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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Positive anything is better than negative nothing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Positive anything is better than negative nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Amid my list of blessings infinite, Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled." ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4324]]></link><description><![CDATA[Amid my list of blessings infinite, Stands this the foremost, "That my heart has bled."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4324</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended. We're just working through the details. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41848]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doug Melvin's contract is absolutely being extended. We're just working through the details.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41848</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11371]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12751]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt indulged soon becomes doubt realized.   - Frances R. Havergal,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a dangerous business, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, theres no knowing where you might be swept off to.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Silence is argument carried out by other means.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456]]></link><description><![CDATA[Death cancels everything but truth]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40378]]></link><description><![CDATA[Birthdays don't really matter much anymore ... for me, I sort of have a new birthday and that's October 2nd, the day I was diagnosed, ... the day we all sort of look to and mark these milestones by one year, two year, five year, 10 year. Hopefully, I have a 50 year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51052]]></link><description><![CDATA[A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30232]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8123]]></link><description><![CDATA[We read not that Christ ever exercised force but once; and that was to drive profane ones out of his Temple, not to force them in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8123</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My first instinct was not to do it. I didn't want to trample on ( Whipped Cream ). ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36481]]></link><description><![CDATA[My first instinct was not to do it. I didn't want to trample on ( Whipped Cream ).]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only test of leadership is that somebody follows. Lance Secretan, Industry Week, 10/12/98 -Robert K. Greenleaf.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57410]]></link><description><![CDATA[The foundations of a person are not in matter but in spirit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57410</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He gave it serious consideration; he had a number of conversations with his family. He is not going to run ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30037]]></link><description><![CDATA[He gave it serious consideration; he had a number of conversations with his family. He is not going to run for governor next year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is in vain, 0 men, that you seek within yourselves the cure for your miseries. All your insight only ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7816]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is in vain, 0 men, that you seek within yourselves the cure for your miseries. All your insight only leads you to the knowledge that it is not in yourselves that you will discover the true and the good. The philosophers promised them to you, and have not been able to keep their promises... Your principal maladies are pride, which cuts you off from God, and sensuality, which binds you to the earth; and they have done nothing but foster at least one of these maladies. If they have given you God for your object, it has only been to pander to your pride; they have made you think that you were like Him and resembled Him by your nature. And those who have grasped the vanity of such a pretension have cast you down into the other abyss by making you believe that your nature was like that of the beasts of the field, and have led you to seek your good in lust, which is the lot of animals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21702]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luck sometimes visits a fool, but it never sits down with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57038]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57038</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23909]]></link><description><![CDATA[Keep working hard and you can get anything that you want. If God gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy. It's hard!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   Our body has this defect that, the more it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7890]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Teresa of Avila, Mystic, Teacher, 1582   Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it finds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19295]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's easy to make good decisions when there are no bad options.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe to the vanquished! [Lat., Vae victis.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Woe to the vanquished! [Lat., Vae victis.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret. Everything might have turned out so differently.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17280]]></link><description><![CDATA[All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay;  He has burst His bands asunder; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, ye saints, look here and wonder, See the place where Jesus lay;  He has burst His bands asunder;   He has borne our sins away;    Joyful tidings,     Yes, the Lord has risen to-day.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16962]]></link><description><![CDATA[A true friend sticks with you through thick and thin no matter what.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16962</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like a lovely tree She grew to womanhood, and between whiles  Rejected several suitors, just to learn   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10166]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like a lovely tree She grew to womanhood, and between whiles  Rejected several suitors, just to learn   How to accept a better in his turn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10166</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're assuming that these folks will be coming here and staying here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28718]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're assuming that these folks will be coming here and staying here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26065]]></link><description><![CDATA[An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9614]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whoe'er imagines prudence all his own, Or deems that he hath powers to speak and judge  Such as none other hath, when they are known,   They are found shallow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20949]]></link><description><![CDATA[Innocence plays in the backyard of ignorance]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20949</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21637]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52250]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man without force, is without the essential dignity of humanity. Human nature is so constituted, that it cannot honor a helpless man, although it can pity him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52250</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16876]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is the odds so long as the fire of souls is kindled at the taper of conwiviality, and the wing of friendship never moults a feather?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They've got some big kids and some athletic kids. We're going to do our best to contain them and play ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31311]]></link><description><![CDATA[They've got some big kids and some athletic kids. We're going to do our best to contain them and play some good sound football.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's better to burn out, then to fade away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24588]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's better to burn out, then to fade away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8790]]></link><description><![CDATA[Gardens, scholars say, are the first sign of commitment to a community. When people plant corn they are saying, let's stay here. And by their connection to the land, they are connected to one another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8790</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We haven't seen anything that looks and feel like an Apple product yet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39336]]></link><description><![CDATA[We haven't seen anything that looks and feel like an Apple product yet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39336</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58823]]></link><description><![CDATA[If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits  Where hope is coldest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14630]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft expectation fails, and most oft there Where most it promises; and oft it hits  Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14630</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Put himself upon his good behavior. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48525]]></link><description><![CDATA[Put himself upon his good behavior.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48525</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3355]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3355</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I only drink wine, and it's a bit early for that. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I only drink wine, and it's a bit early for that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They didn't have a strong inside game, but their outside game was good. They knew how to get open shots. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40791]]></link><description><![CDATA[They didn't have a strong inside game, but their outside game was good. They knew how to get open shots.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56430]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always be sincere, whether you mean it or not.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1143]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-revelation is a cruel process. The real picture, the real "you" never emerges. Looking for it is as bewildering as trying to know how you really look. Ten different mirrors show you ten different faces.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo  and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/722</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10665]]></link><description><![CDATA[For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed. [Lat., Nam scelus intra se tacitum qui cogitat ullum,  Facti crimen habet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10665</guid></item></channel></rss>