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All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61753]]></link><description><![CDATA[A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61753</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/7310]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167 Commemoration of Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689   I think I have never heard a sermon preached on the story of Mary and Martha that did not attempt, somehow, somewhere, to explain away its text. Mary's, of course, was the better part -- the Lord said so, and we must not precisely contradict Him. But we will be careful not to despise Martha. No doubt, He approved of her, too. We could not get on without her, and indeed, having paid lip-service to God's opinion, we must admit that we greatly prefer her, for Martha was doing a really feminine job, whereas Mary was just behaving like any other disciple; and that is a hard pill to swallow.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49767]]></link><description><![CDATA[Stay a while, that we may make an end the sooner.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/49767</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16626]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frankness is a jewel; only the young can afford it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16626</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65477]]></link><description><![CDATA[In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65477</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;  Be not too ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10292]]></link><description><![CDATA[Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere--"Be bold;  Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess   That the defect; better the more than less;    Better like Hector in the field to die,     Than like a perfumed Paris turn and fly.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10292</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19343]]></link><description><![CDATA[History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941   Anyone can lead a "prayer-life" -- that is, the sort of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7580]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941   Anyone can lead a "prayer-life" -- that is, the sort of reasonable devotional life to which each is called by God. This only involves making a suitable rule and making up your mind to keep it however boring this may be.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60075]]></link><description><![CDATA[FUNERAL, n. A pageant whereby we attest our respect for the dead by enriching the undertaker, and strengthen our grief by an expenditure that deepens our groans and doubles our tears.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/60075</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43691]]></link><description><![CDATA[The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/43691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55140]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:  And sure he must ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10738]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are come Critics so with Spleen diseased, They scarcely come inclining to be pleased:  And sure he must have more than mortal Skill,   Who please one against his Will.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10738</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm disappointed with the results. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34462]]></link><description><![CDATA[I'm disappointed with the results.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14761]]></link><description><![CDATA[In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14761</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19575]]></link><description><![CDATA[If all the year were playing holidays, To sport would be as tedious as to work;  And nothing pleaseth but rare accidents.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37964]]></link><description><![CDATA[The experience has turned my writing from memoir to mentor.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the goose honk high, fair weather; when the goose honks low, foul weather ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61483]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the goose honk high, fair weather; when the goose honks low, foul weather]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/61483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frustration is the wet nurse of violence. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17022]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frustration is the wet nurse of violence.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/616]]></link><description><![CDATA[The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. . . . The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration . . . because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/616</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[In high school, we never paid any attention. Everyone was like, 'No.' We pretty much got scolded for that. It ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34659]]></link><description><![CDATA[In high school, we never paid any attention. Everyone was like, 'No.' We pretty much got scolded for that. It had the player's mother's name, high school, where they used to live when they were 3 years old. Every detail is in there. They put so much time in, and we didn't even look at it.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34659</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I never used a needle in my life. I picked up 62 needles around my yard ? 10 right out ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34045]]></link><description><![CDATA[I never used a needle in my life. I picked up 62 needles around my yard ? 10 right out in front.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   George Brush, the hero of [Thornton Wilder's] "Heaven's My Destination", ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6858]]></link><description><![CDATA[Commemoration of Gladys Aylward, Missionary in China, 1970   George Brush, the hero of [Thornton Wilder's] "Heaven's My Destination", a textbook salesman and evangelist extraordinary, is the innocent fool, in the kindliest sense of both the noun and the adjective. He is striving to be the fool in Christ, sowing the inevitable amazement, consternation and wrath that must ensue when Christ's fool runs at large among the worldly wise.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6858</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031]]></link><description><![CDATA[His death impacted many people, ... He enjoyed life to the fullest.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We played very sloppy early. We gave up too many goals in the first half. But we made some adjustments ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30568]]></link><description><![CDATA[We played very sloppy early. We gave up too many goals in the first half. But we made some adjustments at halftime and played well enough to win in the second half.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36172]]></link><description><![CDATA[You know what? It takes a lot of fight to get things to change and get things to be better. We're prepared to do it. We're not going to walk away.