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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Nicholas Ferrar, Deacon, Founder of the Little Gidding Community, 1637   Suffer all, and conquer all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,  Like to the wall that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19132]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is in hell a place stone-built throughout, Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,  Like to the wall that circles it about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60748]]></link><description><![CDATA[The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every legislator knows where their political strengths are, where the greatest number of votes comes from, and with the ability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40079]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every legislator knows where their political strengths are, where the greatest number of votes comes from, and with the ability to draw the maps themselves they can carve out districts that are very precisely drawn to favor their future political interests.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20176]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hunting is not a sport. In a sport, both sides should know they're in the game.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20176</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 2. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55720]]></link><description><![CDATA[I will show myself highly fed and lowly taught. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act ii. Sc. 2.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15020]]></link><description><![CDATA[To us also, through every star, through every blade of grass, is not God made visible if we will open our minds and our eyes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29752]]></link><description><![CDATA[As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26853]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken in them naturally has a somewhat melancholy character. So, melancholy is morbid only when it occupies too much place in life; but it is equally morbid for it to be wholly excluded from life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26853</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18079]]></link><description><![CDATA[There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49319]]></link><description><![CDATA[He lives unsafely, that lookes too neere on things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49319</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA["Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10268]]></link><description><![CDATA["Be bold!" first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," second gate; "Be not too bold!" third gate.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115]]></link><description><![CDATA[In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is,is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52707]]></link><description><![CDATA[When two men quarrel, the one who yields first displays the nobler nature.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27735]]></link><description><![CDATA[A long and wicked life followed by five minutes of perfect grace gets you into Heaven. An equally long life of decent living and good works followed by one outburst of taking the name of the Lord in vain—then have a heart attack at that moment and be damned for eternity. Is that the system?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27752]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3572]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mastery of the turn is the story of how aviation became practical as a means of transportation. It is the story of how the world became small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They laugh that win! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51457]]></link><description><![CDATA[They laugh that win!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraqresent being invaded and know the ground better than we do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60636]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have forgotten that Vietnam, and Iraqresent being invaded and know the ground better than we do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51614]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who will not grant a favour has no right to ask one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51614</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3477]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25204]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first duty of love is to listen. -Paul Tillich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25204</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45285]]></link><description><![CDATA[The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40513]]></link><description><![CDATA[I wanted closure. And for him to thank me for being so loyal to him over the years. Instead he stood up and asked me if I wanted to see his penis.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40513</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65289]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't be so humble - you are not that great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't be so humble - you are not that great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33604]]></link><description><![CDATA[These are characters in a fairy tale for grown-ups. Wouldn't it be lovely? Yes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Come, now again, thy woes impart, Tell all thy sorrows, all thy sin;  We cannot heal the throbbing heart   Will we discern the wounds within.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It reports the acts of violence against Israelis but never mentions the illegal acts on the Palestinians and the militants ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36655]]></link><description><![CDATA[It reports the acts of violence against Israelis but never mentions the illegal acts on the Palestinians and the militants fighting for peace on both sides.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26971]]></link><description><![CDATA[Memory is like an orgasm. It's a lot better if you don't have to fake it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect It's successful ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62907]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect It's successful outcome]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66812]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10712]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a crisis, don't hide behind anything or anybody. They're going to find you anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10712</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11670]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14107]]></link><description><![CDATA[An epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Rhine! the Rhine! a blessing on the Rhine! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Rhine! the Rhine! a blessing on the Rhine!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44183]]></link><description><![CDATA[In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44183</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Luckily the disc was in the up position, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33907]]></link><description><![CDATA[Luckily the disc was in the up position,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59278]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't have an eternity to realize our dreams, only the time we are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is not singular except in syllable. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25775]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is not singular except in syllable.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48124]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48124</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16173]]></link><description><![CDATA[O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're doing a lot of different stuff. We're not just doing the stuff we did last year. I don't want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34631]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're doing a lot of different stuff. We're not just doing the stuff we did last year. I don't want to get too in-depth on what we're doing, but it's all good stuff.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/34631</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19529]]></link><description><![CDATA[To design the future effectively, you must first let go of your past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19529</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All day in the green sunny orchard When May was a marvel of bloom,  I followed the busy bee-lovers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2939]]></link><description><![CDATA[All day in the green sunny orchard When May was a marvel of bloom,  I followed the busy bee-lovers   Down path that were sweet with perfume.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think housework is the reason most women go to the office.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Great necessities call out great virtues. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Great necessities call out great virtues.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people in the village were real poor, so none of the children had any toys. But this one little ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11761]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people in the village were real poor, so none of the children had any toys. But this one little boy had gotten an old enema bag and filled it with rocks, and he would go around and whap the other children across the face with it. Man, I think my heart almost broke.  Later the boy came up and offered to give me the toy. This was too much! I reached out my hand, but then he ran away. I chased him down and took the enema bag. He cried a little, but that's the way of these people.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46432]]></link><description><![CDATA[If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46432</guid></item></channel></rss>