inquire into another man's secret; bur conceal that which is intrusted to you, though pressed both be wine and anger to reveal it. [Lat., Arcanum neque tu scrutaveris ullius unquam, commissumve teges et vino tortus et ira.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21458]]></link><description><![CDATA[Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The price of greatness is responsibility. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18273]]></link><description><![CDATA[The price of greatness is responsibility.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18273</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19600]]></link><description><![CDATA[I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41753]]></link><description><![CDATA[We recognize the duty of governments to combat crime, but this is a knee-jerk response -- it shows that China's 'Strike Hard' crime campaign mentality is still prevalent, at least in some parts of the country. There is no evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than other punishments.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17399]]></link><description><![CDATA[Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50705]]></link><description><![CDATA[A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide,  Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?   All wickedness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61338]]></link><description><![CDATA[If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide,  Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it?   All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore,    With God or man will gain thee no remission.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only disability in life is a bad attitude. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3439]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only disability in life is a bad attitude.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3439</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58950]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child's hand in yours -- what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58950</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. [Lat., Aequum est  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16505]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others. [Lat., Aequum est  Peccatis veniam poscentem reddere rursus.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;  We bear the burden and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24835]]></link><description><![CDATA[With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone;  We bear the burden and the heat   Of the long day, and wish 'twere done.    Not till the hours of light return     All we have built as we discern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black is a pearl in a woman's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49364]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is fallen cannot helpe him that is downe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49364</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9105]]></link><description><![CDATA[...A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people must git it this soul.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sing, Sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong, Sing of good things, not bad, Sing of happy, not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56441]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sing, Sing a song, Sing out loud, Sing out strong, Sing of good things, not bad, Sing of happy, not sad, Sing, Sing a song, Make it simple, To last your whole life long, Don't worry that it's not good enough, For anyone else to hear, Sing, Sing a song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O Granta! sweet Granta! where studious of ease, I slumbered seven years, and then lost by degrees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58032]]></link><description><![CDATA[O Granta! sweet Granta! where studious of ease, I slumbered seven years, and then lost by degrees.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 Love is that liquor sweet and most divine Which my God feels as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7010]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of George Herbert, Priest, Poet, 1633 Love is that liquor sweet and most divine Which my God feels as blood; but I, as wine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7010</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4656]]></link><description><![CDATA[He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63933]]></link><description><![CDATA[The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is no struggle there is no progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57066]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is no struggle there is no progress.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here; Pierced to the soul with slander's venomed spear,  The which no balm ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56556]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am disgraced, impeached, and baffled here; Pierced to the soul with slander's venomed spear,  The which no balm can cure but his heart-blood   Which breathed this poison.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56556</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He didn't see a lot of shots, but he played neat and tidy and was strong in the third period. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32795]]></link><description><![CDATA[He didn't see a lot of shots, but he played neat and tidy and was strong in the third period.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32795</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Athletics should reduce stress, not increase it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27758]]></link><description><![CDATA[Athletics should reduce stress, not increase it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49139]]></link><description><![CDATA[Astrologie is true, but the Astrologers cannot finde it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49139</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18803]]></link><description><![CDATA[When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8613]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening. But he who can no longer listen to his brother will soon be no longer listening to God, either; he will be doing nothing but prattle in the presence of God, too. This is the beginning of the death of the spiritual life, and in the end there will be nothing left but spiritual chatter and clerical condescension arrayed in pious words ... never really speaking to others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22103]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14776]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who buys what he needs not, sells what he needs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814]]></link><description><![CDATA[Canst thou bind, the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a madhouse, ... if you wait until voting day, then you've got the long lines and you get ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36414]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a madhouse, ... if you wait until voting day, then you've got the long lines and you get tired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65815]]></link><description><![CDATA[I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Playing with those guys helped me with my confidence. It's a different setting, but it's an opportunity to practice with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38294]]></link><description><![CDATA[Playing with those guys helped me with my confidence. It's a different setting, but it's an opportunity to practice with and against some great players.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38294</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27093]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived. It is a pity that this is still the only knowledge of their wives at which some men seem to arrive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27093</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66305]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8875]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Richie is about two weeks from throwing off the mound. Pauly is a little behind him, probably a month away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Richie is about two weeks from throwing off the mound. Pauly is a little behind him, probably a month away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think we were off of our game. They outplayed us, but it just wasn't our night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35627]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think we were off of our game. They outplayed us, but it just wasn't our night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44863]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is now possible for a flight attendant to get a pilot pregnant.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44863</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,  Could penetrate her uncompassionate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51536]]></link><description><![CDATA[But neither bended knees, pure hands held up, Sad sighs, deep groans, nor silver-shedding tears,  Could penetrate her uncompassionate sire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51536</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Online campaigning is becoming more commonplace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36497]]></link><description><![CDATA[Online campaigning is becoming more commonplace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36497</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have always been at daggers-drawing, And one another clapper-clawing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12555]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have always been at daggers-drawing, And one another clapper-clawing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26933]]></link><description><![CDATA[What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! How sweet their memory still!  But they have left an aching void   The world can never fill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The essence of love is getting out of oneself and into others. When we care less about our feelings, our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65825]]></link><description><![CDATA[The essence of love is getting out of oneself and into others. When we care less about our feelings, our rights, our happiness, our security, etc., and begin to concern ourselves with the feelings, rights, happiness, and security of others, we will have found the true power of love.”]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am sorely disappointed by the congresswoman's decision to proceed with her playboy fund-raiser, ... We have done everything we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38163]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am sorely disappointed by the congresswoman's decision to proceed with her playboy fund-raiser, ... We have done everything we can and now we have no alternative but to take action. Loretta Sanchez will not be speaking at the Democratic National Convention next week.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38163</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6569]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Monica, Mother of Augustine of Hippo, 387  Nothing could better illustrate this authentic spirit of Christian monasticism, stemming from Johannite monasticism, than one of its most recent examples, Father de Foucauld. If he went out to the Ahaggar plateau, it was not only to find but also to proclaim God, thereby teaching the gospel in a way which desert people could understand. After his death, the example set by this hermit was followed by others who, far from settling in the desert places of the Sahara, set out to mingle with the peopled deserts of the great cities, there to preach the gospel by their example and their very presence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7153]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other.  ... The Confessions of St. Augustine    April 4, 1998  The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity; but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least of all deserve it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7153</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9645]]></link><description><![CDATA[We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9645</guid></item></channel></rss>