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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Cynics are made, not born. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cynics are made, not born.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1262]]></link><description><![CDATA[The disappearance of a sense of responsibility is the most far-reaching consequence of submission to authority.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26178]]></link><description><![CDATA[When a machine begins to run without human aid, it is time to scrap it - whether it be a factory or a government]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And God said: Let there be light: and there was light. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25043]]></link><description><![CDATA[And God said: Let there be light: and there was light.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25043</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16953]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16953</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18211]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that unburied lies wants not his hearse, For unto him a tomb's the Universe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42066]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honesty is the cornerstone of all success, without which confidence and ability to perform shall cease to exist.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;  Though solitary, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57178]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own;  Though solitary, who is not alone,   But doth converse with that eternal love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57178</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20668]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today's accomplishments were yesterday's impossibilities.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography helps people to see. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30075]]></link><description><![CDATA[Photography helps people to see.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48705]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have had my labor for my travail; ill-thought-on of her, and ill-thought-on of you; gone between and between, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62145]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have had my labor for my travail; ill-thought-on of her, and ill-thought-on of you; gone between and between, but small thanks for my labor.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26328]]></link><description><![CDATA[While there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prision, I am not free. -Eugene V Debs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[it's strange to think of yourself as an only child and then suddenly find yourself with three siblings. Does Adie ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39530]]></link><description><![CDATA[[it's strange to think of yourself as an only child and then suddenly find yourself with three siblings. Does Adie ever feel like an outsider when the rest share a history that she doesn't?] Curiously, I went to a wedding quite near the start, and when we got to the church this charming man came up and said, 'Bride or groom?' ... Groom! You're with the groom!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39530</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er  The devil himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51264]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis too much proved,--that with devotion's visage, And pious action, we do sugar o'er  The devil himself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard to lose like this because we kind of felt like we let one slip away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37567]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard to lose like this because we kind of felt like we let one slip away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who is so deafe, as he that will not hear? [Who is so deaf as he that will not hear?]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love that is not madness is not love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love that is not madness is not love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3608]]></link><description><![CDATA[A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy - the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12840]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dreams are today's answers to tomorrow's questions.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12840</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never again are we to look at the stars, as we did when we were children, and wonder how far it is to God. A being outside our world would be a spectator, looking on but taking no part in this life, where we try to be brave despite all the bafflement. A god who created, and withdrew, could be mighty, but he could not be love. Who could love a God remote, when suffering is our lot? Our God is closer than our problems, for they are out there, to be faced; He is here, beside us, Emmanuel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My outer child is holding my inner-adult hostage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/651]]></link><description><![CDATA[My outer child is holding my inner-adult hostage]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53935]]></link><description><![CDATA[A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62500]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever is a reality today, whatever you touch and believe in and that seems real for you today, is going to be -- like the reality of yesterday -- an illusion tomorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62500</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16431]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have no fear of perfection-you'll never reach it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21313]]></link><description><![CDATA[Have no fear of perfection-you'll never reach it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21313</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14830]]></link><description><![CDATA[In every object there is inexhaustible meaning; the eye sees in it what the eye brings means of seeing.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14830</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Like the watermen that row one way and look another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4396]]></link><description><![CDATA[Like the watermen that row one way and look another.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O close my hand upon Beatitude! Not on her toys. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4317]]></link><description><![CDATA[O close my hand upon Beatitude! Not on her toys.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53774]]></link><description><![CDATA[A religious person is devout in the sense that he has no doubt about the significance of those superpersonal objects and goals which neither require nor are capable of rational foundation]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7696]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pride calls me to the window, gluttony to the table, wantonness to the bed, laziness to the chimney-corner; ambition commands me to go upstairs, and covetousness to come down. Vices, I see, are as well contrary to themselves as to virtue. Free me, Lord, from this distracted case; fetch me from being sin's servant to be Thine, whose "service is perfect freedom," for Thou art but one, and ever the same.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7696</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7983]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of All Saints   You have nothing to do but to save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A "Bay Area Bisexual" told me I didn't quite coincide witheither of her desires. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22752]]></link><description><![CDATA[A "Bay Area Bisexual" told me I didn't quite coincide witheither of her desires.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hate corrodes the vessel that carries it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58581]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a good deal of it to know in which direction to point that organ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1967]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ill husbandry braggeth To go with the best:  Good husbandry baggeth   Up gold in his chest.   - Thomas Tusser,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1967</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13008]]></link><description><![CDATA[Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Everything happened so fast, ... There were no conscious thoughts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38545]]></link><description><![CDATA[Everything happened so fast, ... There were no conscious thoughts.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38545</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23181]]></link><description><![CDATA[The jealous are possessed by a mad devil and a dull spirit at the same time.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23181</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12776]]></link><description><![CDATA[Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66598]]></link><description><![CDATA[For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In a way, this election is the rebirth of Liberia. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28282]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a way, this election is the rebirth of Liberia.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28282</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the other guy have whatever he wants before the fight. Once the bell rings he's gonna be disappointed anyway. Rrelating boxing advice he received from Archie Moore on posturing before a fight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19137]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hell is full of good intentions. [Sp., El infierno es lleno de buenas intenciones.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;  Pick out of tales ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57918]]></link><description><![CDATA[When thou dost tell another's jest, therein Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;  Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22302]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her wherever she goes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50482]]></link><description><![CDATA[She is kept alive on the milk of asses which she takes with her wherever she goes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54407]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cease to admire the smoke, wealth, and noise of prosperous Rome. [Lat., Omitte mirari beatae  Fumum et opes strepitumque Romae.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We couldn't make a basket and we just let it get away. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32455]]></link><description><![CDATA[We couldn't make a basket and we just let it get away.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65449]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's possible to love a human being if you don't know them too well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65449</guid></item></channel></rss>