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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24361]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17477]]></link><description><![CDATA[A great catch is like watching girls go by the last one you see is always the prettiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57088]]></link><description><![CDATA[Experience proves that those are oftenest abused who can be abused with the greatest impunity. Men are whipped oftenest who are whipped easiest.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43029]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Short boughs, long vintage. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Short boughs, long vintage.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62416]]></link><description><![CDATA[Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19151]]></link><description><![CDATA[A cure for War? Furiously spending the same daily amount of money toward making friends. Being an indispensable source of food, shelter, peace, and cultural support dedicatedly spending 9 billion dollars a month on helping people would be a formidable enemy of evil.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Caesar's wife should be above suspicion. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50544]]></link><description><![CDATA[Caesar's wife should be above suspicion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/340]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/340</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 would lose my way again, be led hopelessly astray again, just so I can pray again...For the mercy in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27333]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would lose my way again, be led hopelessly astray again, just so I can pray again...For the mercy in you.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27333</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behold of what delusive worth The bubbles we pursue on earth,  The shapes we chase. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Behold of what delusive worth The bubbles we pursue on earth,  The shapes we chase.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54430]]></link><description><![CDATA[You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner: Honest water, which ne'er left man i' th' mire.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead. Everything is possible for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tears of faithfulness to your beliefs cleanse your spirit to envision the road ahead. Everything is possible for the person who believes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25165]]></link><description><![CDATA[A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the best sorrow in a Christian soul when his sins are loathsome and offensive unto him--a happy token ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7579]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the best sorrow in a Christian soul when his sins are loathsome and offensive unto him--a happy token that there hath not been of late in him any insensible supply of heinous offenses, because his stale sins are still his new and daily sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Asian governments are making significant progress in the fight against poverty.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/36688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54617]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If I could do it all over again, I would. Not all of high school, just my senior year. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29971]]></link><description><![CDATA[If I could do it all over again, I would. Not all of high school, just my senior year.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29971</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am responsible only to God and history. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27977]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am responsible only to God and history.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27977</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62961]]></link><description><![CDATA[Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62961</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28686]]></link><description><![CDATA[It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63604]]></link><description><![CDATA[If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64555]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64555</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cowards die many times before their deaths;The valiant never taste of death but once.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/10484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11404]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is good to die before one has done anything deserving death.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1281]]></link><description><![CDATA[Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/1281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now, ye familiar spirits that are culled Out of the powerful legions under earth,  Help me this once, that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19171]]></link><description><![CDATA[Now, ye familiar spirits that are culled Out of the powerful legions under earth,  Help me this once, that France may get the field.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19171</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6118]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He jests at scars that never felt a wound ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58192]]></link><description><![CDATA[He jests at scars that never felt a wound]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/58192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No nation has friends only interests ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43726]]></link><description><![CDATA[No nation has friends only interests]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41102]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hiya kids. Here is an important message from your Uncle Bill. Don't buy drugs. Become a pop star, and they give you them for free.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41102</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There will always be the ability for broadband users to connect to the content of their choice. What it will ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33899]]></link><description><![CDATA[There will always be the ability for broadband users to connect to the content of their choice. What it will come down to, we hope, is that there will be other opportunities and other choices in the market.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33899</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men play the game; women know the score ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26993]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men play the game; women know the score]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26993</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43784]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24799]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude. Also, a tactical misrepresentation.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius,magic, and power in it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whatever you can do, or dream you can begin it. Boldness has genius,magic, and power in it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/21389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23922]]></link><description><![CDATA[Such hath it been--shall be--beneath the sun The many still must labour for the one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23922</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Seducers we, they say; but they lead men astray. Oh, what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6573]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179  Seducers we, they say; but they lead men astray. Oh, what a noble seduction ours, that men should change from dissolute to sober living -- or towards it; to justice from injustice -- or tending that way; to wisdom from being foolish -- or becoming such; and from cowardice, meanness and timidity, show courage and fortitude, not least in this struggle for the sake of our religion.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In whatever place you meet me, Postumus, you cry out immediately, and your very first words are, "How do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14067]]></link><description><![CDATA[In whatever place you meet me, Postumus, you cry out immediately, and your very first words are, "How do you do?" You say this, even if you meet me ten times in one single hour: you, Postumus, have nothing, I suppose, to do.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/14067</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy.) ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54322]]></link><description><![CDATA[The fountains of sacred rivers flow upwards (i.e., everything is turned topsy turvy.)]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26091]]></link><description><![CDATA[On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have expired.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As any bidder, Smith & Johnson was required to secure services of a bonding company in the role of an ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38058]]></link><description><![CDATA[As any bidder, Smith & Johnson was required to secure services of a bonding company in the role of an insurance company. If for whatever reason the contractor is unable to perform, the bonding company steps in and takes over responsibility for the work.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touch-stone.   - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42797]]></link><description><![CDATA[Calamity is man's true touch-stone.   - Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Any time Republicans spend money and it isn't against Democrats, it's a distraction. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Any time Republicans spend money and it isn't against Democrats, it's a distraction.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40681]]></link><description><![CDATA[We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to abide with what they ruled. The league thinks if one team does it, everybody is going to do it, and it would set a precedent by letting everybody go there and get benefits above and beyond what the collective bargaining agreement calls for. I don't agree or disagree. That's what the league is ruling, and I'm going to abide by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40681</guid></item></channel></rss>