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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41192]]></link><description><![CDATA[The highest qualities of character must be earned]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45000]]></link><description><![CDATA[The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second best times tend to be more difficult. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62826]]></link><description><![CDATA[The second best times tend to be more difficult.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62826</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of inches. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3754]]></link><description><![CDATA[Baseball is a game of inches.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18851]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've practiced loving long enough, Let's come at last to hate.  [Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,   Und wollen endlich hassen.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24574]]></link><description><![CDATA[A little learning is not a dangerous thing to one who does not mistake it for a great deal.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9244]]></link><description><![CDATA[Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5686]]></link><description><![CDATA[The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall; but in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5686</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44843]]></link><description><![CDATA[Obstinacy is ever most positive when it is most in the wrong.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787]]></link><description><![CDATA[The very uniqueness of the Resurrection as a historical event always causes problems when we try to describe it, just as it did for the original writers. Nevertheless, the background to the New Testament is one of expectation of resurrection, and only the historical rising-again of Jesus makes sense of the narrative in this context.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24609]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of a learned man cometh by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24609</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,  But, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62561]]></link><description><![CDATA[Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There's none of these so lonely and poor of old,  But, dying, has made us rarer gifts than gold.   These laid the world away: poured out the red    Sweet wine of youth; gave up the years to be     Of work and joy, and that unhoped serene      That men call age, and those who would have been       Their sons, they gave their immortality.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62561</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48661]]></link><description><![CDATA[Look not upon the wine when it is read, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/48661</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age's tooth. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sweet, sweet, sweet poison for the age's tooth. -King John. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What price Glory? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42315]]></link><description><![CDATA[What price Glory?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/42315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3471]]></link><description><![CDATA[The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51485]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43673]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43673</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8522]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of English Saints & Martyrs of the Reformation  We must not encourage in ourselves or others any tendency to work up a subjective state which, if we succeeded, we should describe as "faith", with the idea that this will somehow ensure the granting of our prayer. We have probably all done this as children. But the state of mind which desperate desire working on a strong imagination can manufacture is not faith in the Christian sense. It is a feat of psychological gymnastics.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63651]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing we like to communicate to others as much as the seal of secrecy together with what lies under it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/965]]></link><description><![CDATA[A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of power and wisdom. Merry Browne -Marjorie Holmes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12354]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each handicap is like a hurdle in a steeplechase, and when you ride up to it, if you throw your heart over, the horse will go along, too.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/12354</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66158]]></link><description><![CDATA[The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66158</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/747]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41485]]></link><description><![CDATA[Execute every act of thy life as though it were thy last.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/41485</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rules of conduct which govern men in their relations to one another are being applied in an ever-increasing degree to nations. The battlefield as a place of settlement of disputes is gradually yielding to arbitral courts of justice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/62237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can be right or you can be happy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22351]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can be right or you can be happy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Starting from scratch and being able to put a whole new defense in, being where we are today, we definitely ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Starting from scratch and being able to put a whole new defense in, being where we are today, we definitely accomplished something. Guys were having fun out there, showing fans that we've gotten our defenses and offenses down. I'm satisfied with our progression right now.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're always looking for a way to enhance service.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29401]]></link><description><![CDATA[No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29401</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59751]]></link><description><![CDATA[I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59751</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes have an infinite capacity for stupidity. Thus are legends born! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28103]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes have an infinite capacity for stupidity. Thus are legends born!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44002]]></link><description><![CDATA[--They write here one Cornelius--Son Hath made the Hollanders an invisible eel  To swim the haven at Dunkirk, and sink all   The shipping there.    --But how is't done?     --I'll show you, sir.      It is automa, runs under water       With a snug nose, and has a nimble tail        Made like an auger, with which tail she wriggles         Betwixt the costs of a ship and sinks it straight.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54987]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who gives up the smallest part of a secret has the rest no longer in his power. [Ger., Wer den kleinsten Theil eines Geheimnisses hingibt, hat den andern nicht mehr in der Gewalt.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54987</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied, And I delivering you am satisfied,  And therein do account myself ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54732]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is well paid that is well satisfied, And I delivering you am satisfied,  And therein do account myself well paid;   My mind was never yet more mercenary.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/54732</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6058]]></link><description><![CDATA[Guess, if you can, and choose, if you dare. [Lat., Devine, si tu peux, et choisis, si tu l'oses.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/6058</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[. . . For slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56549]]></link><description><![CDATA[. . . For slander lives upon succession, For ever housed where it gets possession.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/56549</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59701]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge an elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us do not consciously look at movies. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43362]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us do not consciously look at movies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/43362</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As quickly as the ice vanishes when the Father unlooses the frost fetters and unwounds the icy ropes of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57776]]></link><description><![CDATA[As quickly as the ice vanishes when the Father unlooses the frost fetters and unwounds the icy ropes of the torrent.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46092]]></link><description><![CDATA[If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thru' chinks of his cavern.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46092</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61911]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most women set out to try to change a man, and when they have changed him they don't like him.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/61911</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24216]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40251]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men are amazing. I love the way they are. They're consistently little boys, and they need to be nurtured and loved. But at the same time, they need to feel like men.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40251</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15871]]></link><description><![CDATA[We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; And four times he who gets his fist in fust. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23638]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just; And four times he who gets his fist in fust.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23638</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3184]]></link><description><![CDATA[Art [of healing] is long, but life is fleeting. [Lat., Art longa, vita brevis est.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/3184</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17901]]></link><description><![CDATA[So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/17901</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11295]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/11295</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16062]]></link><description><![CDATA[Un-dish-cover the fish, or dishcover the riddle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16062</guid></item></channel></rss>