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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing certain except the unforeseen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14524]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14524</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16817]]></link><description><![CDATA[It destroys one's nerves to be amiable everyday to the same human being.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22828]]></link><description><![CDATA[How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine!  'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier!   Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  What we have been ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8519]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Cecilia, Martyr at Rome, c.230 Commemoration of Clive Staples Lewis, Spiritual Writer, 1963  What we have been told is how we men can be drawn into Christ -- can become part of that wonderful present which the young Prince of the universe wants to offer to His Father -- that present which is Himself and therefore us in Him. It is the only thing we were made for. And there are strange, exciting hints in the Bible that when we are drawn in, a great many other things in Nature will begin to come right. The bad dream will be over: it will be morning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tehran is very expensive. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41322]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tehran is very expensive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53680]]></link><description><![CDATA[The church is actually patronized by the social order as a means of stabilizing and perpetuating the existing system.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53680</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57072]]></link><description><![CDATA[I find it valid to understand man as an animal before I am prepared to know him as a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57072</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So, fall asleep love, loved by me....for I know love, I am loved by thee. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54383]]></link><description><![CDATA[So, fall asleep love, loved by me....for I know love, I am loved by thee.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People are falling out of love with the dollar. The U.S. data was on the disappointing side. That doesn't help. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34926]]></link><description><![CDATA[People are falling out of love with the dollar. The U.S. data was on the disappointing side. That doesn't help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18288]]></link><description><![CDATA[Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200  We must never speak to simple, excitable people about "the Day" without emphasizing again and again the utter impossibility of prediction. We must try to show them that that impossibility is an essential part of the doctrine. If you do not believe our Lord's words, why do you believe in His return at all? And if you do believe them, must you not put away from you, utterly and forever, any hope of dating that return?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66810]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I definitely think it's possible. We were all holding back in qualifying and I think in the finals there's going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42085]]></link><description><![CDATA[I definitely think it's possible. We were all holding back in qualifying and I think in the finals there's going to be a lot more intensity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42085</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40737]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm more interested in whether the losses we'll see on Friday are a permanent feature on the landscape or just the result of people pushed out of work due to Katrina and Rita. I think the market will look at it and shrug it off and look at what's going to happen in October.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40737</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could only love enough, you could be the mostpowerful person in the world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22393]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could only love enough, you could be the mostpowerful person in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5337]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14151]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mistake, error, is the discipline through which we advance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I still have the nightmares. I see the same person who tortured me in my dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41274]]></link><description><![CDATA[I still have the nightmares. I see the same person who tortured me in my dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41274</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60354]]></link><description><![CDATA[In an archery contest, when the stakes are earthenware tiles a contestant shoots with skill. When the stakes are belt buckles he becomes hesitant, and if the stakes are pure gold he becomes nervous and confused. There is no difference as to his skil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38818]]></link><description><![CDATA[I checked with our infectious disease specialist and we've not had any cases here yet. So far so good I guess. We've had a number of people tested who came in with symptoms, but none of those were positive for flu.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The road to perseverance lies by doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12784]]></link><description><![CDATA[The road to perseverance lies by doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25297]]></link><description><![CDATA[A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20673]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The book you don't read can't help ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4510]]></link><description><![CDATA[The book you don't read can't help]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4510</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66698]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66698</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hope is ambiguous, but fear is precise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15528</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 question is yet before the court. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50354]]></link><description><![CDATA[The question is yet before the court.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2131]]></link><description><![CDATA[The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own life, depends, in addition to the sense that it is argumentatively defensible, on the sense that someone like me, and someone I like, whose voice is audible and who is at least notionally in the same room with me, does or can possibly hold it to be compellingly true.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2131</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63717]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easier to stay out than get out. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/347]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easier to stay out than get out.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12033]]></link><description><![CDATA[Despair is perfectly compatible with a good dinner, I promise you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12033</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've negotiated long and hard with both players. We'll see what develops but I'm not sure we have anything to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35899]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've negotiated long and hard with both players. We'll see what develops but I'm not sure we have anything to talk about at this point.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11937]]></link><description><![CDATA[Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in our wake, and that we still retain some degree of power even when our spirits are low. A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10003]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing contributes more to a person's peace of mind than having no opinions at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10003</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Falstaff sweats to death, And lards the lean earth as he walks along. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4935]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47565]]></link><description><![CDATA[[expressing John Locke's view]...whenever anyone threatens any other innocent human in a way that makes manifest an ignorance or disregard of the fundamental equality as regards the right to self-preservation, the creature in human shape who acts in this way is to be treated by any and all other rational humans as a wild, clever, and therefore very dangerous animal, to be destroyed (if necessary) in order to safeguard the rest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are blind in their own cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5365]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are blind in their own cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64575]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back andforth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back andforth between partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance ofdeath.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20374]]></link><description><![CDATA[The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We get the kids involved. We'll tell them about three different times, 'Say no and shout,' and then we say, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42395]]></link><description><![CDATA[We get the kids involved. We'll tell them about three different times, 'Say no and shout,' and then we say, 'Ah, we can't hear you?' and they do it again.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think the law is quite stupid because nobody follows it. I'll take a full car if I need to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34515]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think the law is quite stupid because nobody follows it. I'll take a full car if I need to otherwise I usually just have about one or two people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14584]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's a few people that abuse the pre-application process. They want us to design their project. ... That's a lot ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's a few people that abuse the pre-application process. They want us to design their project. ... That's a lot of public dollars being spent to have all these people sitting around going through a pre-app. Some people come in and don't have a clue what they want to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's always a shot in the locker. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51036]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's always a shot in the locker.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair,  but manifestations of strength and resolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair,  but manifestations of strength and resolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60958</guid></item></channel></rss>