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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[The first question was a laundry list explanation of peoples' activities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37743]]></link><description><![CDATA[The first question was a laundry list explanation of peoples' activities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45392]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain adds rest unto pleasure, and teaches the luxury of health.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16286]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fly fishing is a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing, I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A thief believes everybody steals. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46974]]></link><description><![CDATA[A thief believes everybody steals.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46974</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For their analogy to work, Jim would be defending Best Buy, not suing them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41815]]></link><description><![CDATA[For their analogy to work, Jim would be defending Best Buy, not suing them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The more thou dam'st it up, the more it burns. The current that with gentle murmur glides,  Thou know'st, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4926]]></link><description><![CDATA[The more thou dam'st it up, the more it burns. The current that with gentle murmur glides,  Thou know'st, being stopped, impatiently doth rage;   But when his fair course is not hindered,    He makes sweet music with th' enameled stones,     Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge,      He overtaketh in his pilgrimage.       And so by many winding nooks he strays        With willing sport to the wild ocean.         Then let me go and hinder not my course.          I'll be as patient as a gentle stream           And make a pastime of each weary step,            Till the last step have brought me to my love;             And there I'll rest, as after much turmoil              A blessed soul doth in Elysium.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Every wise workman takes his tools away from ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6307]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552   Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and sharpened; so does the only-wise Jehovah take his ministers oftentimes away into darkness and loneliness and trouble, that he may sharpen and prepare them for harder work in his service.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6307</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We'd like to stay located in that facility until the new museum is built. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41128]]></link><description><![CDATA[We'd like to stay located in that facility until the new museum is built.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15753]]></link><description><![CDATA[The 1990s customer expects service to be characterized by fast and efficient computer-based systems.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remorse is as the heart in which it grows; If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews  Of true ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53791]]></link><description><![CDATA[Remorse is as the heart in which it grows; If that be gentle, it drops balmy dews  Of true repentance; but if proud and gloomy,   It is the poison tree, that pierced to the inmost,    Weeps only tears of poison.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53791</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47819]]></link><description><![CDATA[A strange volume of real life in the daily packet of the postman. Eternal love and instant payment!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57499]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are only two kinds of coaches -- those who have been fired, and those who will be fired.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57499</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63777]]></link><description><![CDATA[I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63777</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15096]]></link><description><![CDATA[Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15096</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26480]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26480</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48839]]></link><description><![CDATA[How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48839</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5664]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has three characters -- that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5664</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[For murder though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51256]]></link><description><![CDATA[For murder though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6688]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833   A just pride, a proper and becoming pride, are terms which we daily hear from Christian lips. To possess a high spirit, to behave with proper spirit when used ill -- by which is meant, a quick feeling of injuries, and a promptness in resenting them -- entitles to commendation; and a meek-spirited disposition, the highest Scripture eulogium, expresses ideas of disapprobation and contempt. Vanity and vainglory are suffered without interruption to retain their natural possession of the heart.   ... William Wilberforce, A Practical View  July 31, 2000 Commemoration of Ignatius of Loyola, Founder of the Society of Jesus, 1556  Jesus used the term abba (which means father or "daddy" in his Aramaic mother tongue), as an address in his prayers to God. There are no other examples of this usage in contemporary Judaism, but Jesus always addressed God in this way. The others perhaps regarded it as child's talk, a form of expression too disrespectful to be so used. But for Jesus, abba expressed the filial intimacy he felt toward his Father. As the divine Son of the Father, Jesus enjoyed a unique relationship with him, and his mission in the world consisted in opening up the blessings of sonship to those who believe.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6688</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63745]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/63745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The frivolous work of polished idleness.   - Sir James Mackintosh, ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20342]]></link><description><![CDATA[The frivolous work of polished idleness.   - Sir James Mackintosh,]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/20342</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Start slow and taper off. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/951]]></link><description><![CDATA[Start slow and taper off.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/951</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8014]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wisdom outweighs any wealth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8014</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45757]]></link><description><![CDATA[If you can't get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45757</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53890]]></link><description><![CDATA[The worst of me is known, and I can say that I am better than the reputation I bear. [Ger., Das Aergste weiss die Welt von mir, und ich  Kann sagen, ich bin besser als mein Ruf.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53890</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We make allowance for necessity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48889]]></link><description><![CDATA[We make allowance for necessity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8810]]></link><description><![CDATA[Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions. But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/8810</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29909]]></link><description><![CDATA[There's no way this bank should be sold at this price because all the information about the business of the bank, about the balance sheet, clearly states that this bank should be sold around the 61 to 65 (pound per share) level.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still believe the outlook is very bright. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34052]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still believe the outlook is very bright.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34052</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26470]]></link><description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King challenged the conscience of my generation, and his words and his legacy continue to move generations to action today at home and around the world. His love and faith is alive in millions of Americans who volunteer each day in soup kitchens or in schools, or who refused to ignore the suffering of millions they'd never met in far-away places when a tsunami brought unthinkable destruction. His vision and his passion is alive in churches and on campuses when millions stand up against the injustice of discrimination anywhere, or the indifference that leaves too many behind.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That's why photography is real. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42427]]></link><description><![CDATA[That's why photography is real.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[King of the peak and glacier, King of the cold, white scalps,  He lifts his head at that close ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13095]]></link><description><![CDATA[King of the peak and glacier, King of the cold, white scalps,  He lifts his head at that close tread,   The eagle of the Alps.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66565]]></link><description><![CDATA[We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You\'re serving people and submitting to God as best you ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66579]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is a sense of call to take leadership roles. You\'re serving people and submitting to God as best you can.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49580]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's no sure rule to fish with a cros-bow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13165]]></link><description><![CDATA[And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17736]]></link><description><![CDATA[Some thoughtlessly proclaim the Muses nine: A tenth is Sappho, maid divine.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17736</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48608]]></link><description><![CDATA[It often happens, that misery will follow a marriage when the dowry is too large.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48608</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58105]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985]]></link><description><![CDATA[Fill up the goblet and reach to me some! Drinking makes wise, but dry fasting makes glum.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12985</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.\r\n ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66906]]></link><description><![CDATA[I no have education. I have inspiration. If I was educated, I would be a damn fool.\r\n]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9978]]></link><description><![CDATA[Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9978</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48207]]></link><description><![CDATA[I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51723]]></link><description><![CDATA[Turn, Fortune, turn thy wheel, and lower the proud.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28885]]></link><description><![CDATA[All three of us had a vision for an exceptional opera program.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oft did I wonder why the setting sun Should look upon us with a blushing face:  Is't not for ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58329]]></link><description><![CDATA[Oft did I wonder why the setting sun Should look upon us with a blushing face:  Is't not for shame of what he hath seen done,   Whilst in our hemisphere he ran his race?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/58329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israel is willing to take a risk in order to make progress in the peace process. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32598]]></link><description><![CDATA[Israel is willing to take a risk in order to make progress in the peace process.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16749]]></link><description><![CDATA[I haven't seen you in a while, yet I often imagine all your expressions. I haven't spoken to you recently, but many times I hear your thoughts. Good friends must not always be together. It is the feeling of oneness, when distant that proves a lasting]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16749</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To hear is to heed. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50408]]></link><description><![CDATA[To hear is to heed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50408</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so,  A thousand liveried angels ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5793]]></link><description><![CDATA[So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so,  A thousand liveried angels lacky her,   Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5793</guid></item></channel></rss>