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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Hard cases make bad law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50549]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hard cases make bad law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We aren't going to go out and support an opponent of the current governor and sully the name of teachers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34563]]></link><description><![CDATA[We aren't going to go out and support an opponent of the current governor and sully the name of teachers before a special session.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not found in the market. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49611]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not found in the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48859]]></link><description><![CDATA[O rare protector of the sheep, a wolf!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or thepain of regret or disappointment. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22611]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or thepain of regret or disappointment.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29713]]></link><description><![CDATA[The government must speak for you, and the nation, which are the same. That is the law.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29713</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26330]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. More mankind quotes coming soon. If you have a quote or proverb about mankind, please use the "Submit a Quote" form below to have your mankind quote reviewed by an editor. Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -John Donne.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The company has grown to appreciate including our board just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37449]]></link><description><![CDATA[The company has grown to appreciate including our board just how important the external and internal reputation of Wal-Mart is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37449</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent. [Lat., Quod exemplo fit, id etiam jure fieri putant.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001]]></link><description><![CDATA[In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22441]]></link><description><![CDATA[The higher one climbs on the spiritual ladder, the more they willgrant others their own freedom, and give less interference to another'sstate of consciousness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31015]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31015</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11996]]></link><description><![CDATA[This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11996</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered together, a monument higher than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5295]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered together, a monument higher than all the pyramids would rise]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A crash like this is a glaring reminder of how fragile our system is and how there is no back ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40908]]></link><description><![CDATA[A crash like this is a glaring reminder of how fragile our system is and how there is no back up. We're at near-gridlock at every single rush hour. When we get a major incident like this, we're at a complete standstill.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64602]]></link><description><![CDATA[A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64602</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1653]]></link><description><![CDATA[Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Bashfulness is an enemy to poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64343]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9052]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man may be born, but in order to be born he must first die, and in order to die he must first awake.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66892]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make up your mind to act decidedly and take the consequences. No good is ever done in this world by hesitation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66892</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34517]]></link><description><![CDATA[In view of history, I sincerely wish that the ravages of war will never be repeated. With all the Japanese public, I mourn for those who perished in battles and lost their lives in the horrors of war.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34517</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39017]]></link><description><![CDATA[With his ABC News experience, perhaps Pierre Salinger's next job could be cohosting-with Oliver Stone-a 24-hour Conspiracy Network.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66562]]></link><description><![CDATA[Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66562</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22264]]></link><description><![CDATA[I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational. [Ger., Est giebt Menschen die gar nicht irren, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14159]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational. [Ger., Est giebt Menschen die gar nicht irren, weil sie sich nichts Vernunftiges vorsetzen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63274]]></link><description><![CDATA[The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway.polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9376]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway.polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9376</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Near, so very near to God, Nearer I cannot be;  For in the person of his Son   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6136]]></link><description><![CDATA[Near, so very near to God, Nearer I cannot be;  For in the person of his Son   I am as near as he.    So dear, so very dear to God,     More dear I cannot be;      The love wherewith he loves the Son -       Such is his love to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6136</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Present fears Are less than horrible imaginings.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49353]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that hath no good trade, it is to his losse.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939]]></link><description><![CDATA[He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps; Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps;  She, while the lovely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps; Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps;  She, while the lovely babe unconscious lies,   Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3708]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is the Royal Ballet's dancing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28149]]></link><description><![CDATA[Real knowledge is to know the extent of ones ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Of course it's always a little bit strange playing a guy who you just played with in the Davis Cup ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Of course it's always a little bit strange playing a guy who you just played with in the Davis Cup -- we won together an Olympic medal, and played last year's Davis Cup. But when you are professionals you know in this type of game and this level we can meet all the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55965]]></link><description><![CDATA[This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Pool) is a fun, competitive sport that anyone can compete in. It's easy to learn stuff, and most players are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38527]]></link><description><![CDATA[(Pool) is a fun, competitive sport that anyone can compete in. It's easy to learn stuff, and most players are willing to teach you anything they know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26494]]></link><description><![CDATA[Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26494</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20851]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Good writing is clear thinking made visible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22473]]></link><description><![CDATA[Good writing is clear thinking made visible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55223]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. When I am cold, he heats me with beating; when I am warm, he cools me with beating.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355]]></link><description><![CDATA[I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55330]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! -The Two Gentleman of Verona. Act i. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55330</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With this change in the mood on Argentina, investors are buying Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately as everything here is so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35002]]></link><description><![CDATA[With this change in the mood on Argentina, investors are buying Brazilian stocks almost indiscriminately as everything here is so cheap now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47227]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1248]]></link><description><![CDATA[At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1248</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14759]]></link><description><![CDATA[Treading the soil of the moon, palpitating its pebbles, tasting the panic and splendor of the event, feeling in the pit of one's stomach the separation from terra - these form the most romantic sensation an explorer has ever known]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14759</guid></item></channel></rss>