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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[They can see this is a match made in heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37803]]></link><description><![CDATA[They can see this is a match made in heaven.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/37803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Black is a pearl in a woman's eye. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23257]]></link><description><![CDATA[Black is a pearl in a woman's eye.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1115]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thou ought to be nice, even to superstition, in keeping thy promises, and therefore equally cautious in making them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1115</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591]]></link><description><![CDATA[I didn't have any expectations.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46806]]></link><description><![CDATA[The poet, as everyone knows, must strike his individual note sometime between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five. He may hold it a long time, or a short time, but it is then that he must strike it or never. School and college have been conducted with the almost express purpose of keeping him busy with something else till the danger of his ever creating anything is past.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The onus is on us to demonstrate (there is enough water) to the Department of Water Resources. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The onus is on us to demonstrate (there is enough water) to the Department of Water Resources.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The acquisition is significant because it contains stunning ancient redwood trees in an area of the redwood range where there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39575]]></link><description><![CDATA[The acquisition is significant because it contains stunning ancient redwood trees in an area of the redwood range where there is relatively little old growth left.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20956]]></link><description><![CDATA[What can innocence hope for, When such as sit her judges are corrupted!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beate the dog before the Lyon. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49148]]></link><description><![CDATA[Beate the dog before the Lyon.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49148</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns  Of judgment and of mercy, should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48077]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns  Of judgment and of mercy, should beware   Of lightness in his speech.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48077</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes more courage to reveal insecurities than to hide them, more strength to relate to people than to dominate them, more 'manhood' to abide by thought-out principles rather than blind reflex. Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It may seem absurd to some that all desires by which man is by nature affected are so completely condemned ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7828]]></link><description><![CDATA[It may seem absurd to some that all desires by which man is by nature affected are so completely condemned -- although they have been bestowed by God himself, the author of nature. To this I reply that we do not condemn those inclinations which God so engraved upon the character of man at his first creation, that they were eradicable only with humanity itself; but only those bold and unbridled impulses which contend against God's control.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18334]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let me moderate our sorrows. The grief of a man should not exceed proper bounds, but be in proportion to the blow he has received. [Lat., Ponamus nimios gemitus: flagrantior aequo  Non debet dolor esse viri, nec vulnere major.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sea heaves up, hangs loaded o'er the land, Breaks there, and buries its tumultuous strength.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32537]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Chirac said recently almost with the tone of 'I told you so' that what he considers blind loyalty to the U.S. doesn't get you much in return,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let them pretend what they please, the true reason why any despise the new birth is because they hate a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7320]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let them pretend what they please, the true reason why any despise the new birth is because they hate a new life. He that cannot endure to live to God will as little endure to bear of being born of God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7320</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56846]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9312]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9312</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45050]]></link><description><![CDATA[When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45050</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sell not virtue to purchase wealth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If by fire Of sooty coal th' empiric alchymist  Can turn, or holds it possible to turn,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1981]]></link><description><![CDATA[If by fire Of sooty coal th' empiric alchymist  Can turn, or holds it possible to turn,   Metals of drossiest ore to perfect gold.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good for younger people to see how things were done before modern conveniences when you sat in the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35662]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good for younger people to see how things were done before modern conveniences when you sat in the tractor exposed to the cold, heat and rain. These tractors were before air conditioning, heat and stereos. This also gives the older people an opportunity to relive memories.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35662</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On one issue, at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27226]]></link><description><![CDATA[On one issue, at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22244]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not enough that I should succeed -- others should fail.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You could hear it off the bat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40569]]></link><description><![CDATA[You could hear it off the bat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40569</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When someone exits your life, let them go with class and style. They mattered, if only for a little while. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62933]]></link><description><![CDATA[When someone exits your life, let them go with class and style. They mattered, if only for a little while.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62933</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20443]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20443</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52728]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am prejudiced in favor of him who, without impudence, can ask boldly. He has faith in humanity, and faith in himself. No one who is not accustomed to giving grandly can ask nobly and with boldness.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56026]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 4.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Madison's height took us out early in the game but we never quit. We continued to play our game. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Madison's height took us out early in the game but we never quit. We continued to play our game. It is what we do. We play basketball.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65268]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099]]></link><description><![CDATA[This promises well for Carlos' chances in the rest of the race. We had a feeling he'd be in top shape after finishing well in the Tour and later having the time to prepare himself and spend time with his family without being troubled by injuries, illness or stressful contract negotiations. But just before a race starts you always get a little nervous anyway.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9886]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is important not to ignore forecasts that are uncongenial.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9886</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even though cities are the very center of homeland security, they seem to be an afterthought when it comes to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39481]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even though cities are the very center of homeland security, they seem to be an afterthought when it comes to federal and state priorities for providing funding and communicating key information,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/39481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46503]]></link><description><![CDATA[Questions focus our thinking. Ask empowering questions like: What's good about this? What's not perfect about it yet? What am I going to do next time? How can I do this and have fund doing it?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46503</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.Of all the wonders that I yet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11424]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.Of all the wonders that I yet have heard,It seems to me most strange that men should fear,Seeing that death, a necessary end,Will come when it will come.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11424</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Allthese things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22394]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am bigger than anything that can happen to me. Allthese things, sorrow, misfortune, and suffering, are outside my door. I amin the house and I have the key.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22394</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,--a personage ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13393]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let the soldier be abroad if he will, he can do nothing in this age. There is another personage,--a personage less imposing in the eyes of some, perhaps insignificant. The schoolmaster is abroad, and I trust to him, armed with his primer, against the soldier, in full military array.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51134]]></link><description><![CDATA[Concealed anger is to be feared; but hatred openly manifested destroys its chance of revenge.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51134</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23152]]></link><description><![CDATA[Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A kiss to or from a woman we love is a far too delicate pledge of affection to bear the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52066]]></link><description><![CDATA[A kiss to or from a woman we love is a far too delicate pledge of affection to bear the gaze of strangers.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52066</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49686]]></link><description><![CDATA[One faire day in winter makes not birds merrie.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26650]]></link><description><![CDATA[The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I paint with shapes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3359]]></link><description><![CDATA[I paint with shapes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18888]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no Salaam;  And dear the beaver is to him   As if it never made a dam.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18888</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2158]]></link><description><![CDATA[An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, and embarrassment from the single.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It really is about time that in such an important city, the capital, that we have something that can represent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36539]]></link><description><![CDATA[It really is about time that in such an important city, the capital, that we have something that can represent London.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36539</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Courage is almost a contradiction in terms: it means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62874]]></link><description><![CDATA[No mind, however loving, could bear to see plainly into all the recesses of another mind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15491]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15491</guid></item></channel></rss>