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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61020]]></link><description><![CDATA[Democracy is a beautiful thing, except for that part about letting just any old yokel vote.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives who dies to win a lasting name. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43646]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives who dies to win a lasting name.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51896]]></link><description><![CDATA[Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41437]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46279]]></link><description><![CDATA[Governing sense, mind and intellect, intent on liberation, free from desire, fear and anger, the sage is forever free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46279</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what isimpossible with talent is genius. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21311]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what isimpossible with talent is genius.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21311</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We continue to believe that the Asia-Pacific region offers meaningful long-term growth potential including further development of our business in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41671]]></link><description><![CDATA[We continue to believe that the Asia-Pacific region offers meaningful long-term growth potential including further development of our business in China.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41671</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9091]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never agree with Communists or any other kind of kept men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48272]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've never looked through a keyhole without finding someone was looking back.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16149]]></link><description><![CDATA[I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: no good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16149</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56343]]></link><description><![CDATA[My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16094]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10441]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again.  'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale;   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8645]]></link><description><![CDATA[England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again.  'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale;   'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale;    A Christmas gambol oft could cheer     The poor man's heart through half the year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do or do not. There is no try. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22724]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do or do not. There is no try.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11126]]></link><description><![CDATA[Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11126</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41062]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't let my mouth say nothin' my head can't stand]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust,if thou seest dust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21274]]></link><description><![CDATA[That thou seest, man, become too thou must; God, if thou seest God, dust,if thou seest dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have to wait for the successful outcome of that litigation before we'll be given final approval in Canada. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40454]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have to wait for the successful outcome of that litigation before we'll be given final approval in Canada.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40454</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adversity is the first path to truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/716]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adversity is the first path to truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/716</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34175]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is really good news. I compliment our staff, the leadership teams in the schools, the students and parents ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â‚Â¬Ã¢Â€Âœ everyone who had a part in that.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2929]]></link><description><![CDATA[We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2929</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never expected this type of game in a mid-week contest with Cumberland. Trent pitched an outstanding game and I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never expected this type of game in a mid-week contest with Cumberland. Trent pitched an outstanding game and I just hate to see him lose with this type of effort. I don't know if this defeat will help or hurt going into our Southern States Athletic Conference series with Reinhardt this weekend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love you, but I love myself more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59908]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love you, but I love myself more.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't turn over the ball five times and expect to win. It's something we have to work on. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38270]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't turn over the ball five times and expect to win. It's something we have to work on.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52886]]></link><description><![CDATA[I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64973]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64973</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall  Be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43173]]></link><description><![CDATA[That flesh is but the glasse, which holds the dust That measures all our time; which also shall  Be crumbled into dust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The weak in courage is strong in cunning. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10844]]></link><description><![CDATA[The weak in courage is strong in cunning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883]]></link><description><![CDATA[A person's fate is their own temper.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64607]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't even go to my prom. I didn't have one date in high school.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64607</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature is never finished. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63308]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature is never finished.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Western beat us the year before by about 40 points and they were expected to beat us again by 40 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34317]]></link><description><![CDATA[Western beat us the year before by about 40 points and they were expected to beat us again by 40 points,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,  I should suspect ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61377]]></link><description><![CDATA[Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the devil and earthly kings,  I should suspect that I worshipped the devil   If I thanked my God for worldly things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65262]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We wanted to show the breadth of his expertise as an artist, and how he impacted the preservation of Weir ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29135]]></link><description><![CDATA[We wanted to show the breadth of his expertise as an artist, and how he impacted the preservation of Weir Farm.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5263]]></link><description><![CDATA[The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue. You write first for pleasure, later for the pleasure of others and finally for money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, & his Companions, Martyrs, 1871   Knowing God is more ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6709]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of John Coleridge Patteson, First Bishop of Melanesia, & his Companions, Martyrs, 1871   Knowing God is more than knowing about Him; it is a matter of dealing with Him as He opens up to you, and being dealt with by Him as He takes knowledge of you. Knowing about Him is a necessary precondition of trusting in Him, but the width of our knowledge about Him is no gauge of our knowledge of Him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16256]]></link><description><![CDATA[The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I see a gathering in the Dead Sea area--I have a feeling it's in Jordan. People will be going there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32099]]></link><description><![CDATA[I see a gathering in the Dead Sea area--I have a feeling it's in Jordan. People will be going there from all over the world--world political leaders. It's very significant and affects the rest of the world by summer's end.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11032]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such pains, such pleasures now alike are o'er, And beaus and etiquette shall soon exist no more  At their speed behold advancing   Modern men and women dancing;    Step and dress alike express     Above, below from heel to toe,      Male and female awkwardness.       Without a hoop, without a ruffle,        One eternal jig and shuffle,         Where's the air and where's the gait?          Where's the feather in the hat?           Where the frizzed toupee? and where            Oh! where's the powder for the hair?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11032</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64240]]></link><description><![CDATA[The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In most parts of the Bible, everything is implicitly or explicitly introduced with "Thus saith the Lord". It is... not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8511]]></link><description><![CDATA[In most parts of the Bible, everything is implicitly or explicitly introduced with "Thus saith the Lord". It is... not merely a sacred book but a book so remorselessly and continuously sacred that it does not invite -- it excludes or repels -- the merely aesthetic approach. You can read it as literature only by a tour de force... It demands incessantly to be taken on its own terms: it will not continue to give literary delight very long, except to those who go to it for something quite different. I predict that it will in the future be read, as it always has been read, almost exclusively by Christians.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My mom and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37043]]></link><description><![CDATA[I just wrote 'Merry Christmas John' on my balloon. I love the Beatles and especially John Lennon. My mom and dad let me take the day off school to come here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22408]]></link><description><![CDATA[Marriage should be a duet-when one sings, the other claps.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They took it to us and made us take penalties. The rest is history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35321]]></link><description><![CDATA[They took it to us and made us take penalties. The rest is history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35321</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4686]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some on commission, some for the love of learning, some because they have nothing better to do or because they hope these walls of books will deaden the drumming of the demon in their ears.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8905]]></link><description><![CDATA[O, it is pleasant, with a heart at ease, Just after sunset, or by moonlight skies,  To make the shifting clouds be what you please,   Or let the easily persuaded eyes    Own each quaint likeness issuing from the mould     Of a friend's fancy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8905</guid></item></channel></rss>