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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25440]]></link><description><![CDATA[Logic is the anatomy of thought.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25440</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was evening here, But upon earth the very noon of night. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27451]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was evening here, But upon earth the very noon of night.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27451</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26861]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59865]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not want faith, I want knowledge. I do not want hope, I want truth.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was prepared to go to Norfolk when the phone call came. It changed my day. I just got on ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32222]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was prepared to go to Norfolk when the phone call came. It changed my day. I just got on a different plane at the airport.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemical toilets were a luxury. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33459]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chemical toilets were a luxury.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No one becomes perfect, but some become great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46118]]></link><description><![CDATA[No one becomes perfect, but some become great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28883]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and we must never forget what they have given to us.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28883</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hospitality should have no other nature than love. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19873]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hospitality should have no other nature than love.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you. [Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you. [Sp., Haceos miel, y paparos han moscas.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57388]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every spirit makes its house, but as afterwards the house confines the spirit, you had better build well.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57388</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5363]]></link><description><![CDATA[No cause is helpless if it is just. Errors, no matter how popular, carry the seeds of their own destruction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5363</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -- as, indeed, without this mercy ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7759]]></link><description><![CDATA[God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us -- as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7759</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn from you're mistakes, don't get bitten by the same dog twice coz you're the victim just the 1st time. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn from you're mistakes, don't get bitten by the same dog twice coz you're the victim just the 1st time. after that, you're already a volunteer!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1359]]></link><description><![CDATA[Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1359</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47246]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47246</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8380]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jesus is our mouth, through which we speak to the Father; He is our eye, through which we see the Father; He is our right hand through which we offer ourselves to the Father. Unless He intercedes, there is no intercourse with God.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ovid's a rake, as half his verses show him, Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,  Catullus scarcely has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46849]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ovid's a rake, as half his verses show him, Anacreon's morals are a still worse sample,  Catullus scarcely has a decent poem,   I don't think Sappho's Ode a good example,    Although Longinus tells us there is no hymn     Where the sublime soars forth on wings more ample;      But Virgil's songs are pure, except that horrid one       Being with "Formosum Pastor Corydon."]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46849</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sumer is y cumen in. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58263]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sumer is y cumen in.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hate everybody. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35705]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hate everybody.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/35705</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that charity begins at home" And his, I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5711]]></link><description><![CDATA[I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that charity begins at home" And his, I presume., is of that domestic sort which never stirs abroad at all.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Fatherland no danger thine, Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine!  [Ger., Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54195]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Fatherland no danger thine, Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine!  [Ger., Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein,   Fest steht und treu die Wacht am Rhein!]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20527]]></link><description><![CDATA[His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run, though not to soar.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20527</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just have to take charge and get the job done, we had our opportunities and that's the name of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38262]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just have to take charge and get the job done, we had our opportunities and that's the name of the game. You have to lay it on the line and get it done and those who make the plays win.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15255]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15255</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53212]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every reformation must have its victims. You can't expect the fatted calf to share the enthusiasm of the angels over the prodigal's return.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/53212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast,  Still to be powder'd, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2743]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast,  Still to be powder'd, all perfum'd.   Lady, it is to be presumed,    Though art's hid causes are not found,     All is not sweet, all is not sound.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65505</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/675]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63417]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63417</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'd walk half way around the world... for just one kiss from you... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23841]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'd walk half way around the world... for just one kiss from you...]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such crimes has superstition caused. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50600]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such crimes has superstition caused.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50600</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're more than ready to go. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36152]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're more than ready to go.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44460]]></link><description><![CDATA[Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44460</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that measures not himselfe, is measured. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49379]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that measures not himselfe, is measured.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49379</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11078]]></link><description><![CDATA[The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be sure that it is a mistaken devotion which interferes with the duties of your natural state of life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7902]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be sure that it is a mistaken devotion which interferes with the duties of your natural state of life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7902</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32826]]></link><description><![CDATA[I love Victoria but personal feelings have very little to do with business.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail,  And give her to the God of storms, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16135]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nail to the mast her holy flag, Set every threadbare sail,  And give her to the God of storms,   The lightning and the gale.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19959]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19959</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52876]]></link><description><![CDATA[The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice President Dan Quayle    Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. •Ambrose Bierce    You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/52876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1059]]></link><description><![CDATA[Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action hasunderstanding among men and discipline in all action he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22767]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who sees action in inaction and inaction in action hasunderstanding among men and discipline in all action he performs.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Being perceived as a guy is nothing new or complicated to me. It is what it is. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Being perceived as a guy is nothing new or complicated to me. It is what it is.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I can't believe a 14:37 won $1,000, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41800]]></link><description><![CDATA[I can't believe a 14:37 won $1,000,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4082]]></link><description><![CDATA[One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4082</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49660]]></link><description><![CDATA[None is offended but by himselfe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49660</guid></item></channel></rss>