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36172</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frugality is one thing, avarice another. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Frugality is one thing, avarice another.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/50226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65851]]></link><description><![CDATA[Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65851</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4369]]></link><description><![CDATA[An Arab, by his earnest gaze, Has clothed a lovely maid with blushes;  A smile within his eyelids plays   And into words his longing gushes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cinderella's lefts and rights To Geraldine's were frights,  And I trow   The damsel, deftly shod,   ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56214]]></link><description><![CDATA[Cinderella's lefts and rights To Geraldine's were frights,  And I trow   The damsel, deftly shod,    Has dutifully trod     Until now.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56214</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22252]]></link><description><![CDATA[The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty. - Definitions, 1953.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. [Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10651]]></link><description><![CDATA[Wicked deeds are generally done, even with impunity, for the mere desire of occupation. [Lat., Solent occupationis spe vel impune quaedam scelesta committi.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10651</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The rest of the games for the rest of the season are big games. It was good to start today. ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29687]]></link><description><![CDATA[The rest of the games for the rest of the season are big games. It was good to start today. When you have to play every possession, it?s really good for you.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29687</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14428]]></link><description><![CDATA[We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/14428</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's important for us to have a major presence and visibility in downtown Dallas. By consolidating our downtown locations, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34353]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's important for us to have a major presence and visibility in downtown Dallas. By consolidating our downtown locations, we will bring together 1,600 employees to serve our customers more efficiently and conveniently from one central location.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34353</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We still hope that Poland will join this agreement. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41588]]></link><description><![CDATA[We still hope that Poland will join this agreement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46310]]></link><description><![CDATA[You'll come to learn a great deal if you study the Insignificant in depth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46310</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27327]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27327</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/384]]></link><description><![CDATA[The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/384</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's hard enough for Zach to be finding himself. To get himself into counts like that is not going to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30298]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's hard enough for Zach to be finding himself. To get himself into counts like that is not going to make his job any easier.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30298</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This so-called election is a total farce. No citizen or democratic party is willing to participate. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40271]]></link><description><![CDATA[This so-called election is a total farce. No citizen or democratic party is willing to participate.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/40271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A pen is mightier then a sword as a sword may only take life while a pen can change the ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/537]]></link><description><![CDATA[A pen is mightier then a sword as a sword may only take life while a pen can change the world.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/537</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24318]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all laws into contempt.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/24318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[All politicians are control freaks; they think they own you. Crazy mayors want to tax the Internet. If government finds ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36668]]></link><description><![CDATA[All politicians are control freaks; they think they own you. Crazy mayors want to tax the Internet. If government finds they can't tax the shopkeepers, they'll tax the shoppers.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/36668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52257]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achieving anything we are fixed, so to speak, for life. Moreover, when we have an alibi for not writing a book, painting a picture, and so on, we have an alibi for not writing the greatest book and not painting the greatest picture. Small wonder that the effort expended and the punishment endured in obtaining a good alibi often exceed the effort and grief requisite for the attainment of a most marked achievement.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52257</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has not. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51644]]></link><description><![CDATA[What he has is of no more use to the miser than that which he has not.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28895]]></link><description><![CDATA[The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28895</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13413]]></link><description><![CDATA[The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/13413</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9831]]></link><description><![CDATA[While we are free to choose our actions, we are not free to choose the consequences of our actions.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/9831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget the way. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10091]]></link><description><![CDATA[With thee conversing I forget the way.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/10091</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not for the money this time. The one thing we can't live with is class size and composition. We ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30779]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not for the money this time. The one thing we can't live with is class size and composition. We know that in going out, we're going to harm students, but this time, staying in the class will harm students. Do we go out, or do we stay in the class and watch students being harmed?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30779</guid></item></channel></rss>