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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   All these several artifices, whatever they may be, to unhallow the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   All these several artifices, whatever they may be, to unhallow the Sunday, and to change its character (it might be almost said, to mitigate its horrors,) prove but too plainly, however we may be glad to take refuge in religion, when driven to it by the loss of every other comfort, and to retain, as it were, a reversionary interest in an asylum, which may receive us when we are forced from the transitory enjoyments of our present state; that in itself wears to us a gloomy and forbidding aspect, and not a face of consolation and joy; that the worship of God is with us a constrained, not a willing, service, which we are glad therefore to abridge, though we dare not omit it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15515]]></link><description><![CDATA[Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We felt we could still be true to the open-source roots and at the same time go to a business ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40463]]></link><description><![CDATA[We felt we could still be true to the open-source roots and at the same time go to a business model that was proven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40463</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to beasts. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50728]]></link><description><![CDATA[Honourable peace becomes men, fierce anger should belong to beasts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43516]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43516</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8755]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm leaving because the weather is too good. I hate London when it's not raining.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8755</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22154]]></link><description><![CDATA[As for courage and will - we cannot measure how much of each lies within us, we can only trust there will be sufficient to carry through trials which may lie ahead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63537]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285  If some Christians that have been complaining of their ministers ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8452]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Crispin & Crispinian, Martyrs at Rome, c.285  If some Christians that have been complaining of their ministers had said and acted less before men and had applied themselves with all their might to cry to God for their ministers -- had, as it were, risen and stormed heaven with their humble, fervent, and incessant prayers for them -- they would have been much more in the way of success.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8452</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57055]]></link><description><![CDATA[Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57055</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27791]]></link><description><![CDATA[The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53457]]></link><description><![CDATA[The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45052]]></link><description><![CDATA[To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render  The deeds of mercy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27351]]></link><description><![CDATA[We do pray for mercy, And that same prayer doth teach us all to render  The deeds of mercy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1871]]></link><description><![CDATA[The gardener's rule applies to youth and age: When young "sow wild oats," but when old, grow sage. -H. J. Byron.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1871</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn,  A breath may burst his bubble ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61407]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rich man's sons inherits cares; The bank may break, the factory burn,  A breath may burst his bubble shares,   And soft, white hands could hardly earn    A living that would serve his turn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61407</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62839]]></link><description><![CDATA[An intelligent person understands others, a brilliant person understands himself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12739]]></link><description><![CDATA[Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That unlettered small-knowing soul. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55474]]></link><description><![CDATA[That unlettered small-knowing soul. -Love's Labour 's Lost. Act i. Sc. 1.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39538]]></link><description><![CDATA[[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25380]]></link><description><![CDATA['Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes. - Don Quixote.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3991]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires  Shine and are changed. In the valley   Shadows ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44526]]></link><description><![CDATA[The smoke ascends In a rosy-and-golden haze. The spires  Shine and are changed. In the valley   Shadows rise. The lark sings on. The sun    Closing his benediction,     Sinks, and the darkening air      Thrills with the sense of the triumphing night,--       Night with train of stars        And her great gift of sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We're going to have to be in a scoring race. We have to be high scoring, and that's not us. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36103]]></link><description><![CDATA[We're going to have to be in a scoring race. We have to be high scoring, and that's not us. They're a great offensive team, so we're going to have to counter.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44351]]></link><description><![CDATA[He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44351</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33674]]></link><description><![CDATA[This new voting initiative hits the issue of a narrow nominations' process head-on and significantly increases the potential for the widest and most diverse selection of nominees possible.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33674</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17165]]></link><description><![CDATA[No wife can endure a gambling husband, unless he is a steady winner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37211]]></link><description><![CDATA[Anytime they can point to something concrete, something that's happening, it helps them refute all the allegations, all the daily news that comes in on the ongoing violence and the more-structural problems,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37211</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27928]]></link><description><![CDATA[Sometimes democracy must be bathed in blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59247]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the information society, nobody thinks. We expect to banish paper, but we actually banish thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5635]]></link><description><![CDATA[No, when the fight begins within himself, A man's worth something.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47420]]></link><description><![CDATA[Even a cursory glance at history should convince one that individual crimes committed for selfish motives play a quite insignificant part in the human tragedy, compared to the numbers massacred in unselfish loyalty to one's tribe, nation, dynasty, church, or political ideology, ad majorem gloriam dei. The emphasis is on unselfish. Excepting a small minority of mercenary or sadistic disposition, wars are not fought for personal gain, but out of loyalty and devotion to king, country or cause. Homicide committed for personal reasons is a statistical rarity in all cultures, including our own. Homicide for unselfish reasons, at the risk of one's own life, is the dominant phenomenon of history.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing. [Proverbs 20:4]. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28008]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sluggard does not plow after the season, so he begs during the harvest and has nothing. [Proverbs 20:4].]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64761]]></link><description><![CDATA[I have a very strong feeling that the opposite of love is not hate - it's apathy. It's not giving a damn.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27481]]></link><description><![CDATA[When force is necessary, it must be applied boldly, decisively, and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a manuever, the blow with an agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27481</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[From wonder into wonder existence opens. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61954]]></link><description><![CDATA[From wonder into wonder existence opens.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61954</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22005]]></link><description><![CDATA[When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19540]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hubert Humphrey talks so fast that listening to him is like trying to read Playboy magazine with your wife turning the pages.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19540</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44332]]></link><description><![CDATA[The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44332</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6297]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6297</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10383]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. -Adam Michnik.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10383</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877]]></link><description><![CDATA[The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66000]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66000</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/931]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thinking more than others about our own thoughts is not self-centeredness. It means that if asked what's on our mind, we are less likely to mention being aware of the world around us, and more likely to mention our inner reflections. But we are less likely to mention thinking about other people.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/931</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23704]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23704</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love that we can not have is the one that lasts the longest, hurts the deepest and feels the strongest...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24733]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not good to have too much liberty. It is not good to have all one wants.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24733</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19927]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18301]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worse than traitors in arms are the men who pretend loyalty to the flag, feast and fatten on the misfortunes of the Nation while patriotic blood is crimsoning the plains of the South and their countrymen moldering the dust.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18301</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62986]]></link><description><![CDATA[A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62986</guid></item></channel></rss>