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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Before you can do something you must first be something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before you can do something you must first be something.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296]]></link><description><![CDATA[Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Violence is one of the most fun things to watch ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60679]]></link><description><![CDATA[Violence is one of the most fun things to watch]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're often so blind. Our demand for the credentialed so colors our perception of believeability, that we wouldn't recognize God ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46084]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're often so blind. Our demand for the credentialed so colors our perception of believeability, that we wouldn't recognize God if he appeared within us. -Unknown.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46084</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46946]]></link><description><![CDATA[A minister who moves about in society is in a position to read the signs of the times even in a festive gathering, but one who remains shut up in his office learns nothing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16910]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16910</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1580]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Kid and the WolfA kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him. The Wolf, looking up, said, Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing. Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14165]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smallest errors are always the best. [Fr., Les plus courtes erreurs sont toujours les meilleures.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25707]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25707</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm proud that my boys didn't panic after getting down early. Our defense got better and better as we struggled ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31611]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm proud that my boys didn't panic after getting down early. Our defense got better and better as we struggled to loosen up and our shots started falling.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/31611</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The diamond's virtues well might grace The epigram, and both excel  In brilliancy in smallest space,   And ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14057]]></link><description><![CDATA[The diamond's virtues well might grace The epigram, and both excel  In brilliancy in smallest space,   And power to cut as well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14057</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow;  Sweet voices mysteriously wailing   Pierce ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58451]]></link><description><![CDATA[And over the pond are sailing Two swans all white as snow;  Sweet voices mysteriously wailing   Pierce through me as onward they go.    They sail along, and a ringing     Sweet melody rises on high;      And when the swans begin singing,       They presently must die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59697]]></link><description><![CDATA[The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59697</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21733]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21296]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21296</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24387]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great deal of laziness of mind is called liberty of opinion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24387</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27664]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26308]]></link><description><![CDATA[If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26308</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54981]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a secret is revealed, it is the fault of the man who confided it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643]]></link><description><![CDATA[So well she acted all and every part By turns--with that vivacious versatility,  Which many people take for want of heart.   They err--'tis merely what is call'd mobility,    A thing of temperament and not of art,     Though seeming so, from its supposed facility;      And false--though true; for surely they're sincerest       Who are strongly acted on by what is nearest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5643</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around your skin, I tie and untie mine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56507]]></link><description><![CDATA[Around your skin, I tie and untie mine.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4731]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The things to avoid is being a bore to oneself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13872]]></link><description><![CDATA[When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43928]]></link><description><![CDATA[To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  You can also offer your prayers, obedience, and endurance of dryness ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7719]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury, 605  You can also offer your prayers, obedience, and endurance of dryness to Our Lord, for the good of other souls, and then you have practiced intercession. Never mind if it all seems for the time very second-hand. The less you get out of it, the nearer it approaches to being something worth offering; and the humiliation of not being able to feel as devout as we want to be, is excellent for most of us. Use vocal prayer... very slowly, trying to realize the meaning with which it is charged and remember that... you are only a unit in the Chorus of the Church, so that the others will make good the shortcomings you cannot help.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7719</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may well be that the world is denied miracle after miracle and triumph after triumph because we will not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7489]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may well be that the world is denied miracle after miracle and triumph after triumph because we will not bring to Christ what we have and what we are. If, just as we are, we would lay ourselves on the altar of service of Jesus Christ, there is no saying what Christ could do with us and through us. We may be sorry and embarrassed that we have not more to bring -- and rightly so; but that is not reason for failing or refusing to bring what we have and what we are. Little is always much in the hands of Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7489</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19193]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19193</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rider is a real good team. I thought we wrestled fairly well for the most part, but we didn't do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30959]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rider is a real good team. I thought we wrestled fairly well for the most part, but we didn't do as well in some areas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beware of the young doctor and the old barber. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48966]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38316]]></link><description><![CDATA[Consider then, O man! whether there can be anything more wretched and poor, more naked and miserable, than man when he dies, if he be not clothed with Christ's righteousness, and enriched in his God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38316</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240]]></link><description><![CDATA[Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52240</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was a pilot flying an airplane and it just so happened that where I was flying made what I was doing spying.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing is too small to know and nothing too big to attempt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63392]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.rn]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Streak of silver sea. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13925]]></link><description><![CDATA[Streak of silver sea.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who seeks for heaven alone to save his soul, May keep the path, but will not reach the goal; While he who walks in love may wander far, But God will bring him where the Blessed are.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hotel guests have come to deserve a certain caliber of service and accommodations from Hyatt and we strive to continually ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42095]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hotel guests have come to deserve a certain caliber of service and accommodations from Hyatt and we strive to continually raise the bar. With these new guarantees, we are reassuring our clientele that they will receive exactly what they requested when making the reservation, and if by chance they don't, we will make it up to them generously.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48464]]></link><description><![CDATA[Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48464</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin,  And to the stack or the barn ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8937]]></link><description><![CDATA[While the cock with lively din Scatters the rear of darkness thin,  And to the stack or the barn door   Stoutly struts his dames before.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8937</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We, who know that the Territories are not a part of Israel, and that all settlements are bound to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36653]]></link><description><![CDATA[We, who know that the Territories are not a part of Israel, and that all settlements are bound to be evacuated, hereby declare that we shall not continue to fight this War of the Settlements. We shall not continue to fight beyond the 1967 borders in order to dominate, expel, starve and humiliate an entire people... We shall continue serving the Israel Defense Force in any mission that serves Israel's defense.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36653</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749]]></link><description><![CDATA[Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode  (There they alike in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5699]]></link><description><![CDATA[No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode  (There they alike in trembling hope repose),   The bosom of his Father and his God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5699</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. [Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58101]]></link><description><![CDATA[Clearness ornaments profound thoughts. [Fr., La clarte orne les pensees profondes.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[United we stand; divided we fall ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60120]]></link><description><![CDATA[United we stand; divided we fall]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4061]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4061</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11202]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man does not die of love or his liver or even of old age; he dies of being a man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am a danger to myself if I get angry. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66595]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am a danger to myself if I get angry.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66595</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope we can achieve this, but if we cannot, I have no choice but to secure a military solution. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29770]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope we can achieve this, but if we cannot, I have no choice but to secure a military solution. I will do so with a heavy heart, for even with the most careful plan, there will be some loss of innocent lives.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43124]]></link><description><![CDATA[We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43124</guid></item></channel></rss>