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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61415]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61415</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66374]]></link><description><![CDATA[Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48073]]></link><description><![CDATA[But Cristes loore, and his Apostles twelve He taughte, but first he folowed it hymselfe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64433]]></link><description><![CDATA[Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Let us repeat the two crucial negative premises as established firmly by all human experience: (1) Words are not the things we are speaking about; and (2) There is no such thing as an object in absolute isolation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A host in himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19870]]></link><description><![CDATA[A host in himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19870</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40470]]></link><description><![CDATA[An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64036]]></link><description><![CDATA[His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2765]]></link><description><![CDATA[She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on her with a pitchfork.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2765</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36766]]></link><description><![CDATA[Before, for me, peace could have been synonymous with boredom.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36766</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liars are always most disposed to swear. [It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26107]]></link><description><![CDATA[Liars are always most disposed to swear. [It., A giurar presti i mentitor son sempre.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26107</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The believer is happy; the doubter is wise. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12772]]></link><description><![CDATA[The believer is happy; the doubter is wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59670]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59670</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58389]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art, like the universe itself (for God did not need to create). It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58389</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24477]]></link><description><![CDATA[Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. Donald H. McGannon -Lao Tzu.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that is not in the warres is not out of danger. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49367]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that is not in the warres is not out of danger.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49367</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26063]]></link><description><![CDATA[The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66817]]></link><description><![CDATA[I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43177]]></link><description><![CDATA[At thirty, man suspects himself a fool, Knows it at forty, and reforms his plan;  At fifty, chides his infamous delay,   Pushes his prudent purpose to resolve,    In all the magnanimity of thought;     Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.      And why? because he thinks himself immortal,       All men think all men mortal but themselves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43177</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63501]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14559]]></link><description><![CDATA[Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame, But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48938]]></link><description><![CDATA[The faults of our neighbours with freedom we blame, But tax not ourselves, though we practise the same.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pro football is like nuclear warfare. there are no winners, only survivors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57733]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pro football is like nuclear warfare. there are no winners, only survivors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[Across town another university, Southern University-Shreveport, made shelter preparations in the event that the newly opened shelter CenturyTel Center in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33242]]></link><description><![CDATA[[Across town another university, Southern University-Shreveport, made shelter preparations in the event that the newly opened shelter CenturyTel Center in Bossier City became full.] We will house the overflow from CenturyTel, ... Right now they're at 55 to 60 percent.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17658]]></link><description><![CDATA[God thinks within geniuses, dreams within poets, and sleeps within the rest of us]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17658</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47894]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poverty is the openmouthed relentless hell which yawns beneath civilized society. And it is hell enough.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47864]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you wish.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47552]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is easy to take liberty for granted when you have never had it taken from you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47552</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth or the only truth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She really knows the difference. She is always smelling. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29323]]></link><description><![CDATA[She really knows the difference. She is always smelling.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29323</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Property has its duties as well as its rights. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47762]]></link><description><![CDATA[Property has its duties as well as its rights.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47762</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I don't think we're going to see a different scheme or any major changes. They run their offense. Last week, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30516]]></link><description><![CDATA[I don't think we're going to see a different scheme or any major changes. They run their offense. Last week, I think we saw a team that had to change things around a bit. Not this week. And has started before.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56346]]></link><description><![CDATA[Partial culture runs to the ornate; extreme culture to simplicity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56346</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15186]]></link><description><![CDATA[Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm not disappointed with bronze today because the big difference is between gold and silver, not silver and bronze. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35214]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm not disappointed with bronze today because the big difference is between gold and silver, not silver and bronze.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30407]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have a lot riding on 'American Idol' and, hopefully for Fox, the show has long coattails.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the theory that decides what can be observed ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59101]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the theory that decides what can be observed]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59101</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64120]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64120</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20629]]></link><description><![CDATA[Immortal mortals, mortal immortals, one living the others death and dying the others life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20629</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8167]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down & Connor, Priest, Teacher, 1667 Commemoration of Florence Nightingale, Social Reformer, 1910 Commemoration of Octavia Hill, Worker for the Poor, 1912  Let us not inquire into the affairs of others that concern us not, but be busied within ourselves and our own spheres; ever remembering that to pry into the actions or interests of other men not under our charge may minister to pride, to tyranny, to uncharitableness, to trouble, but can never consist with modesty; unless where duty or the mere intentions of charity and relation do warrant it... Knock, therefore, at the door before you enter upon your neighbor's privacy: and remember, that there is no difference between entering his house and looking into it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8167</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23231]]></link><description><![CDATA[People that make puns are like wanton boys that put coppers on the railroad tracks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47572]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a powerful craving in most of us to see ourselves as instruments in the hands of others and thus free ourselves from the responsibility for acts which are prompted by our own questionable inclinations and impulses. Both the strong and the weak grasp at this alibi. The latter hide their malevolence under the virtue of obedience: they acted dishonorably because they had to obey orders. The strong, too, claim absolution by proclaiming themselves the chosen instrument of a higher power- God, history, fate, nation or humanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's generally my belief and those of others in this field of cultural studies that popular culture has a big effect on the people who consume it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We look forward to this new relationship with the Arizona Lottery. We recognized early on that it was an excellent ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37869]]></link><description><![CDATA[We look forward to this new relationship with the Arizona Lottery. We recognized early on that it was an excellent opportunity for all involved - us, our viewers and people that play the lottery in southern Arizona. It's a win-win all around, and we're delighted to have been selected as the local television drawing partner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Praise the sea; on shore remain. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27839]]></link><description><![CDATA[Praise the sea; on shore remain.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Something this famous has no value left, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37904]]></link><description><![CDATA[Something this famous has no value left,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Easter Feast of George, Martyr, Patron of England, c.304 Commemoration of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, Teacher, 1988 I greet Thy sepulchre, salute Thy grave,  That blest enclosure, where the angels gave  The first glad tidings of Thy early light,  And resurrection from the earth and night.  I see that morning in Thy convert's tears,  Fresh as the dew, which but this downing wears.  I smell her spices; and her ointment yields  As rich a scent as the now primrosed fields:  The Day-star smiles, and light, with Thee deceased,  Now shines in all the chambers of the East.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The manager decided to close it because he didn't have any cooks. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41817]]></link><description><![CDATA[The manager decided to close it because he didn't have any cooks.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41817</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city. [Fr., L'Art supreme  Seule a l'eternite   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3179]]></link><description><![CDATA[High art alone is eternal and the bust outlives the city. [Fr., L'Art supreme  Seule a l'eternite   Et le buste    Survit la cite.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3179</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6974]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Peter & Paul, Apostles  The unbelieving mind would not be convinced by any proof, and the worshiping heart needs none.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6974</guid></item></channel></rss>