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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20368]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest ignorance is to reject something you know nothing about]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/20368</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40669]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before we give you billions more, we want to know what you've done with the trillion you've got.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/40669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46746]]></link><description><![CDATA[For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme, Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/46746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13029]]></link><description><![CDATA[I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have at least four to five different potato dishes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38155]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have at least four to five different potato dishes.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/38155</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49484]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hee that workes after his owne manner, his head akes not at the matter.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49484</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Touch seems to be as essential as sunlight]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Literalism gets its name from its insistence that what we find in the Bible is not just the Word of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8270]]></link><description><![CDATA[Literalism gets its name from its insistence that what we find in the Bible is not just the Word of God but the very words of God. The distinction is of tremendous importance. The phrase "Word of God" as used in the Bible itself, notably in the opening sentences of the Fourth Gospel, is an English translation of a Greek word, Logos, which was in wide use among philosophers at the time the New Testament was written. It connotes the creative, outgoing, self-revealing activity of God. The Logos was not a particular divine utterance, but God's overall message to mankind. It was not necessarily communicated verbally in speech or writing. Indeed, the whole point of Christianity is that the supreme communication of the Word took place when it was expressed through a human life and personality in Jesus Christ.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/8270</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49521]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you could runne, as you drinke, you might catch a hare.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/49521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We've had a run up for the yen. Now we're seeing a bit of profit taking. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30648]]></link><description><![CDATA[We've had a run up for the yen. Now we're seeing a bit of profit taking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/30648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When in doubt, don't. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/878]]></link><description><![CDATA[When in doubt, don't.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33534]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496]]></link><description><![CDATA[The main storm dynamics are here.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/32496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[it is much safer to obey than to rule. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24483]]></link><description><![CDATA[it is much safer to obey than to rule.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44573]]></link><description><![CDATA[O lady, nobility is thine, and thy form is the reflection of thy nature!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/44573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We hear every kind of story. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33615]]></link><description><![CDATA[We hear every kind of story.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Few maxims are true in every respect ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26599]]></link><description><![CDATA[Few maxims are true in every respect]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/26599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The people who are participating in this boycott are simply letting everybody know that we have an impact. The people ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28774]]></link><description><![CDATA[The people who are participating in this boycott are simply letting everybody know that we have an impact. The people organizing this want to make sure the message is positive.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/28774</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4453]]></link><description><![CDATA[The human body is a magazine of inventions, the patent office, where are the models from which every hint is taken. All the tools and engines on earth are only extensions of its limbs and senses.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/4453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7169]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Justin, Martyr at Rome, c.165 Commemoration of Angela de'Merici, Founder of the Institute of St. Ursula, 1540  To make the improving of our own character our central aim is hardly the highest kind of goodness. True goodness forgets itself and goes out to do the right thing for no other reason than that it is right.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7169</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The man that blushes is not quite a brute. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27140]]></link><description><![CDATA[The man that blushes is not quite a brute.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/27140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60596]]></link><description><![CDATA[One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60596</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . . ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57789]]></link><description><![CDATA[Eternal Spring, with smiling Verdue here Warms the mild Air, and crowns the youthful year.  . . . .   The Rose still blushes, and the vi'lets blow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/57789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51620]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is folly to fear what cannot be avoided.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/51620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47372]]></link><description><![CDATA[Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22794]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself. -Chief Seattle.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22794</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9775]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9775</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47991]]></link><description><![CDATA[Practice, practice, practice until you eventually get numb on rejections.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/47991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learning is the indispensable investment required for success in the 'information age' we are entering ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23025]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learning is the indispensable investment required for success in the 'information age' we are entering]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised, And mine that I was proud on--mine so much  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18479]]></link><description><![CDATA[But mine, and mine I loved, and mine I praised, And mine that I was proud on--mine so much  That I myself was to myself not mine,   Valuing of her--why she, O, she is fall'n    Into a pit of ink, that the wide sea     Hath drops too few to wash her clean again,      And salt too little which may season give       To her foul tainted flesh!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/18479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If there is justice with no mercy, Ira Flatowwill have to come back countless times asa lab rat for all ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/257]]></link><description><![CDATA[If there is justice with no mercy, Ira Flatowwill have to come back countless times asa lab rat for all the cruelty he has promoted on NPR.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45044]]></link><description><![CDATA[Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems most challenging.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45044</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23982]]></link><description><![CDATA[My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/23982</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24071]]></link><description><![CDATA[Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/24071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25986]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't follow. I'd be at the bottom to catch them when they fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/25986</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16052]]></link><description><![CDATA[The great fish [eat] the small.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/16052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29403]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think there's no doubt that this bill reflects the worst of Washington politics. It's Christmas in August for the big energy companies, and the consumers get lumps of coal. There's really nothing to cheer about by anyone who gets a utility bill or has to fill up a gas tank. The energy lobbyists are the big winners, and the rest of us are left in the dust choking.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/29403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5823]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/5823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For every action there is an equal and opposite government program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45129]]></link><description><![CDATA[For every action there is an equal and opposite government program.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/45129</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22639]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chance makes our parents, but choice makes our friends.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/22639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair,  but manifestations of strength and resolution. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60958]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair,  but manifestations of strength and resolution.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/60958</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never express yourself more clearly than you think.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/59198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?  How begot, how nourished?  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15289]]></link><description><![CDATA[Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart, or in the head?  How begot, how nourished?   Reply, reply.    It is engend'red in the eyes,     With gazing fed, and fancy dies      In the cradle where it lies.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/15289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9684]]></link><description><![CDATA[Confidence and courage come through preparation and practice.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/9684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke  Fresh to all Ages. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55304]]></link><description><![CDATA[This Booke When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke  Fresh to all Ages.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/55304</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13752]]></link><description><![CDATA[I consider it the highest compliment when my employees go out and start their own companies in competition with me. I always send them a plant to wish them well. Of course, it's a cactus.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/13752</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65087]]></link><description><![CDATA[Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are everything in this world.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/65087</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds  For the ashes of this fathers   And the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50608]]></link><description><![CDATA[How can man die better, Than facing fearful odds  For the ashes of this fathers   And the temples of his gods?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/50608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Jesus! 'tis Thy Holy Face   Is here the star that guides my way; Thy countenance, so full ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7328]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Jesus! 'tis Thy Holy Face   Is here the star that guides my way; Thy countenance, so full of grace,   Is heaven on earth, for me, to-day. And love finds holy charms for me   In Thy sweet eyes with tear-drops wet; Through mine own tears I smile at Thee,   And in Thy griefs my pains forget.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/7328</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33119]]></link><description><![CDATA[We define ourselves, in part, by the discriminations we make. The value of what we love is enriched by our understanding of what we dislike.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/33119</guid></item></channel></rss>