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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62405]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62405</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay, Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,  Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10654</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20907]]></link><description><![CDATA[What we have inherited from our fathers and mothers is not all that 'walks in us.' There are all sorts of dead ideas and lifeless old beliefs. They have no tangibility, but they haunt us all the same and we can not get rid of them. Whenever I take up a newspaper I seem to see Ghosts gliding between the lines. Ghosts must be all over the country. as thick as the sands of the sea.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20907</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5430]]></link><description><![CDATA[He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5430</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45935</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7999]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   Pain is a kindly, hopeful thing, a certain proof of life, a clear assurance that all is not yet over, that there is still a chance. But if your heart has no pain -- well, that may betoken health, as you suppose: but are you certain that it does not mean that your soul is dead?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7999</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11644]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of us serve our ideals by fits and starts. The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/11644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38164]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is big and this is important. This is not about raising money, it's about raising interest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/38164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spare your breath to cool your porridge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48812]]></link><description><![CDATA[Spare your breath to cool your porridge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48812</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15909]]></link><description><![CDATA[More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tempo, and offense to defense transition, is not a huge issue against the 1A schools we play, but to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The tempo, and offense to defense transition, is not a huge issue against the 1A schools we play, but to beat a bigger team, it's important.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A supreme social challenge. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32016]]></link><description><![CDATA[A supreme social challenge.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32016</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61402]]></link><description><![CDATA[Poor worms, they hiss at me, whilst I at home Can be contented to applaud myself, . . . with joy  To see how plump my bags are and my barns.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I come here this time as the special envoy of the secretary general on UN reform only, not as someone ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28928]]></link><description><![CDATA[I come here this time as the special envoy of the secretary general on UN reform only, not as someone who is entrusted with the task of talking about the situation in Myanmar.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28928</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29841]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love and kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference. They bless the one who receives them, and they bless you, the giver.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16229]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oh! that the memories which survive us here Were half so lovely as these wings of thine!  Pure relics of a blameless life, that shine   Now thou art gone.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virtue is not knowing but doing ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60750]]></link><description><![CDATA[Virtue is not knowing but doing]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  February eight-and-twenty all alone,   And all the rest have ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43027]]></link><description><![CDATA[Thirty days hath September, April, June, and November;  February eight-and-twenty all alone,   And all the rest have thirty-one:    Unless that leap-year doth combine,     And give to February twenty-nine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[She's concerned about taxpayers having to pay for health insurance for big employers, which should be paying for their employees. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36574]]></link><description><![CDATA[She's concerned about taxpayers having to pay for health insurance for big employers, which should be paying for their employees.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50522]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is my wish, this is my command, my pleasure is my reason.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was no great disparity of years, Though much in temper; but they never clash'd,  They moved like stars ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26559]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was no great disparity of years, Though much in temper; but they never clash'd,  They moved like stars united in their spheres,   Or like the Rhone by Leman's waters wash'd,    Where mingled and yet separate appears     The river from the lake, all bluely dash'd      Through the serene and placid glassy deep,       Which fain would lull its river-child to sleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know, our baby was coming along. We had no family in America at the time, so every time I ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29589]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know, our baby was coming along. We had no family in America at the time, so every time I missed a cut or was close to making a cut, I wasn't even thinking about the cut. I was thinking of going back to my wife and taking care of her. As soon as the baby came along, I started doing well again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28471]]></link><description><![CDATA[I was in the same boat as everyone else. Just waiting and hoping that it was going to get done sooner than later,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28471</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21391]]></link><description><![CDATA[Determination is the wake-up call to the human will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21391</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27657]]></link><description><![CDATA[War will cease when men refuse to fight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27657</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66633]]></link><description><![CDATA[Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66633</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We just got so conditioned over the last few years to getting multiple offers so quickly that we forgot what ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36938]]></link><description><![CDATA[We just got so conditioned over the last few years to getting multiple offers so quickly that we forgot what a realistic market is.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36938</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whenever you can hold a Class A team to just three field goals you are playing pretty solid defense. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36080]]></link><description><![CDATA[Whenever you can hold a Class A team to just three field goals you are playing pretty solid defense.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5952]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the first baby laughed for the first time, the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And now when every new baby is born its first laugh becomes a fairy. So there ought to be one fairy for every boy or girl.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26663]]></link><description><![CDATA[We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8031]]></link><description><![CDATA[A basic trouble is that most Churches limit themselves unnecessarily by addressing their message almost exclusively to those who are open to religious impression through the intellect, whereas ... there are at least four other gateways -- the emotions, the imagination, the aesthetic feeling, and the will -- through which they can be reached.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48560]]></link><description><![CDATA[Subtlety set a trap and caught itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60420]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man who is not a fool can rid himself of every folly except vanity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62592]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62592</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Erroneous vassals! the great King of Kings Hath in the table of his law commanded  That thou shalt do ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43403]]></link><description><![CDATA[Erroneous vassals! the great King of Kings Hath in the table of his law commanded  That thou shalt do no murder. Will you then   Spurn at his edict, and fulfil a man's?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43403</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7005]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Timothy and Titus, Companions of Paul Commemoration of Dorothy Kerin, Founder of the Burrswood Healing Community, 1963   That you cannot have Christian principles without Christ is becoming increasingly clear [in the world today], because their validity as principles depends on Christ's authority.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7005</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With life many things are remedied. (While there's life there's hope.)  [Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19772]]></link><description><![CDATA[With life many things are remedied. (While there's life there's hope.)  [Sp., Con la vida muchas cosas se remedian.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19772</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64972]]></link><description><![CDATA[Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9293]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the weak man who urges compromise--never the strong man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44122]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44122</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41030]]></link><description><![CDATA[Facts are stupid until brought into connection with some general law.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We have come to the end of a generation. Dan Wilson is the last connection to a team that saved ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31912]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have come to the end of a generation. Dan Wilson is the last connection to a team that saved baseball in Seattle. He will always be a member of Mariners family and we hope to come up with a place for him in the organization.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood,  Some mute inglorious Milton here ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18221]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood,  Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,   Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3675]]></link><description><![CDATA[Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Doctor's brow should smile, Crown'd with wreaths of camomile. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26702]]></link><description><![CDATA[How the Doctor's brow should smile, Crown'd with wreaths of camomile.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65422]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65422</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28190]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Brian can stay out of foul trouble, he's tough to defend in there. He has quick moves and does a good job on the boards. He had a great game tonight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28190</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's definitely something to be proud of. Those other guys are not a bunch of pushovers. I think there were ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41779]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's definitely something to be proud of. Those other guys are not a bunch of pushovers. I think there were four guys under 4:20. The other guys ran pretty good, I just try to push myself to an even higher level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41779</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366]]></link><description><![CDATA[Encryption...is a powerful defensive weapon for free people. It offers a technical guarantee of privacy, regardless of who is running the government... It's hard to think of a more powerful, less dangerous tool for liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9366</guid></item></channel></rss>