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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The ides of March are come. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26372]]></link><description><![CDATA[The ides of March are come.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26372</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15507]]></link><description><![CDATA[The clouds dispell'd, the sky resum'd her light, And Nature stood recover'd of her fright.  But fear, the last of ills, remain'd behind,   And horrow heavy sat on every mind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58813]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology is like a fish. The longer it stays on the shelf, the less desirable it becomes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What's the three words you never want to hear while making love? Honey, I'm home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55263]]></link><description><![CDATA[What's the three words you never want to hear while making love? Honey, I'm home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most of the dogs were running away, all emaciated, weak, but they could still run. The strategy was to put ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35247]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most of the dogs were running away, all emaciated, weak, but they could still run. The strategy was to put food and water down so they would have something to eat. The ones boarded up were worse off; no light, mold, mildew and bacteria.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3063]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing requires a greater effort of thought than arguments to justify the rule of non-thought.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3063</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men  Walk under his huge ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51283]]></link><description><![CDATA[Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men  Walk under his huge legs and peep about   To find ourselves dishonorable graves.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4816]]></link><description><![CDATA[A boy is a magical creature--you can lock him out of your workshop, but you can't lock him out of your heart.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In 1846 the prairie town of Oak River existed only in a settler's dream. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4636]]></link><description><![CDATA[In 1846 the prairie town of Oak River existed only in a settler's dream.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48151]]></link><description><![CDATA[The President has kept all of the promises he intended to keep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54721]]></link><description><![CDATA[Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54721</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6018]]></link><description><![CDATA[There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him asleep.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6018</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65265]]></link><description><![CDATA[At boarding school there wasn't much time for much of anything except education.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65265</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They have to have sufficient detail in their plan to both satisfy the court and get the funds they need ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42414]]></link><description><![CDATA[They have to have sufficient detail in their plan to both satisfy the court and get the funds they need to exit bankruptcy. They need to show that they have a plan that will function properly for the longer term.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You don't grow much grass on anything labeled poor. It's very bad. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30979]]></link><description><![CDATA[You don't grow much grass on anything labeled poor. It's very bad.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30979</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54272]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has by the law of nature a right to such a waste portion of the earth as is necessary for his subsistence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/54272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18347]]></link><description><![CDATA[This grief is crowned with consolation, you old smock brings forth a new petticoat, and indeed the tears live in an onion that should water this sorrow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/18347</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3664]]></link><description><![CDATA[What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60318]]></link><description><![CDATA[The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's an economic as well as an environmental catastrophe. Since 1995, businesses related to delta fishing have lost $4 billion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35314]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's an economic as well as an environmental catastrophe. Since 1995, businesses related to delta fishing have lost $4 billion -- boat dealers, marinas, restaurants, tackle shops -- everybody.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35314</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15669]]></link><description><![CDATA[I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the bastards and left them in the ditch.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66640]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never a lip is curved with pain that can't be kissed into smiles again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[They will probably be there the rest of the week, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37668]]></link><description><![CDATA[They will probably be there the rest of the week,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21867]]></link><description><![CDATA[Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/21867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413]]></link><description><![CDATA[America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/2413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3217]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know... that a blank wall is an apalling thing to look at. The wall of a museum - a canvas - a piece of film - or a guy sitting in front of a typewriter. Then, you start out to do something - that vague thing called creation. The beginning strikes awe within you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59009]]></link><description><![CDATA[Your past is important but it is not nearly as important to your present as the way you see your future]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/59009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What barn-burners, ... We had two very good games, and it just boiled down to who wanted it more. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29378]]></link><description><![CDATA[What barn-burners, ... We had two very good games, and it just boiled down to who wanted it more.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I am more spontaneous than my character... ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35785]]></link><description><![CDATA[I am more spontaneous than my character...]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35785</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think too many people found that by waiting, maybe the prime locations they wanted were harder to find. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33869]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think too many people found that by waiting, maybe the prime locations they wanted were harder to find.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33869</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16438]]></link><description><![CDATA[Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16438</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7533]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 Commemoration of Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle to the Picts, c. 430 Commemoration of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, tractarian, 1882   Do not pray for easy lives; pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers; pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you yourself shall be a miracle. Every day you shall wonder at yourself, at the richness of life which has come to you by the grace of God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7533</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44858]]></link><description><![CDATA[By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/44858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm so happy today. It's a victory for the women's rights movement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36582]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm so happy today. It's a victory for the women's rights movement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25378]]></link><description><![CDATA[The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/25378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To free the mind from the habit of competition, we must see in detail the process by which the mind ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57501]]></link><description><![CDATA[To free the mind from the habit of competition, we must see in detail the process by which the mind is ensnared by competition.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57501</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14337]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46968]]></link><description><![CDATA[Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27285]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations ... can never effect a reform. -Susan B. Anthony.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27285</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10626]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more gross the fraud, the more glibly will it go down and the more greedily will it be swallowed, since folly will always find faith wherever imposters will find impudence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Residents of low-lying areas, mobile homes and tents should reach higher ground now, ... Those who leave the county should ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30550]]></link><description><![CDATA[Residents of low-lying areas, mobile homes and tents should reach higher ground now, ... Those who leave the county should go north and east, such as to Hattiesburg, Laurel or Meridian.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Christian Church does not want and does not need members because of a job it has to do. The ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8287]]></link><description><![CDATA[The Christian Church does not want and does not need members because of a job it has to do. The Christian Church has a secret at her heart and she wants to share it. Whenever one, by repentance and forgiveness, enters this community of grace, he discovers life's end, and he too will be constrained to let this life flow out in appropriate channels. Thrilling and costly projects will come into existence, but not as ends in themselves, and the group will not become a means to [such ends]. The group will never forget that one of its primary functions is to up build the members in love.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8287</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12750]]></link><description><![CDATA[I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realized that I had dug my own grave.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The deputy auditor has done a great job, but it's difficult to get things done without him around. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42108]]></link><description><![CDATA[The deputy auditor has done a great job, but it's difficult to get things done without him around.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42108</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4800]]></link><description><![CDATA[Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4800</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23906]]></link><description><![CDATA[MISERICORDE, n. A dagger which in mediaeval warfare was used by the foot soldier to remind an unhorsed knight that he was mortal.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/23906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63578]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you want a place in the sun, you've got to put up with a few blisters.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1091]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and a flatterer.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52213]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52213</guid></item></channel></rss>